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I've seen headlines of 1 major publication that's been non-stop ChatGPT is evil for the past month. I don't think it replaces real journalists. Real journalism

I've seen headlines of 1 major publication that's been non-stop ChatGPT is evil for the past month. I don't think it replaces real journalists. Real journalism just got much easier to do & analyze research. I will gladly pay a human money who understands what they're reporting on, can gather sources of quality data & use a tool like ChatGPT to help discover & summarize the data. Journalism that is quality over quantity will increase in value, especially the kind that helps filter out fearmongering & overusing the 7 deadly sins. I don't want or need daily news. I want quality & value my time.

marcus_holmes 4y ago
Now we just need to find a business model for Real Journalism that actually works so that we can pay journalists to do it. And we desperately need it. Part of why everything is getting more corrupt is that we don't have newspapers funding journos to go and dig up the dirt.
- MSFT_Edging 4y ago
  The business of News and Journalism almost inherently corrupts the journalism sadly. How can you report on wrongdoings, when the one doing wrong sponsors the publication. A challenge going forward would be to figure out how one can fund journalism in a way that is separate from motive and bias of those funding. State funded means state gets the last say more or less. Corporate funding means journalism is inherently pro-corporate. Local news(tv and paper) is no longer profitable which means we lose the most independent investigative journalism.
  - marcus_holmes 4y ago
    In traditional newspapers, there was a very clear line between the editorial staff and the business/management staff. The business side could not interfere in the editorial - the editorial staff would walk out if the CEO tried to interfere in editorial control. Sadly that hasn't been true for most journalism for decades. The only way forward is for the readers to pay for it. But we've trained everyone that the news is free - it's going to be a hard task to undo that training and get people to pay for their news again.
- mattferderer 4y ago
  It seems "independent journalists" have started becoming popular. I see more of that. Maybe someone allows you to group a bunch of them for a discount & sends you some sort of new text, audio & video that's specific to your interests.
nh23423fefe 4y ago
Daily news doesn't exist. It's all "commentary." Which is zero entropy pablum.

marcus_holmes 4y ago

Now we just need to find a business model for Real Journalism that actually works so that we can pay journalists to do it. And we desperately need it. Part of why everything is getting more corrupt is that we don't have newspapers funding journos to go and dig up the dirt.

MSFT_Edging 4y ago
The business of News and Journalism almost inherently corrupts the journalism sadly. How can you report on wrongdoings, when the one doing wrong sponsors the publication. A challenge going forward would be to figure out how one can fund journalism in a way that is separate from motive and bias of those funding. State funded means state gets the last say more or less. Corporate funding means journalism is inherently pro-corporate. Local news(tv and paper) is no longer profitable which means we lose the most independent investigative journalism.
- marcus_holmes 4y ago
  In traditional newspapers, there was a very clear line between the editorial staff and the business/management staff. The business side could not interfere in the editorial - the editorial staff would walk out if the CEO tried to interfere in editorial control. Sadly that hasn't been true for most journalism for decades. The only way forward is for the readers to pay for it. But we've trained everyone that the news is free - it's going to be a hard task to undo that training and get people to pay for their news again.
mattferderer 4y ago
It seems "independent journalists" have started becoming popular. I see more of that. Maybe someone allows you to group a bunch of them for a discount & sends you some sort of new text, audio & video that's specific to your interests.

nh23423fefe 4y ago

Daily news doesn't exist. It's all "commentary." Which is zero entropy pablum.