Re:Why media layoffs keep happening
by arduanika on Friday January 25, 2019 @12:23AM
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Exactly. The charge is not "false news"; it's "fake news". Filtered, processed, manufactured, spun, all while generally keeping things technically correct -- the best kind of correct.
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Well I think slanted news becomes easier as economic models get leaner. Broke? sell to a person wanting to hide behind earned past reputation.
Furthermore, outrage is the most addicting emotion (according to post on HN apologizing for creating the internet) so news that draws a person in, tends to outrage.
being reasonable, means some audience will leave to go to the more addicting outrage.
This is my hypothesis only.