Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about...
by genericone on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:30AM
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More like, the zoo pr team reached out to news and other organizations months in advance of the panda birth to create tens of thousands of dollars of marketing and word of mouth, in order to increase zoo attendance, donations, and memberships.
Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about...
by culturestate on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @04:02AM
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Well, also, people like pandas because they're cute and cuddly and as such they like to read stories about baby pandas.
Not everything is part of some giant capitalist conspiracy. Sometimes people just like pandas.
Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about...
by polytely on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @06:55AM
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It's not a capitalist conspiracy, it's just the path of least resistance, if you are in the morning meeting deciding what stories to cover, it's a slow newsday and you have a press release from the zoo announcing the birth of the panda it's easier to just report on that than to go looking for a story.
Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about...
by culturestate on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:01AM
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You're right, but that's not the scenario the comment I responded to was implying.
There's a difference between "oh look, there's a baby panda, this is an easy one" and participating in a months-long coordinated campaign designed to make money.
Itβs like when they report that some pandas got offspring in captivity in zoo X.
Even if they lied about it, even if they invent a new country where there are celebrations, it makes no difference.
It is useful to consume and fact check news on what could have an effect on your life.
It also brings about the bias you are talking about.
Because the newly born panda might matter to the local veterinarian.
Well my train of thought certainly took a 180 degree turn there..