Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November
by metalliqaz on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:01PM
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"Media" doesn't do this because they have a hidden agenda.* They are just following the profit motive. Click-bait gets clicks, which makes their ad-supported model work. I think the line in that Bond movie is, "Give the people what they want."
The way to fix this issue isn't to stop consuming news, it's to pay for the news that doesn't use click bait.
Obviously it's worse in the Internet age but honestly I don't think it's new. You think back to the sensational headlines that the newsies were shouting out on street corners and it's really the same thing.
* well, of course some do, but I'm talking 'real' news here
Re:A record 4.5M workers quit their jobs in November
by netizen-936824 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @04:37PM
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The same phenomenon seems to happen in nearly every industry. Optimizing for profit at the expense of just about everything else.
Kinda seems to me like profit being at the center of everything is the problem
This is a prime example of one of the main reasons I stopped reading/watching news some years back - the media thrives on click-bait and negativity, and I just don't need that in my life.
Here we have something happening that many would think is good - huge numbers of people switching jobs. Instead, all the focus is on only one side of the job switch, which exactly as you said is purposely misrepresenting the facts with the express purpose of driving traffic.