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0 pointsmoomin5y ago0 comments

I dunno, I look out at the world and think that maybe making journalism unprofitable may have had some negative effects that are a bit bigger than web standards not advancing that fast?

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an_opabinia5y ago· 2 in thread

You’re absolutely right.

Though the same people who complain about the loss of profitable journalism also run adblockers and sub/unsub from major newspapers over their op-eds.

Avicebron5y ago

Personally I would pay a decent subscription to a journal or newspaper if they offered incredibly high quality content ad-free. Instead what we have are cheap ad-saturated papers competing with each other to the lowest common denominator.

It's a vicious cycle kicked off by Google and co.

pbhjpbhj5y ago

To get to be a 'journal or newspaper that offers incredibly high quality content ad-free' you need funding. Arguably you also need to go up against the richest and most powerful people in the World, and you need to protect against someone buying it and shutting it down.

You need a lot of principles and some money, getting those things together in the same place seems hard.

Was news in the past better ( more comprehensive? more verified?), or just better presented?

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