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This is a great concept! Thanks for sharing. I do have to wonder, though, if this is a Band-Aid over the problem of sensationalist reporting. Assuming there is
by lumb63 3y ago
This is a great concept! Thanks for sharing. I do have to wonder, though, if this is a Band-Aid over the problem of sensationalist reporting. Assuming there is a market for “boring” news (I think there is; I’d like to read it!), wouldn’t it be cheaper to pay journalists to write less exaggerative pieces in the first place?
- solarkraft 3y agoThere are boring news orgs, but how many are you subscribed to? How likely are others to find them?
- notduncansmith 3y agoI think counteracting the market forces that drive exaggerated journalism would be far more expensive and difficult than simply developing some software to filter the exaggerations locally. Also, we can work on the first more effectively with the second in hand.
- carabiner 3y agoTry ft.com. Most of their revenue comes from subscriptions, not ads, so they are not striving to generate clickbait like most papers.
- woile 3y agoIn an ideal world yes, but the incentives are not there. For example, many governments benefit from media being sensationalist, within and outside borders. They don't want less sensationalism. I think this "attention to negativity" is something inherent to humans, and now that we have opened the door, I doubt it's gonna close by everyone paying more to journalists.
- dclowd9901 3y agoI would posit the minority of people are drawn to more "boringly" presented news, and as such, it wouldn't make much sense to have it be the primary artifact. (for better or worse)
- mkoubaa 3y agoIf there is a x million dollar market for boring news, there's an x+a million dollar market for the same news that's less boring