• sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Maybe one of the reasons that folks are turning to alternative sources is that traditional sources feel the need to engage in this sort of bullshit presentation. Holy fuck, what moron thought that this was a reasonable way to present information?

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      3 days ago

      It’s more that the news used to be funded in part (or whole) by advertising. Basically a newspaper was an ad delivery mechanism, with the news part being there only to get you to look at ads. Without that, news is unaffordable for most, so you end up with people just disconnecting.