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We should still call it yellow journalism. The fact that reporters at large media companies will search for outrage on Facebook and Twitter in order to get more

We should still call it yellow journalism. The fact that reporters at large media companies will search for outrage on Facebook and Twitter in order to get more hits is a failure of modern journalism. Reporters basing so much of their time on social media skews their objectivity just as much as it would anyone else. It's basically become a feedback loop of anger and it's not contained to twitter and facebook any longer.

koonsolo 6y ago
Social media is entertainment. News is entertainment. If you want to get informed, read a book written by an expert or someone with real life experience.
- kodah 6y ago
  > News is entertainment Maybe that is the case today but I don't really see people around here as the types to let status quos be.
- 4ggr0 6y ago
  > News is entertainment I'd say it strongly depends on what sites you visit. Boulevard-, sports- and celebrity-news etc. definitely are entertainment. But journals which uncover wrong-doings, research difficult topics, write long articles?
  - koonsolo 6y ago
    If it's written by a journalist, I consider it entertainment. If it's a written interview, I consider it entertainment (it's never written as it was told, ask anyone with experience). When it's really straight out of the mouth or pen of an expert in the field, then yes, it's information.
- DougN7 6y ago
  Except this “entertainment” is enraging people and causing them to attack the capitol, among other things. It’s much more dangerous than typical entertainment.