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What do you suppose journalism is and when do you propose that happened historically?

• Waterluvian 2y ago
  Stuff like Carreyrou’s investigation on Theranos feels like journalism. Where the objective is the truth, not ad impressions. I think both goals can sometimes find harmony and the revenue can support the journalistic endeavour. But that feels less and less true. A lot of for-profit media is optimizing heavily towards clicks, often at the very clear expense of the story. Such as not linking citations because thou shalt not guide eyeballs away from the website. I feel that journalism has immense social value (I’d call it an absolute necessity) and ideally it is funded publicly and uses the academic tenure style approach.
  • kasey_junk 2y ago
    I think you have a biased belief in the history of journalism. The news now is not in any way more optimized for selling content than the past commercial media. And the history of state run media is not particularly aligned with the idea that “the truth” was the goal.
  • ghaff 2y ago
    And Carreyou worked for the Wall Street Journal and, as I recall, left because he wasn't allowed to be paid for speaking. Public funding has its own set of conflicts; look at any history of public television/radio funding.