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You're a reporter. Your career is helped if your articles sell a lot. Of course you have an incentive to put a bit of "kick" in the title, or even in the conten
by Florin_Andrei 12y ago
You're a reporter. Your career is helped if your articles sell a lot. Of course you have an incentive to put a bit of "kick" in the title, or even in the content of the article, if that will help your baseline.
Money-driven outcomes are not always optimal.
- spikels 12y agoI think blaming "money" for so many problems is wrong. Like any writer reporters want to see their work published and read. This is what it means to be a successful reporter. And while it may eventually lead to more money given the very low compensation of the vast majority of reporters if their behavior was really driven by money they would change professions.
- Florin_Andrei 12y agoCareer? Status? Worrying about the kids' college fund? They're all related. Regardless of how you want to split this particular strand of hair, the bottom line is that media's main incentives nowadays are NOT to inform and educate the public.