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Most of the work done by some "journalists" in 2021 is regurgitating what they see on social media. They wouldn't want to be deprived of this low hanging fruit
by glerk 6y ago
Most of the work done by some "journalists" in 2021 is regurgitating what they see on social media. They wouldn't want to be deprived of this low hanging fruit and go back to doing hard investigative work.
- hddu 6y agoIt's insulting to real journalists to call the people at media corporations that just browse social media all day and copy stories as "journalists." They are just part of a content mill creating medium that can be attached to advertisments.
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> Most of the work done by some "journalists" in 2021 is regurgitating what they see on social media. There is a sharp schism between subscription journalism and ad-supported content. For the most part, the former are doing investigatory work. For the most part, the latter are not.
- Macha 6y agoI'll give you that paid outlets do more investigation, but they also do their fair share of filler stories based on AP releases, takes on press releases, or social media trends too
- WarOnPrivacy 6y agoYou aren't wrong.
- pseudo0 6y agoWasn't it the NYT, the model for online subscription funded journalism, that released that incorrect story accusing Marc Andreessen of saying the word "retard" on Clubhouse? That seems about as bottom of the barrel as it gets.
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