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Re: NBC News launches a twice-daily Snapchat news broadcast

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Post by goldfeld »

RandVal30142 wrote: post #28
bogomipz wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not defending the White House's off-camera briefing policy by any means but how would NBC being barred from the briefings completely for breaking the rules help them as a news organization? How does that make them cowardly? Cowardly, would be the administration forbidding cameras at the briefings. See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/24/wh...

Nothing is stopping them from turning on their cameras but words. They fear ramifications yet unknown. This is cowardice.

People lose sight of any perspective until it's late enough to do anything then it's just history. When it all blows up they just look like clowns but they enjoy being puppet clowns anyhow, keeps their tummies round. People still wonder how dystopian scenarios ever do set in? Making a stand in society seems like a thing of the past.

Re: NBC News launches a twice-daily Snapchat news broadcast

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Post by bogomipz »

RandVal30142 wrote: post #28
bogomipz wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not defending the White House's off-camera briefing policy by any means but how would NBC being barred from the briefings completely for breaking the rules help them as a news organization? How does that make them cowardly? Cowardly, would be the administration forbidding cameras at the briefings. See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/24/wh...

Nothing is stopping them from turning on their cameras but words. They fear ramifications yet unknown. This is cowardice.

>"They fear ramifications yet unknown."

No they fear losing access to the briefings entirely. Read my previous link. The ramifications are pretty well known.

This white house would like nothing more than to ban the media and do away with the daily briefings altogether. First they banned cameras, then they banned audio. It's important for the press to be there period now.

A cowboy stunt would solve nothing, in fact it would give the administration the justification they need for dispensing with White House press corp completely.

Re: NBC News launches a twice-daily Snapchat news broadcast

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Post by zjaffee »

tpeo wrote: post #3
metalliqaz wrote: post #2

Hey, if that's what it takes to reach new potential viewers, then they should go for it.

Don't know, man. Every time part of the establishment (i.e. everything that's already out there and have already made a name for themselves) tries to reach out for the younger crowd it makes itself more démodé, not less so. I've never used Snapchat, though. So I don't know whether this is cool or uncool by their community's standards.

The NYTimes has absolutely been able to adapt to the digital age successfully, so why can't any other news organization. The trick is to remove any executives who are afraid of change rather than embracing it.

Re: NBC News launches a twice-daily Snapchat news broadcast

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Post by zjaffee »

skciva wrote: post #10
rubatuga wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People use Snapchat for many reasons, sponsored stories are just one of many.

Its definitely not for substantial news.

You can watch snapchat stories from the NYTimes, The Economist, WSJ, in addition to a whole bunch of other sophisticated serious media organizations. Often times the articles they publish on their stories, are just more interactive versions of the articles they published on their website with the text being the same.

The thing is, tabloids are just more popular than sophisticated news. People are more interested in buzzfeed or mashable or people magazine than they are with politics.

Re: NBC News launches a twice-daily Snapchat news broadcast

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Post by INTPenis »

Anyone with young kids up to their teens will know that Facebook is gone and snapchat is the new hot. Also instagram which is owned by Facebook but the point is that the next generation don't want to hang out on a social media network with their parents. Always looking for new things.

While also looking at features like the snaps.

So introducing grown up news into snapchat might not actually be a good long term choice for the platform.

Re: NBC News launches a twice-daily Snapchat news broadcast

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Post by watter »

zjaffee wrote: post #33
tpeo wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't know, man. Every time part of the establishment (i.e. everything that's already out there and have already made a name for themselves) tries to reach out for the younger crowd it makes itself more démodé, not less so. I've never used Snapchat, though. So I don't know whether this is cool or uncool by their community's standards.

The NYTimes has absolutely been able to adapt to the digital age successfully, so why can't any other news organization. The trick is to remove any executives who are afraid of change rather than embracing it.

I thought they had a ton of debt, largely for their new offices? Did that change?

Re: NBC News launches a twice-daily Snapchat news broadcast

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Post by komali2 »

bogomipz wrote: post #27
komali2 wrote: post #15

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By your definition of substantial. We can try to argue about the definition of "substantial" if you want, but in the end, the fact is that I can find you ten thousand young teens that don't give a fuck about politics and do give many fucks about a Kardashian booty transplant.

I think its pretty clear and universal what "news of substance" means in the context of news journalism. In fact most newspapers have a separate section for entertainment for this reason. Your comment and diction seem be the very definition of "insubstantial."

>Your comment and diction seem be the very definition of "insubstantial."

At least I never resorted to personal attack.

Re: NBC News launches a twice-daily Snapchat news broadcast

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Post by bogomipz »

komali2 wrote: post #38
bogomipz wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think its pretty clear and universal what "news of substance" means in the context of news journalism. In fact most newspapers have a separate section for entertainment for this reason. Your comment and diction seem be the very definition of "insubstantial."

>Your comment and diction seem be the very definition of "insubstantial." At least I never resorted to personal attack.

I didn't attack you personally, I commented on the content of your comment.

Re: NBC News launches a twice-daily Snapchat news broadcast

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Post by dang »

maga_man_69 wrote: post #23

Why would we choose to read the sort of fake news that olds deliberately poison their minds with?

We've banned this account for trolling. Doing this on HN will eventually get your main account banned as well, so would you please not do this?
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