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Also see http://churnalism.com/ http://churnalism.com/ More news is really just crudely rehashed or verbatim press releases by particular companies than you mi

• Qworg 13y ago
  Out of all the things I learned working in marketing, this was one of the most shocking. Many times, cool news about a particular company or a new products was written, verbatim, by the company itself.
  • ryandrake 13y ago
    Really, you found it shocking? I thought this concept is pretty much well understood by anyone who's seen an infomercial.
    • motters 13y ago
      I found it shocking when I first learned about it. Previously I had thought that articles featuring in the news were actual journalism, not just copy and pasted stuff from company press releases. It changed my view of what the news is.
    • Qworg 13y ago
      Except infomercials are known advertising. I had always expected the news to be above it, but "earned media" is totally a thing.
  • swang 13y ago
    Yeah Paul Graham writes about this in one of his articles. http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html