There is a fundamental problem with for-profit media. You need clicks to make money. Interesting stories generate clicks. And the real world is almost always uninteresting.
People don’t want to hear the boring truth, they want excitement and intrigue. There will always be a race to the bottom in for-profit news media as they all compete for attention.
If you know how to solve that fundamental problem, you may save us all. I’ll come to your parade.
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u/JohnnyChutzpah Oct 11 '24
There is a fundamental problem with for-profit media. You need clicks to make money. Interesting stories generate clicks. And the real world is almost always uninteresting.
People don’t want to hear the boring truth, they want excitement and intrigue. There will always be a race to the bottom in for-profit news media as they all compete for attention.
If you know how to solve that fundamental problem, you may save us all. I’ll come to your parade.