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The journalist prob. didn't "fell" into it, it is how media works these days: "publish first for eye balls, verify later". This strategy is described in the boo
by mgh2 5y ago
The journalist prob. didn't "fell" into it, it is how media works these days: "publish first for eye balls, verify later". This strategy is described in the book Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator
- DaedPsyker 5y agoBut what benefit does that serve the BBC? Outside of the world service, it's funding doesn't depend on views.
- scaramanga 5y agoIf it it fails to succeed by the standards of commercial media then the government can say that it is not competitive, not a good use of tax-payer money and kill it as they repeatedly threaten to do. It is an incredibly narrow slice of the UK political spectrum that both sincerely believes in the BBC's mission to do public interest journalism and realistically expects it to be a success in that mission.