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Re:Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views by mThumbnail on Sunday December 01, 2019 @05:44PM (#21678321)
I'm surprised there hasn't been a anti-news backlash against the tabloidization of news media, even formerly respectable outlets like the NYT.

Aaron Swartz was truly prescient

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Re:Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views by Marsymars on Sunday December 01, 2019 @10:58PM (#21679707)
There are some other notable figures who've spoken out against the news entertainment industry, e.g. Nassim Taleb - probably also others that I'm not familiar with.
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Re:Sham news sites make big bucks from fake views by SlowRobotAhead on Sunday December 01, 2019 @05:57PM (#21678383)
And look what they turned Reddit into.

Schwartz would have been appalled at the ads, AMA manipulation, censorship.

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