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I feel like I've noticed an increase in low-level comments like this lately. I'd expect to find this comment on a really popular subreddit where the masses go.

I feel like I've noticed an increase in low-level comments like this lately. I'd expect to find this comment on a really popular subreddit where the masses go. Basically contains a knee-jerk reaction to the headline/title and nothing else.

shiftpgdn 3y ago
I think most people in the US rightfully have a total disdain for the media. The vast majority of articles are clickbait, propaganda or are outright wrong. Many big organizations (Hearst) have outsourced the majority of local reporting to the third world countries where they can pay pennies on the dollar.
- MuffinFlavored 3y ago
  > I think most people in the US rightfully have a total disdain for the media. yes and no. > In 2022, there were 161.42 million people registered to vote in the United States. > As of December 7, 2020, 66.7 percent of the eligible voting population in the United States voted in the 2020 presidential election 2020 election had 158.398m votes ~239m eligible voters I'm lead to believe that a significant portion of those "active voters" are influenced/pay attention to/care about the media. Whether it's a weird "self-harm" relationship where it makes them upset/sick/mad, they still "do it to themselves"
  - Dalewyn 3y ago
    >I'm lead to believe that a significant portion of those "active voters" are influenced/pay attention to/care about the media. By that definition, I am not one of them.
- gaws 3y ago
  > I think most people in the US rightfully have a total disdain for the media Their lack of media literacy is part of the problem.
antisthenes 3y ago
It's probably somewhat tied to the article at hand, ironically. E.g. when you see a low-effort "water is wet" article, the primal urge is to leave a low-effort comment and move on with your life. There's almost no benefit to discussing these articles, because the points have already been made, hashed, and re-hashed hundreds of times. In other words, the value add of this article to me is 0. Media's been collapsing for a while now, because technology makes a lot of markets into winner-take-all markets, with a LOT of losers like local newspapers and below-average quality independent journalists.
ls612 3y ago
Very few US media outlets are worth anything imo, basically WSJ, Bloomberg, and (very marginally) Politico. If you are lucky your local paper may be worthwhile for local matters but not for anything else.
- gaws 3y ago
  Where do you get your news?

shiftpgdn 3y ago

I think most people in the US rightfully have a total disdain for the media. The vast majority of articles are clickbait, propaganda or are outright wrong. Many big organizations (Hearst) have outsourced the majority of local reporting to the third world countries where they can pay pennies on the dollar.

MuffinFlavored 3y ago
> I think most people in the US rightfully have a total disdain for the media. yes and no. > In 2022, there were 161.42 million people registered to vote in the United States. > As of December 7, 2020, 66.7 percent of the eligible voting population in the United States voted in the 2020 presidential election 2020 election had 158.398m votes ~239m eligible voters I'm lead to believe that a significant portion of those "active voters" are influenced/pay attention to/care about the media. Whether it's a weird "self-harm" relationship where it makes them upset/sick/mad, they still "do it to themselves"
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  >I'm lead to believe that a significant portion of those "active voters" are influenced/pay attention to/care about the media. By that definition, I am not one of them.
gaws 3y ago
> I think most people in the US rightfully have a total disdain for the media Their lack of media literacy is part of the problem.

antisthenes 3y ago

It's probably somewhat tied to the article at hand, ironically. E.g. when you see a low-effort "water is wet" article, the primal urge is to leave a low-effort comment and move on with your life. There's almost no benefit to discussing these articles, because the points have already been made, hashed, and re-hashed hundreds of times. In other words, the value add of this article to me is 0. Media's been collapsing for a while now, because technology makes a lot of markets into winner-take-all markets, with a LOT of losers like local newspapers and below-average quality independent journalists.

ls612 3y ago

Very few US media outlets are worth anything imo, basically WSJ, Bloomberg, and (very marginally) Politico. If you are lucky your local paper may be worthwhile for local matters but not for anything else.

gaws 3y ago
Where do you get your news?