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And thus, because profit motive drives literally everything (because it's impossible to forestall a takeover if you're broke) then all news-media trend toward m
by AndrewKemendo 4y ago
And thus, because profit motive drives literally everything (because it's impossible to forestall a takeover if you're broke) then all news-media trend toward maximum tolerable negativity.
That is, there is a saddlepoint for how much negativity viewers desire.
While I don't personally know what the threshold for psychological damage from exposure to this kind of media is, I would guess it's lower than the average exposure level is now.
- wolverine876 4y agoI don't observe "maximum tolerable negativity". Could you give an example, maybe a link to a serious news website that looks this way?
- AndrewKemendo 4y agohttps://www.cnn.com/ https://www.cnn.com/ as of 10:47ET: 32 links to stories above the fold for my browser 3 are emotionally neutral or positive --------------------------------------- https://www.foxnews.com/ https://www.foxnews.com/: 6 links to stories above the fold 0 are emotionally neutral or positive The only thing next is to just be the violence network
- wolverine876 4y agoThat doesn't support the claims about 'negativity' and especially about 'maximum tolerable'.