Re:Why won't some people pay for news? (2022)
by netbioserror on Friday August 16, 2024 @08:52PM
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Forgive my cynicism, but I do not believe you, and I do not believe the linked article. Profit is not the only incentive to deceive. Power, legacy, and prestige (which the article claims was the ultimate goal) are all incentives to deceive, mislead, or otherwise engage in narrative craft.
Re:Why won't some people pay for news? (2022)
by strangattractor on Monday August 19, 2024 @01:46PM
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Cynicism forgiven. I would point out that most of the powerful are also very, very rich. Might be difficult to separate the two.
Re:Why won't some people pay for news? (2022)
by tsimionescu on Saturday August 17, 2024 @01:03AM
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In the past, a lot of news outlets were prestige buys by the super wealthy. They would buy a news outlet so they could make sure that they have a place that will say everything they want to hear being said. This often allowed for some objectivity over subjects that the magnate didn't care about, but it put very strict limits on the ones that the magnate did.
Plus, the news has always been majority sponsored by publicity, and news rooms have always been careful to print or broadcast narratives that sit well with the people who give them the money. Few things have really changed in these dynamics.
Re:Why won't some people pay for news? (2022)
by throw10920 on Sunday August 18, 2024 @12:04PM
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The objective was always "make money" - it never changed. What changed was the means of making money - originally journalism, now advocacy and activism.
The New York Times, in particular, clearly now is an advocacy organization instead of a news organization.
https://www.city-journal.org/article/slouching-toward-post-j...
https://niemanreports.org/articles/the-transformation-of-net...