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So the technical solution is to have our news reading environment be aware of which items we've seen, and only alert us when new information on a topic we've ex
by olefoo 13y ago
So the technical solution is to have our news reading environment be aware of which items we've seen, and only alert us when new information on a topic we've expressed an intent to follow comes in.
So imagine that CNN tries to reinvent themselves after this weeks fiasco. They spend a bunch of time and money setting up their newsgathering operation to tag everything with metadata and provide special software to consume the tag feeds and manage users attention; gobs of customisation options, in depth access to the underlying data, not just for financial news, but also the analysis of breaking events and the public reaction thereto. Basically a Bloomberg Terminal, with a broader focus.
And if they do all of that. They will continue to lose money to outlets that treat events as a cross between a circus-freak sideshow and a particularly bloody genre of morality play ( FOX and NYPost, as instances of the Grand Guignol approach to journalism ).
- majormajor 13y agoSBNation is pretty good about that with their separate blogs you can individually "subscribe" too and see notifications of new content for, and their commenting platform that keeps track of which comments you've already read. The latter feature would be spectacular to have on HN. Not having the site tell me which comments are new, and letting me navigate just to them, feels so archaic to me now.
- crusso 13y agoFOX and NYPost, as instances of the Grand Guignol approach to journalism It's always amusing how Fox is so popular to slam that even in an article where CNN is flamed for doing what they seem to do quite often - you have to go after Fox. Outside of the talking head shows on Fox, I find their reporting to be as good or better than CNN. I think it's the result of the accepted culture of attacking them because their talking head shows are to the right. They have to be better than the next channel because they're under more scrutiny.
- olefoo 13y agoAny news channel whose announcers are so visibly aroused by the prospect of bombing countries that they actively demonize has lost any claim to seriousness, sorry, that's the way it is.
- crusso 13y agoNot sure what specific incident(s) you're talking about, but are you saying that journalists who show bias in some way "lose any claim to seriousness"? If so, I can point to many examples of bias on all major news and media outlets.