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If much of todays news disappeared I suspect we would be better off as a society. Most of it passes more for propaganda than reporting of noteworthy things that
by PaulKeeble 6y ago
If much of todays news disappeared I suspect we would be better off as a society. Most of it passes more for propaganda than reporting of noteworthy things that happened. Good news, journalism, we need but it is in ever decreasing supply with the modern clickbait news cycle.
- eitland 6y agoI'm afraid that even given how bad the news industry is now, if it disappeared I fear something worse would fill the vacuum. State run broadcasting has always been mandatory around here but at least when there's a number of competitors - even when I don't like any of them particularly much - I can still shop around to see more angles that one or more of them don't want me to see.
- agustif 6y agoWhen state is also licensing the competitors, as in broadcast tv at least in my country, you don't get much else than an oliglopoly tbh... You're still only seeing the angles the govt permits and sanctions.
- aboringusername 6y agoI'm inclined to agree, the primary focus is on numbers and engagement rather than strictly bound truthful reporting. How about websites just serve .txt files with a couple links to donate and publish facts/information. I don't need a 5GB JS-infested "website" to access what amounts to a few KB of the actual information I was looking for. This is something hackernews gets right as far as community engagement goes. Truthfully, you could probably get by just reading wikipedia and utilize the sources. Most news doesn't have have a baring on my life and if it does it'll work its way to me. I suspect those who are happier in life forget all of this and focus on themselves, no news, no machines picking out what content you'll see or read.
- 52-6F-62 6y agoYou mean like this? http://lite.cnn.com/en http://lite.cnn.com/en or this? https://text.npr.org https://text.npr.org