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Irony like the Alanis Morrisette song? (ie not ironic at all). The Guardian are asking the readership to support the articles, you'll note they paid for their
by benj111 7y ago
Irony like the Alanis Morrisette song? (ie not ironic at all).
The Guardian are asking the readership to support the articles, you'll note they paid for their own icecream.'Influencers' are asking the subjects to fund the articles. One is advertising, one is journalism.
I'll backtrack slightly on that last sentence, advertising/sponsorship can work for certain things, in general though its a big conflict of interest.
- mcv 7y agoNo need to backtrack. If the person/company/brand you're writing about is also the one paying you to write about them, that is exactly advertising. It's not news.
- benj111 7y agoI backtracked because of all the possible exceptions. If a gaming magazine reviews a game they didn't pay for, or what about car reviewers buying cars they didn't pay for. These are generally referred to as journalism. Then there's sponsorship, what if 'green' company sponsors green content, or a vegan company sponsors an article about the bad things about industrial meat production. So I not sure its completely black and white.