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The future of news is halfway between stratfor and private eye magazine. It should be written from an "out-universe" perspective, unlike the "in-universe" persp
by JonnieCache 12y ago
The future of news is halfway between stratfor and private eye magazine. It should be written from an "out-universe" perspective, unlike the "in-universe" perspective of all current journalism, ie. it should treat the upper two or three layers of PR and realpolitik that cover every aspect of modern life as fictional, and skip straight to the real reasons for things: "control over regional energy markets", "elections in 2 years," "these two celebrities are both managed by the same agency and so they are having a fight to boost sales of celebrity A's new book" and so on.
Also it would ignore the news cycle.
- pjc50 12y agoBut would people pay money to read this? It seems that people don't want a factual news source. Especially not for celebrity coverage. It's the same reason that people flock to talk radio or fringe conspiracy sites: the truth is boring and/or depressing. It's the humor sites that come closest to the bone (the Onion, the Daily Mash etc).
- GHFigs 12y agoIt seems that people don't want a factual news source. Ding ding ding! What we call news is mostly consumed for entertainment and identity-reenforcement/social currency, so that's what the news business serves up. It's made out of real-world events and facts, but the actual end product is to reality as "frozen dairy product" is to ice cream.
- JonnieCache 12y agoPeople seem to pay money for both private eye and stratfor. It's just a case of making them (a bit more) mass marketable. Obviously this is easier said than done :)