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I'm conflicted when it comes to things being reposted and framed at new on the internet. To many it is new. However, it's not new to me so it feels more click

by mas-ev 5y ago

I'm conflicted when it comes to things being reposted and framed at new on the internet. To many it is new. However, it's not new to me so it feels more click baity.

gala8y 5y ago
What surprises me is that BBC is offloading content from FB and making it their 'articles'/'news'. At the bottom of the 'article' there is a snippet: > The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. View original post on Facebook From top of the page it looks like standard news piece, filed under World / US & Canada. The 'article' does not mention that "it’s weird, but a known fish" as @aikinai stated in another comment. All of this is troubling. Gee..., you can be on BBC, too!
- have_faith 5y ago
  The BBC have been making questionable editorial decisions over the last couple years in an effort to compete in the online news space. I imagine under the guise of keeping viewers around for the "real" hard hitting news stuff. The click bait is definitely growing. I've also noticed they've become extremely trigger happy with regard to what can be classified as "breaking news". The label has lost all importance from being overused.
  - flybrand 5y ago
    Aren’t the BBC heavily influenced by the 77th?
crazydoggers 5y ago
I’m all for introducing people to knew things, and reading about things I didn’t know about before, but this is just not honest reporting. It’s designed to get passed around on Facebook and if they make it seem ordinary, people won’t pass it around. They’ve taken a Facebook post, and editorialized it specifically to make it sound very special. If you wrote the same article about someone catching a salmon would you say “the fish was identified as a salmon”? They also could have easily said “these fish are common in coastal waters, and caught and eaten all the time” but they purposefully left that out.
- hulitu 5y ago
  They call it "journalism". Has nothing to do with reality. It is really sad to see a lot of journalism being replaced by such stuff.

by mas-ev 5y ago

I'm conflicted when it comes to things being reposted and framed at new on the internet. To many it is new. However, it's not new to me so it feels more click baity.

gala8y 5y ago

What surprises me is that BBC is offloading content from FB and making it their 'articles'/'news'. At the bottom of the 'article' there is a snippet: > The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. View original post on Facebook From top of the page it looks like standard news piece, filed under World / US & Canada. The 'article' does not mention that "it’s weird, but a known fish" as @aikinai stated in another comment. All of this is troubling. Gee..., you can be on BBC, too!

have_faith 5y ago
The BBC have been making questionable editorial decisions over the last couple years in an effort to compete in the online news space. I imagine under the guise of keeping viewers around for the "real" hard hitting news stuff. The click bait is definitely growing. I've also noticed they've become extremely trigger happy with regard to what can be classified as "breaking news". The label has lost all importance from being overused.
- flybrand 5y ago
  Aren’t the BBC heavily influenced by the 77th?

crazydoggers 5y ago

I’m all for introducing people to knew things, and reading about things I didn’t know about before, but this is just not honest reporting. It’s designed to get passed around on Facebook and if they make it seem ordinary, people won’t pass it around. They’ve taken a Facebook post, and editorialized it specifically to make it sound very special. If you wrote the same article about someone catching a salmon would you say “the fish was identified as a salmon”? They also could have easily said “these fish are common in coastal waters, and caught and eaten all the time” but they purposefully left that out.

hulitu 5y ago
They call it "journalism". Has nothing to do with reality. It is really sad to see a lot of journalism being replaced by such stuff.