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Great analysis, thanks. A question is: Do the younger audience rely on streaming platforms/news channels to get their news? Anecdotally, everyone I know in the

by hdesh 4y ago

Great analysis, thanks. A question is: Do the younger audience rely on streaming platforms/news channels to get their news? Anecdotally, everyone I know in the young age group relies on social-media or web-based portals for their news.

brimble 4y ago
"Elder Millennial" checking in. Since moving out on my own (quite a while ago, at this point) I've never had cable at all. Nor have any of my friends, who span from about my age down to the oldest edge of Gen Z. Nearly all my news is radio in the car (NPR—ugh, but at least sometimes they rebroadcast BBC News and that's decent) or from web sites. Practically all video news I watch is either raw footage, or (similarly) C-SPAN. John Oliver on HBO Max if it's late and I've had a few and I'm bored—that's about it for actual "news programs", if that even counts. [EDIT] I take back part of that—I think one guy has cable. He's into football. He's also the only right-winger in my circle. Maybe a coincidence? Wouldn't be surprised if a fair bit of his "vaccine hesitancy" (to put it in mild, friendly NPR terms) came from watching Fox News, now that I think about it.
- kansface 4y ago
  Podcasts have completely replaced NPR for me. I’d highly recommend it.
  - brimble 4y ago
    Something about most podcasts make them really hard to listen to, for me. Not sure why. Among all media I find them uniquely difficult to follow. My attention wanders and I end up missing most of it. Radio-news-style programs are fine, for some reason. All I can figure is it's got something to do with the pace, and the way the hosts speak. I can even tune into weird religious talk programs on the radio, and mostly be OK, but podcasts as a medium just rarely work for me. Which bums me out, because I'm assured there are tons of good ones, but I just can't handle them. Similar formats with video are fine (on e.g. Youtube).
    - sephamorr 4y ago
      I used to feel similarly about audio but have figured out the right settings for acceleration (1.2-1.4x) and silence trimming in pocketcasts to increase the informational content and keep it interesting - it works for me now. (that and finding the most interesting content for me)
      - brimble 4y ago
        I'll try that! Dan Carlin's works are some of the ones I find easiest to follow, but still too difficult, so maybe I'll try it on him first.
- weberer 4y ago
  Fox News is pretty pro-vaccine. I just looked through their website and couldn't find any stories against vaccines themselves. Several stories saying they're safe and effective. https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-covid-19-vaccine-boosters-ready-september-rollout https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-covid-19-vaccine-boosters-... https://www.foxnews.com/health/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-more-than-90-effective-kids https://www.foxnews.com/health/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-more-... https://www.foxnews.com/health/covid-19-vaccination-kids-severe-illness https://www.foxnews.com/health/covid-19-vaccination-kids-sev...
bombcar 4y ago
I'm not significantly "young" but I get most my "news" from links in telegram chats and places like this. If it's huge news, I'll hear about it (you can't avoid it) and if it is not huge news, why do I care?
Pxtl 4y ago
The only "news" I get from modern streaming is the Youtubes of Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert and Last Week Tonight on HBO/Crave, I get the rest of my news from Twitter (where I follow various local journos and CBC). Which I know isn't ideal and I should pay for a proper news source but the state of "print" journalism in Canada is really, really bad right now since all the non-government-run services are being bought up by ideological conservatives.
- hef19898 4y ago
  I secind late night shows to get news. They have a bias that is totally clear (and one I share, most of the time), are well curayed and researched (so I don't to have news all day) and are presented in a non-so-serious way (making digestion easier). In additiok to that we have dogital subscriptions to NYT, WP and physical ones for Wired and our local newspaper. Anytheing else is the non-subscription stuff from reliable news papers. I did reduce news consumption a lot so since the Ukraine war started. Oh, and not to forget: HN.

by hdesh 4y ago

brimble 4y ago

"Elder Millennial" checking in. Since moving out on my own (quite a while ago, at this point) I've never had cable at all. Nor have any of my friends, who span from about my age down to the oldest edge of Gen Z. Nearly all my news is radio in the car (NPR—ugh, but at least sometimes they rebroadcast BBC News and that's decent) or from web sites. Practically all video news I watch is either raw footage, or (similarly) C-SPAN. John Oliver on HBO Max if it's late and I've had a few and I'm bored—that's about it for actual "news programs", if that even counts. [EDIT] I take back part of that—I think one guy has cable. He's into football. He's also the only right-winger in my circle. Maybe a coincidence? Wouldn't be surprised if a fair bit of his "vaccine hesitancy" (to put it in mild, friendly NPR terms) came from watching Fox News, now that I think about it.

kansface 4y ago
Podcasts have completely replaced NPR for me. I’d highly recommend it.
- brimble 4y ago
  Something about most podcasts make them really hard to listen to, for me. Not sure why. Among all media I find them uniquely difficult to follow. My attention wanders and I end up missing most of it. Radio-news-style programs are fine, for some reason. All I can figure is it's got something to do with the pace, and the way the hosts speak. I can even tune into weird religious talk programs on the radio, and mostly be OK, but podcasts as a medium just rarely work for me. Which bums me out, because I'm assured there are tons of good ones, but I just can't handle them. Similar formats with video are fine (on e.g. Youtube).
  - sephamorr 4y ago
    I used to feel similarly about audio but have figured out the right settings for acceleration (1.2-1.4x) and silence trimming in pocketcasts to increase the informational content and keep it interesting - it works for me now. (that and finding the most interesting content for me)
    - brimble 4y ago
      I'll try that! Dan Carlin's works are some of the ones I find easiest to follow, but still too difficult, so maybe I'll try it on him first.
weberer 4y ago
Fox News is pretty pro-vaccine. I just looked through their website and couldn't find any stories against vaccines themselves. Several stories saying they're safe and effective. https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-covid-19-vaccine-boosters-ready-september-rollout https://www.foxnews.com/health/us-covid-19-vaccine-boosters-... https://www.foxnews.com/health/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-more-than-90-effective-kids https://www.foxnews.com/health/pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-more-... https://www.foxnews.com/health/covid-19-vaccination-kids-severe-illness https://www.foxnews.com/health/covid-19-vaccination-kids-sev...

bombcar 4y ago

I'm not significantly "young" but I get most my "news" from links in telegram chats and places like this. If it's huge news, I'll hear about it (you can't avoid it) and if it is not huge news, why do I care?

Pxtl 4y ago

The only "news" I get from modern streaming is the Youtubes of Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert and Last Week Tonight on HBO/Crave, I get the rest of my news from Twitter (where I follow various local journos and CBC). Which I know isn't ideal and I should pay for a proper news source but the state of "print" journalism in Canada is really, really bad right now since all the non-government-run services are being bought up by ideological conservatives.

hef19898 4y ago
I secind late night shows to get news. They have a bias that is totally clear (and one I share, most of the time), are well curayed and researched (so I don't to have news all day) and are presented in a non-so-serious way (making digestion easier). In additiok to that we have dogital subscriptions to NYT, WP and physical ones for Wired and our local newspaper. Anytheing else is the non-subscription stuff from reliable news papers. I did reduce news consumption a lot so since the Ukraine war started. Oh, and not to forget: HN.