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Is posting hundreds of mundane "news" articles with no substance really fighting?

• gori 13y ago
  Is not talking about it better?
  • criley2 13y ago
    How about- and I know this is shocking- we find a balance. A balance between nothing and tabloid. We're dangerously close to tabloid currently. Lots of irrelevant articles, lots of speculation and opinion, and the real stories are hidden in the noise. I still think about 80% of the Snowden articles are worse than useless -- they're actively hiding the 20% of articles that are worthwhile, that we should all be reading. But hey, I guess diverting our attention to the pointless bits of the story is an effective diversion tactic /conspiracy
• joshstrange 13y ago
  We complain all the time that the major news networks don't cover what is really important or that they cover them and move on like it never happened. I think it is a good think that it is kept present in our minds so we don't forget it or write it off as "There is nothing we can do about it". Seeing the entire front page of HN covered in stories on it might be slightly annoying but it is much better than the alternative (no coverage) IMHO.