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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by joeguilmette on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @04:52AM (#13480092)
>> Trump may have unintentionally restored investigative journalism...

This can happen if they can find a way to monetize text that costs 100x more to produce and has 100x less engagement than clickbait.

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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by halomru on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @06:49AM (#13480630)
If there's 10000 times less competition in investigative journalism than in clickbaiting those numbers add up to being profitable
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Re:George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling book on... by marcosdumay on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @09:31AM (#13481578)
Maybe people will actually pay for something that isn't trash.

(Or, maybe not, who knows.)

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