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So it seems like we should blame Reuters for trying to exploit an uninformed audience for clicks, rather than blaming the Spanish National Police.
by NoImmatureAdHom 6y ago
So it seems like we should blame Reuters for trying to exploit an uninformed audience for clicks, rather than blaming the Spanish National Police.
- giantg2 6y agoWhat if Reuters is part of the uninformed public (on this topic/situation) and is being exploited by the police?
- NoImmatureAdHom 6y agoIt's possible, but I'd argue it's sort of their job to not be part of the uninformed public.
- washadjeffmad 6y agoReuters' job is to sell "news", which can be anything anyone* pays them to distribute. It's harmful to conflate clickbait and stories with journalism. *Only trusted corporate or political partners. They have some standards.
- giantg2 6y agoIn theory, I agree. I've seen plenty of mainstream media stories that have incorrect facts. Some of this might just be human - we all make occasional mistakes. Some of them seem to require being uninformed or intentional, especially when they decline to correct mistakes or they are critical to their central point.