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> I wouldn't care if it were devastating only to the current press, it is beyond awful anyway You're confusing the 24/7 TV infotainment with proper journalism.
by pilsetnieks 6y ago
> I wouldn't care if it were devastating only to the current press, it is beyond awful anyway
You're confusing the 24/7 TV infotainment with proper journalism. TV anchors peddling stories optimized to maximum viewership for the purpose of advertising is just one aspect to it, and it would be the least hurt by this. Real investigative journalism would be hit much harder.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoIf 'real journalism' wasn't long in its grave. Remember '60 minutes'? All rigged to make the reporters look like geniuses, and slanted to make every poor schlep look like a conspirator.
- smsm42 6y agoI'm not confusing anything, I am saying "proper journalism" is not something that is done in the mainstream press now, at least not in the quantities worth talking about. It's an exception rather than the rule. Pretty much nothing in most of the press is optimized for it. So I don't see why anything we do should be optimized for the needs of the press. Privacy is important, but not because the press is special and they need it. It's because we, regular shmoes, need it. If it also helps the press, well, they are people too. But no more people than the rest of us.