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A Simple Stunt Reveals How Blogs Will Print Anything for Pageviews
- paxtonab 13y agoVery interesting read. Definitely paints an interesting story about sensationalist "news" story like Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack. Here's a good quote: "Gen. Smedley Butler defined a racket as something that 'is not what it seems to the majority of the people,' where only a small group of insiders know what’s really going on and they operate for the benefit of a few and expense of basically everyone else. It’s become clear to me that this is the only definition of the online-driven media system of today: a racket."
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- trebor 13y agoThis is not limited to blogs. Most news outlets do the same.