• JackBinimbul@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Worked at a newspaper for a few years.

    With very few exceptions, they do not give a fuck about you or the news. The advertisers are their customers and your attention is their product.

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        1 year ago

        Decades ago? This has always been the case. It was the case 50 years ago. Still is now.

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          I never understood why people think journalism was better before.

          Now we just have internet to fact check and communicate with friends about it, so it is just exposed. I know it is unreliable, but much better than anything 50+ years ago.