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Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by polytely on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @06:55AM (#27513468)
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.
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Re:Avoid News, Part 2: What the Stock Market Taught Me about... by culturestate on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:01AM (#27513531)
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.

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