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Are you blaming the media for getting people what they want? As long as people demand the click-bait only the ones that provide such content will survive. Let'

Are you blaming the media for getting people what they want? As long as people demand the click-bait only the ones that provide such content will survive. Let's thank our luck that it is not Infowars style clickbait, so some resemblance of sanity still remains. FWIW the Panama papers have had a noticeable impact, especially where it matters most, clawing money back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Papers

zionic 7y ago
>Are you blaming the media for getting people what they want? Media is not inherently profitable, it's a loss leader whose ultimate product is influence and the manufacture of consent.
justaguyhere 7y ago
Not your parent comment and not blaming the media for giving people what they want (especially since the media has trained consumers not to pay for news) That said, this argument of giving people what they want is a weird one. It is like taking the easiest and the laziest route to profit. Also, there is a not insignificant population that still wants facts and not click baity nonsense. But media churns out click baits because it is easier and faster.
Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y ago
I've never met anyone that said they want more clickbait. Clickbait is what advertisers want and pay for. The articles are irrelevant, all advertisers care about is brand perception and conversions. Baity headlines exist to get people to click links and then the advertisements take over the job of coercing their ignorant victims into buying useless cheap junk they don't need or want. The headlines themselves are advertisements: 'potus said -shocking thing-' (click here so 'you' have something to say to reinforce 'your' shallow self delusions that 'you're' a savvy, worldly, knowledgeable person instead of talking about what actually matters: [poverty, addiction, gas prices, unemployment, stagnant wage growth, unionization, corruption, health care costs, etc]).

zionic 7y ago

>Are you blaming the media for getting people what they want? Media is not inherently profitable, it's a loss leader whose ultimate product is influence and the manufacture of consent.

justaguyhere 7y ago

Not your parent comment and not blaming the media for giving people what they want (especially since the media has trained consumers not to pay for news) That said, this argument of giving people what they want is a weird one. It is like taking the easiest and the laziest route to profit. Also, there is a not insignificant population that still wants facts and not click baity nonsense. But media churns out click baits because it is easier and faster.

Red_Leaves_Flyy 7y ago

I've never met anyone that said they want more clickbait. Clickbait is what advertisers want and pay for. The articles are irrelevant, all advertisers care about is brand perception and conversions. Baity headlines exist to get people to click links and then the advertisements take over the job of coercing their ignorant victims into buying useless cheap junk they don't need or want. The headlines themselves are advertisements: 'potus said -shocking thing-' (click here so 'you' have something to say to reinforce 'your' shallow self delusions that 'you're' a savvy, worldly, knowledgeable person instead of talking about what actually matters: [poverty, addiction, gas prices, unemployment, stagnant wage growth, unionization, corruption, health care costs, etc]).