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To be fair, I was responding in the context of "traditional" American news outlets failing to actually provide what you're defining as "News/Journalism". I agr
by snakeboy 6y ago
To be fair, I was responding in the context of "traditional" American news outlets failing to actually provide what you're defining as "News/Journalism".
I agree with your definitions. But if I'm choosing between Editorial "news" from WaPo/NYT vs. someone independently covering the same events on their Substack, I'd be more interested in the individual on Substack if I trust them from previous experience as an intelligent, informed, good-faith writer.
WaPo/NYT I don't know the individual writers very well, and I don't really have much faith in the intentions of the editorial board...
- bwb 6y agoAgreed, but I think a lot of that is around money, and their inability to be able to fund as much news/journalism. Plus, hard to turn down stupid money like Fox News who is making bank with near 100% propaganda 24/7. Ya, but you have to remember Substack has no fact checkers, no standards, no peer review... NYT/WAPO are not perfect, but they have those in place. And, such as in the case of the podcast earlier this year they eventually get to the right place and fire the team that blatantly lied. Reuters is probably a good source if you are looking for pure news, or apnews.