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> because a large amount of commentary comes across as Tweet-sized asides, not full articles. There are very few topics that are both worthy of a news story an
by tw04 8y ago
> because a large amount of commentary comes across as Tweet-sized asides, not full articles.
There are very few topics that are both worthy of a news story and able to be summarized even remotely well in 140 characters. It is literally the downfall of journalism and in my opinion is a major driver in the complete lack of rational discussion in politics today.
- xkjkls 8y agoNews stories often have little else in them other than their headline. Like, for instance, this one. 90% of the value of this is the headline itself.