Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S. This Year

Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by busterarm on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:00PM (#25434395)

Yellow journalism has always been a thing and has been problematic lots of times in our history.

This is really just the prolonged conclusion of 24 hour news cycles that have been with us since cable television.

What's the quote about newspapers bringing all of the horrors of the world to your doorstep? Television brought them into your living room. Now with online media you carry them around with you.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by daveslash on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:57PM (#25435159)

Now with online media you carry it into the bathroom.

(Low quality comment, I know. I'll see myself out.)

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by LordDragonfang on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:52AM (#25440103)

Actually, that's a really good continuation of the analogy. Doorstep > living room > bathroom is a pretty succinct continuum of personal privacy or intimacy in your your living area.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by busterarm on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @12:37PM (#25445523)

Chilling, honestly. The way news is presented and consumed now means it's all horrors that we can't escape from.

It's all intensely personal and polarizing.

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