ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social

The news is a business. Journalists say their job is to inform, but the people who pay them are interested in profits. Trump was extremely good for the news industry.

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C.V. Danes @cvdanes.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:51 UTC

The 24/7 news cycle and the Internet have broken the news business. And now the bosses want to add AI to the mix.

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Kaitlin Has Had Enough @gothamgirlblue.com [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:23 UTC

We also have to consider that the financial interests of owners and highly paid columnists are not aligned at all with democracy (they think), and none of them travel outside of their bubbles to understand why

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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:14 UTC

I'm not saying there's a conscious media conspiracy to reelect Trump, but that the news industry has incentives that favor exciting new things. Biden coasting to the nomination is boring. The current storyline is more dramatic and is generating a tremendous amount of content

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a @aacoek.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:18 UTC

Advertizer "supported" media.

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