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> next time you might just check the sources instead of them That’s really not the point of journalism. Not every story makes it to HN’s front page let alone
by Retric 2y ago
> next time you might just check the sources instead of them
That’s really not the point of journalism.
Not every story makes it to HN’s front page let alone every document. That kind of filtering for interesting info has real value as I don’t want to read every court document, press release, etc for relevant information.
- nailer 2y agoIt seems you think most journalists are benevolent. The parent poster is making the point that some journalists seek power by filtering and manipulating the conversation. That also seems reasonable. You can look at some cases of hoaxes perpetuated by the media that were clearly designed to create controversy and enhance the writer’s profile at the expense of what actually happened.
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- Retric 2y agoNot benevolent, the goal is generally somewhere between entertainment, advertising, and propaganda. My point was nobody comes back if it’s not generally interesting, that’s the baseline for the industry.
- t-3 2y agoProviding summaries of stuff that happened for people who don't have time to actually look at original sources or sort the wheat from the chaff but still want to pay attention is a useful service, but an awful lot of what passes for journalism these days is just a train of people summarizing or rewriting another person's summary of a rewriting of a summary. If you check multiple news sites on a regular basis, it's easy to find nearly-identical articles popping up with little-to-no difference in content that masquerade as original or at best obliquely name drop another outlet or journalist in the middle of a sentence in the middle of a paragraph near the end of the article.
- Retric 2y agoSure, and well before LLM’s computer programs were writing junk articles on what happened in a football game and such. But how companies fill a 24/7 news cycle is only vaguely related to journalism. The AP news wire has done wonders to these companies bottom line by minimizing the need for actual reporting vs simply repackaging existing content. Still someone needed to find the underlying interesting bit of information before everyone else could add their own spin to it.