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Re:Comcast-Owned Vox Runs Commercial for Comcast’s $500M Sna... by dstaley on Sunday March 05, 2017 @01:06PM (#13797362)
One of the reasons people seem to have an aversion to Vox's format is that it's not meant to be like the rest of news journalism. When they first announced Vox, it was described as such:

> Vox.com is news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines.

So, if you're accustomed to "the noise", I can understand why you might distrust Vox.

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Re:Comcast-Owned Vox Runs Commercial for Comcast’s $500M Sna... by austenallred on Sunday March 05, 2017 @01:08PM (#13797391)
I wouldn't take the marketing-speak too seriously. Vox is no different than any other pageview-seeking news organization, all of which claim to cut through the noise.

Most "news" these days is just content created to drive page views by discussing hot current events. Vox included.

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Re:Comcast-Owned Vox Runs Commercial for Comcast’s $500M Sna... by dstaley on Sunday March 05, 2017 @01:12PM (#13797424)
Totally agree. I'm just pointing out that their self-stated motivation behind news coverage is why some people dislike their format.
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Re:Comcast-Owned Vox Runs Commercial for Comcast’s $500M Sna... by tvanantwerp on Sunday March 05, 2017 @01:18PM (#13797456)
That's a great goal, and one which they don't actually pursue. For every great thing I've read on Vox, there seem to be 99 pieces of pure, unadulterated noise.
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