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I understand the bickering between media and social networks. Aggregators have disrupted the standard media business and a clash was inevitable. Including Subs
by villasv 6y ago
I understand the bickering between media and social networks. Aggregators have disrupted the standard media business and a clash was inevitable.
Including Substack in the fight, on the other hand, is pathetic. One would expect journalists to support each other and Substack is a tool _tailored for them_.
- snicksnak 6y agoMost of the corporate press hate substack and think it's beneath them, I saw it being labeled as "onlyfans for journalists". That's coming mostly from mediocre journalists who envy substack writers with a huge profile and try to demonize them. But it also comes from institutions, like the UCLA information studies professor who tried to vilify substack writes. Matt Taibbi wrote a response worth reading https://taibbi.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-substack https://taibbi.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-substack
- u678u 6y agoI like the idea of substack, but realistically the most popular journalists will be the ones with the biggest stunts and clickbait. I just want a plain newspaper that does a lot of good reporting without getting too political, seems too much to ask these days.