I don't think so and have been questioning it for a long time. Journalism is dead. They think it is because of a changing demographic, but they have shot themselves in the foot, by reporting for clicks, not substance. The advertising model bastardizes content.
Which is such a massive shame... because true journalism is the very thing that exposes fraud and corruption in corporations and governments. We need real journalism to survive as a society and we're obviously feeling the affects of this attention advertising model and VCs buying up local papers to increase shareholder value.
I agree. The problem is that who is going to go undercover for 6 months to get 1000 clicks, when they can post a story about another photoshop fail on a Kardashian ass for 1,000,000?
I don't think so and have been questioning it for a long time. Journalism is dead. They think it is because of a changing demographic, but they have shot themselves in the foot, by reporting for clicks, not substance. The advertising model bastardizes content.
Which is such a massive shame... because true journalism is the very thing that exposes fraud and corruption in corporations and governments. We need real journalism to survive as a society and we're obviously feeling the affects of this attention advertising model and VCs buying up local papers to increase shareholder value.
I agree. The problem is that who is going to go undercover for 6 months to get 1000 clicks, when they can post a story about another photoshop fail on a Kardashian ass for 1,000,000?