Google Made $4.7B from the News Industry in 2018, Study Says

Re:Google Made $4.7B from the News Industry in 2018, Study Says by writepub on Monday June 10, 2019 @01:29PM (#20148833)

NYT from 10 years ago would not have published this unsubstantiated propaganda piece.

Facts are commodity in the age of search engines, and the only "value add" journalism brings to the table is "opinions". Even the once infallible NYT apparently cannot resist this fundamental change, and this article is one grain of sand in a barren desert of listless opining masquerading as news.

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Re:Google Made $4.7B from the News Industry in 2018, Study Says by malandrew on Monday June 10, 2019 @01:57PM (#20149107)

This. So much this. The NY Times is a shell of its former self reverse mortgaging hard-earned reputation one bad story at a time until it has burned through all of its equity.

A.M. Rosenthal would be spinning in his grave right now.

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Re:Google Made $4.7B from the News Industry in 2018, Study Says by marstall on Monday June 10, 2019 @01:50PM (#20149037)

journalists actually find + report facts, and check them. Without journalists, there would be far fewer facts! Pick up any newspaper - in every article, in every paragraph, you will most likely find a newly minted fact produced and edited by a knowledgeable professional.

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Re:Google Made $4.7B from the News Industry in 2018, Study Says by tracker1 on Monday June 10, 2019 @04:31PM (#20150504)

Except the "advocate journalist" is more about setting a narrative and using deception as necessary than getting facts straight.

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