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Because the goal of news should be to inform, especially when talking about court filings, and we as viewers should not give traffic to sites that don't do basi

by wslack 6y ago

Because the goal of news should be to inform, especially when talking about court filings, and we as viewers should not give traffic to sites that don't do basic linking work.

28u34ri 6y ago
The goal of the "legacy news" is to support a paycheck. Wealthy individuals or groups will financially support these "legacy news" organizations as long as they have a say in what is put out.
Frost1x 6y ago
I believe parent was being rhetorical and or facetious. What we believe organizations should do and what they actually do in is often misaligned based on problematic underlying driving forces/goals. Profit motives have tended to overcome all other incentives in our (the US) economic structure. It may be a broader problem globally due to power and influence of the US. The same can be said about consumer motives. I probably should shop locally more often, but I may not be able to afford local rates and have to pass the costs down the line if I want to continue supply more basic underlying goals (eating, staying sheltered, etc). At some point we have to have the difficult conversations of choosing the tradeoffs we do and don't want to support, otherwise we may let flawed underlying goal structures guide us to the paths of least resistance, which may ultimately not be good for humanity (or it may be, who knows). Given a lot of current directions, I find it hard to believe our underlying system structures are great for human well being. It may have been a good run for awhile but that may be a short temporal anomaly. We may have to more throughly consider long term consequences of goals we set that may run counter to their actual intent. It's easy for some to simply ignore the underlying problems and play the game optimally for oneself. Personally, I've never been happy with that option (the option which OP sort of alludes to).

by wslack 6y ago

Because the goal of news should be to inform, especially when talking about court filings, and we as viewers should not give traffic to sites that don't do basic linking work.

28u34ri 6y ago

The goal of the "legacy news" is to support a paycheck. Wealthy individuals or groups will financially support these "legacy news" organizations as long as they have a say in what is put out.

Frost1x 6y ago

I believe parent was being rhetorical and or facetious. What we believe organizations should do and what they actually do in is often misaligned based on problematic underlying driving forces/goals. Profit motives have tended to overcome all other incentives in our (the US) economic structure. It may be a broader problem globally due to power and influence of the US. The same can be said about consumer motives. I probably should shop locally more often, but I may not be able to afford local rates and have to pass the costs down the line if I want to continue supply more basic underlying goals (eating, staying sheltered, etc). At some point we have to have the difficult conversations of choosing the tradeoffs we do and don't want to support, otherwise we may let flawed underlying goal structures guide us to the paths of least resistance, which may ultimately not be good for humanity (or it may be, who knows). Given a lot of current directions, I find it hard to believe our underlying system structures are great for human well being. It may have been a good run for awhile but that may be a short temporal anomaly. We may have to more throughly consider long term consequences of goals we set that may run counter to their actual intent. It's easy for some to simply ignore the underlying problems and play the game optimally for oneself. Personally, I've never been happy with that option (the option which OP sort of alludes to).