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"News Avoidance" on the rise

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by DesertGator, Aug 1, 2023.

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  1. Aug 1, 2023 #21
    tigator2019

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    We watch Reuters and BBC news on Roku and true ‘news’ in first 5 mins on streaming.

    NY times for rest
     
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  2. Aug 1, 2023 #22
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  3. Aug 1, 2023 #23
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    I wouldn't consider the local news to be deplorable
     
  4. Aug 1, 2023 #24
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    Interesting that the CNN article is much more accurate than the Fox headline.
     
  5. Aug 1, 2023 #25
    tigator2019

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    it could be user error on my part. I read nothing about the vaccine in the first two stories.
     
  6. Aug 1, 2023 #26
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    The implications of the vax were implied in wake of Bronny James collapsing the other day and the vitriol about was it the vax or not.
     
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    More accurate but definitely skewed. It would have only taken a few more keystrokes to say "placed on NFI list."
     
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  10. Aug 1, 2023 #30
    tigator2019

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    where is zero mention of the vaccine . there is zero mention of James. Now you are making stuff up
     
  11. Aug 1, 2023 #31
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    I do. Ex: same applies, never asked the first hard question on ‘Covid.’ Go you one better: during the height of hysteria our governor delivered daily televised briefings during which local reporters acted as snitches.
     
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    Did you miss the James thread? There is zero chance a person who clicks on the articles I linked didn't already have the James story in their head.
     
  13. Aug 1, 2023 #33
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    read news for information, watch news for entertainment.
     
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  14. Aug 1, 2023 #34
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    CNN and Fox are both paying the price for being political ideologues, selling cheap, worthless partisan BS to the American public.

    I hope they both go out of business.
     
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  15. Aug 1, 2023 #35
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    So you're example explaining why more people are avoiding the news... is a collection of similar articles that would require readers to have knowledge of another news story?

    I don't think that's as ironclad of an example/argument as you're attempting to make.
     
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  16. Aug 1, 2023 #36
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    i see it more a a reality avoidance. people do not want to hear what they don't want to hear so they are seeking out sources that tell them what they want to hear, be it youtube or reddit or qchan or facebook
     
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    This, combined with cable news squandering public trust by saturating viewers with sensationalism and "breaking news" on a 24/7 cycle in an attempt to keep ratings high and sell more advertisements.
     
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    Times-Union used to have about 200 people in the newsroom. Now I hear it’s less than 25
     
  19. Aug 1, 2023 #39
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    And I'd imagine 3 of those cover the Jags. Nate Monroe, as annoying as he is sometimes, does really good work.

    Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I'd think the pendulum will swing back and they'll figure out a better way to monetize the local papers. At least in a bigger city like Jax. It's sad, because half the comments of Facebook are "I can't read this because it's behind a paywall." Yeah no shit, dipstick...

    Small town papers unfortunately stand no chance.
     
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  20. Aug 1, 2023 #40
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    Maybe that enters into the equation, but not as much as one would think. My opinion is that its a much simpler root cause. The technology of the day and the inevitable "need to have it first to make the most money" attitude of the world is more to blame.

    It used to be people had to buy tangible news publications. So the headlines had to be succinct yet descriptive enough to grab people's attention and make them want to purchase the news. They had to take the time to actually reach into their pockets to trade a tangible object for a tangible object.

    Then it slowly morphed in television and online publications (before today's "quick link media", only the major publications really had any kind of mainstream audience) grabbing people with those headlines. It took far less time to browse the channels and the headlines than it did to read them on printed publications than before. And it cost a lot less taking out a lot of the skin that readers had in the game. The length of time to desire to comprehend and question the news shortened. In addition, on television you had someone feeding it to you and it was widely accepted as "accurate".

    And now, every imbecile with a keyboard and webcam can spout an opinion online and sell it as news to get advertising clicks. People hardly need to take any time to read a headline and take even less to absorb its validity or accuracy. And the big boys have to play a similar game to avoid giving up any share of the pie since there's a million "sources" out there. Which is where your assertion comes into play. It's less about escaping reality, and more about confirmation bias at that point. All that does is fuel the crazies on both fringes and John Q. Public in the middle is finally getting tired of it and turning it off entirely.
     
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