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I think you've explained why this isn't getting covered well. The news media does not do introspection. They're all rah-rah about their power to change the worl
by makomk 7y ago
I think you've explained why this isn't getting covered well. The news media does not do introspection. They're all rah-rah about their power to change the world and how important it makes them, but they almost never consider the possibility that they could've made it worse.
- ethbro 7y agoThe news media isn't funded to do that sort of journalism anymore. It was always a loss-making enterprise, even with centralized distribution. 24 hour news cycles and internet competition isn't a good recipe for in-depth, long-pursuit journalism.
- chii 7y ago> isn't funded conveniently leaving out that those doing the funding aren't the viewers but advertisers (for most media companies). If the funding came from viewers - who pay for quality, informative and unbiased journalism, there would be more of it. But people don't want to pay.
- ethbro 7y ago> viewers - who pay for quality, informative and unbiased journalism I feel like this was never a majority of the viewer or readership. Instead, in an era of scarcity, BDFLs were able to choose this for them.