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I feel like the whole "X is going away, here's why it's good" thing is just some kind of template journalists use for articles where they know there's going to
by scohesc 4y ago
I feel like the whole "X is going away, here's why it's good" thing is just some kind of template journalists use for articles where they know there's going to be large amounts of outrage or "why?!" felt by their readers. Definitely not being used to comfort the reader.
More cynical viewpoints I've seen is that articles are being written like this to "brainwash" people into agreeing with taking their rights away or to convince people something horrible isn't happening behind the scenes and to 'stay calm'.
I don't know - every time I read a headline like that I feel like clicking on it to see how horrible a justification a journalist has to say that inflation/supply chain problems/removing physical SIMs/etc. is good and we should like it.
Maybe that's all they need to get the pittance of ad-revenue.
- bogomipz 4y ago>"I feel like the whole "X is going away, here's why it's good" thing is just some kind of template journalists use for articles where they know there's going to be large amounts of outrage or "why?!" felt by their readers." Agreed and that template and content is often provided to them verbatim by the corporation or interest group that sent them the press release.