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Re:The Intercept cuts back by influx on Sunday March 17, 2019 @06:20AM (#19413261)
There’s only so many NSA PowerPoint you can publish from Snowden before people become bored.
Re:The Intercept cuts back by fwsgonzo on Sunday March 17, 2019 @06:32AM (#19413310)
Very reductive view of the last bastion of investigative journalism
Re:The Intercept cuts back by smt88 on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:57AM (#19413761)
ProPublica (also non-profit) and many individual journalists, like Ronan Farrow, are still doing great investigative work.
Re:The Intercept cuts back by jacksproit on Sunday March 17, 2019 @09:17AM (#19413855)
Re:The Intercept cuts back by exo762 on Sunday March 17, 2019 @07:38AM (#19413479)
OCCRP?
Re:The Intercept cuts back by sodosopa on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:20AM (#19413613)
Shhh. Apparently people don't like to hear about an ethical group of investigative journalists. They only want to focus on the ones tied to Assange.
Re:The Intercept cuts back by boomskats on Sunday March 17, 2019 @06:30AM (#19413297)
Journalism is supposed to be a cure for boredom?
Re:The Intercept cuts back by krapp on Sunday March 17, 2019 @06:32AM (#19413305)
Modern journalism is entertainment. Bored readers/viewers/listeners will turn their attention elsewhere.
Re:The Intercept cuts back by chiefalchemist on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:24AM (#19413623)
So a race to the bottom then?

In any case, that definition is too Orwellian. That is, today's entertainment should not be passed off as journalism; by definition it is not (journalism).

Not to sound harsh, but that's the equivalent of calling op-ed news; Taco Bell fine dining; or an elected official leadership. We can't allow the wrong words to be used (and the right ones abused) and expect to get the downstream discussions right.

Re:The Intercept cuts back by sodosopa on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:36AM (#19413664)
> but that's the equivalent of calling op-ed news; Taco Bell fine dining; or an elected official leadership.

(edit, kinda off topic but related to calling op-eds news)

Gannett allows their advertisers to run light promotional articles as op-eds. It's disgusting, ads made to look like a true opinion piece.

Read your local Gannett site, look at the local paper's op-ed. Look for articles ghost written by Physicians, CEOs, lawyers that talk about community. No notice aside from a brief mention of the employer of the person in the Story Highlights.

Re:The Intercept cuts back by fwsgonzo on Sunday March 17, 2019 @06:34AM (#19413313)
It's unfortunately true. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative_journalism

Investigative journalism is in sharp decline. It really has all but disappeared to most people.

Re:The Intercept cuts back by IshKebab on Sunday March 17, 2019 @07:03AM (#19413387)
Well, yes? People don't read The Boring News do they? "Today in The Boring News, a pencil manufacturer produced its 4 millionth pencil. It was yellow. Also, it rained yesterday."
Re:The Intercept cuts back by wj on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:18AM (#19413601)
You just described the local evening news. I wonder why anyone tunes in outside of being unable to find their remote to change the station.
Re:The Intercept cuts back by sodosopa on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:29AM (#19413642)
The ratings are moving away from boring local TV news too. The audience is shrinking and moving to online sources. Local evening news is mainly controlled by the corporate owners, some news gets through but it's primarily a showcase for 3-4 stories from around larger markets.