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If the content is the marketing then it ceases to be journalism. Yes, this is probably stating the obvious. In this case then, we’ve lost something important.
by zaroth 6y ago
If the content is the marketing then it ceases to be journalism. Yes, this is probably stating the obvious.
In this case then, we’ve lost something important. What we got to replace it seems to me like it’s actively hostile to a peaceful republic.
I’s like to think that just as much as part of our brain turns on for the click bait, another part equally yearns for a source of truth, or as close to it as our meager egos can allow for.
- bananaface 6y agoAlmost all commercial journalism is marketing. Journalism as an industry doesn't exist to inform you, it exists to make money.
- WarOnPrivacy 6y agoJournalism's duty (implied by the press' constitutional protections) is to hold the powerful accountable.
- bananaface 6y agoMaybe, but that's not what actually drives their behaviour.