Media/Journalism Cringe Megathread - Hot off the Presses
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Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Not so fun when it's their turn to get a whistleblower.
Were they in it with that Ukraine whistleblower?
Arch Dornan
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Employees at companies like Vice and BuzzFeed are worried their equity is worthless as digital media's fortunes fade
Many now see their hopes of a windfall deflate as those companies' prospects for a successful acquisition or IPO have dwindled.
www.businessinsider.com
The train is crashing soon.
And it's all their own faults.
all they had to do was have basic journalistic ethics or at least broaden their appeal so they were not dependent on 8% of the population for work.
Seriously the hard left? that's roughly 24 million people yes theres a market there but not when every ones chasing that 24 million. This market correction was envitable.
I'm not sure if it's from narcissism or from living in an ideological bubble, but they seem to have bought into the idea that they represent a majority. Either that or they know full well and are just taking the Goebbels approach, hoping that they can basically propagandize people into going along with them, or at least frightening them into compliance.
Francis Urquhart
Well-known member
I'd go with the ideological bubble. One of the things one hears all the time from Democrats is "The election must have been rigged, I don't know anybody who votes Republican" and they don't understand the irony of what they are saying.
PsihoKekec
Swashbuckling Accountant
It's a direct consequence of increasing social and ideological stratification, that comes with atomification of society. People are increasingly enclosing themselves into echo chambers and demand others become their echoes as well.
Francis Urquhart
Well-known member
That's why communities like this are so valuable. And why bubble communities are so opposed to our existence.
Cyan Saiyajin
Well-known member
I feel like one of the issues is that a lot of people grew up in the same era I did expected the media to have the same type of influence it had before mass communication on the level we have today was a thing. Not realizing that era is over and mass media will never have the same level of power. Even if they somehow could put the genie back in the bottle people are much more aware of the interference of mass media and its biases. Gate keeping increases suspicion, not make people believe a single version of events.
LordsFire
Internet Wizard
Eh, that's a mixed bag. For those willing to stay inside the 'gated community' of Approved Media Sources, they will become even more entrenched in their echo-chamber.
The thing is, the more gate-keeping is conducted, the smaller the share of people who are either unaware of it or willing to submit themselves to it.
Arch Dornan
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I heard this was quite the news. Game journalist calling out people like Polygon, Kotaku and Waypoint for being utterly shit at their jobs while describing their MO to infiltrate game journalism with utter shit.
That was a nice callout and all of the media but the only way I can truly pay attention to this issue is if it came from a strong transwoman of color.
So, the AFP wrote a story about how there were over 100,000 in migration related detention in the US and tried to blame it on Trump. The problem? The figures they were using were from 2015 and so they deleted the article.
Tweet from them deleting their article:
Tweet with screencaps of the article:
Tweet from them deleting their article:
Tweet with screencaps of the article:
Arch Dornan
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Random politician strikes back.
Arch Dornan
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Kotaku: It's not ok when a game we don't approve of gets so many awards!
CarlManvers2019
Writers Blocked Douchebag
I think videogame companies are gonna switch to independent youtubers entirely, because the hipster types making articles on videogames don’t even know how to play videogames or even like them
Lanmandragon
Well-known member
Yep "games journalism" is nothing more than a Trojan horse to destroy a male space. The same thing is now being done to pro sports through the wokness of ESPN and such. They can't stand men having well anything for ourselves.