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I suppose my comments are delving into a larger problem with the media in general, and the constant use of sensationalized stories and facts in order to get mor
by tsally 18y ago
I suppose my comments are delving into a larger problem with the media in general, and the constant use of sensationalized stories and facts in order to get more exposure. All the main news organizations are doing it as well, but I wish journalists would cover things that actual mattered. We blame the government and greedy businessmen for the current state of the economy, but honestly if we still had independent journalism, it probably would have never happened. What a man can do, a man will do, and in our society, what a powerful man can do is limited only by what the media will call him out on.
Anyway, I'm getting off topic. The bottom line is that page views != value. This seems like a blatant attempt at page views.
- joop 18y agoYou make it sound like page views were invented by the Devil himself. Page views aren't bad and a good reflection of what people find interesting. Yes, this story is interesting. The 50+ comments are extremely interesting and highlight all the aspects that make this story interesting. Every blogger writes for an audience and having more people read your story is a good sign. The fact that this story was posted here (by someone not associated with that particular blog) is proof of that.
- tsally 18y agoThe blog post is clearly sensationalized. A poll option to fire him, really? There's also zero original content or insightful commentary, It's essentially just a copy/paste job from drama that happened on this site, with a bit of spice for page views thrown in.