"A story that is a plain statement of facts presented without sensationalism, will, on average, receive 400-1,200 visits. This is a guaranteed financial loss for an ad-supported news website"
modern news is an objective reporting of events but information product, manufactured for an audience which prefers sensationalism and outrage. Since that audience is us, we cannot really complain about the decline in journalistic standards
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"A story that is a plain statement of facts presented without sensationalism, will, on average, receive 400-1,200 visits. This is a guaranteed financial loss for an ad-supported news website"
modern news is an objective reporting of events but information product, manufactured for an audience which prefers sensationalism and outrage. Since that audience is us, we cannot really complain about the decline in journalistic standards