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Facebook gives money to America’s biggest news organizations

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Re: Facebook gives money to America’s biggest news organizations

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Post by shadow28 »

Yajirobe wrote: post #51
WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #44

Let us be real, folks: - You are reading this comment. - You are likely highly or fairly paid. - You don’t pay for your news (to a partisan substack doesn’t count) Edit: Added likely to comment. Icing on the cake is if you consume almost all your news through Twitter / social media. Maybe stop clicking and reacting and instead stop and reflect your role in all this? Cold hard truth? We caused this problem, Facebook i…

> - You are highly or fairly paid. Not everyone is from the US

Software engineers are highly paid in most parts of the world though.

Re: Facebook gives money to America’s biggest news organizations

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Post by [deleted] »

jsnell wrote: post #72
ocdtrekkie wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tech blogs are regularly bribed for good coverage, and tech companies are known for doing it. Nobody bloody cares about integrity of journalism. The Verge has historically been very favorable to Apple and Google. Why? They get exclusive interviews with Google and Apple executives. An interview with Sundar Pichai is worth millions in ad revenue, and if a blog is too critical of a company, they won't get interviews. Of…

> An interview with Sundar Pichai is worth millions in ad revenue, Uh, say again? Let's guess at a CPM of $10, and "millions" to be "2 million". That would be 200 million hits. You seriously think that an interview with a tech CEO whom few normal people will have heard of is going to have double the audience of the Superbowl? I'd bet that in reality interviews with tech execs do horribly when it comes to generating t…

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Re: Facebook gives money to America’s biggest news organizations

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Post by 1cvmask »

neonological wrote: post #74
ocdtrekkie wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tech blogs are regularly bribed for good coverage, and tech companies are known for doing it. Nobody bloody cares about integrity of journalism. The Verge has historically been very favorable to Apple and Google. Why? They get exclusive interviews with Google and Apple executives. An interview with Sundar Pichai is worth millions in ad revenue, and if a blog is too critical of a company, they won't get interviews. Of…

Anybody know of a good news source that doesn’t fall into this trap? I hear the economist is pretty good.

The Economist has a history of lies and falsehoods by omission when it comes to foreign policy and international coverage. Anywhere from their Bolivia, Venezuela, Libya, Iraq, Honduras, Guatemala, Venezuela, Syria, Chile (the editor openly boasted of delivering the coup) and so much more. They are often a bit more nuanced compared to coup and regime change lovers like Fox, Washington Post, and the NY. Times.

Re: Facebook gives money to America’s biggest news organizations

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Post by gpvos »

WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #44

Let us be real, folks: - You are reading this comment. - You are likely highly or fairly paid. - You don’t pay for your news (to a partisan substack doesn’t count) Edit: Added likely to comment. Icing on the cake is if you consume almost all your news through Twitter / social media. Maybe stop clicking and reacting and instead stop and reflect your role in all this? Cold hard truth? We caused this problem, Facebook i…

I pay for several of my main news sources, but I can't possibly pay for all of the news websites I occasionally read articles from until either micropayments are made to work or some other solution is found.

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Post by arrosenberg »

WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #44

Let us be real, folks: - You are reading this comment. - You are likely highly or fairly paid. - You don’t pay for your news (to a partisan substack doesn’t count) Edit: Added likely to comment. Icing on the cake is if you consume almost all your news through Twitter / social media. Maybe stop clicking and reacting and instead stop and reflect your role in all this? Cold hard truth? We caused this problem, Facebook i…

> Cold hard truth? We caused this problem, Facebook is a great scapegoat, and most here likely contributed to bigger issues with information distribution in one way or another through their employment.

Yeah, yeah. We should all recycle more and drive less too; smokers should stop smoking, and the anxious should stop having anxiety.

Users didn't create the system that exploits them, and it's very weird any time I see someone blaming them for it. Facebook isn't a scapegoat - they did exactly what they are accused of, and they should be accountable for it.

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Post by ramphastidae »

WORMS_EAT_WORMS wrote: post #44

Let us be real, folks: - You are reading this comment. - You are likely highly or fairly paid. - You don’t pay for your news (to a partisan substack doesn’t count) Edit: Added likely to comment. Icing on the cake is if you consume almost all your news through Twitter / social media. Maybe stop clicking and reacting and instead stop and reflect your role in all this? Cold hard truth? We caused this problem, Facebook i…

Maybe you’re projecting a little? I don’t use Facebook or Twitter at all and pay full price for the NYT and Economist.

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Post by valarauko »

chamanbuga wrote: post #25
1cvmask wrote: post #7

No surprise here. Two peas in a pod. The assault on independant journalists (e.g Substack), independant voices (e.g. Clubhouse) and others continues unabated by the likes of NY Times elitists like Taylor Lorenz. Corporate media like NY Times even covered the original 2004 Harvey Weinstein expose and regularly lies on so many internatonal issues as well. https://www.thewrap.com/harvey-weinstein-new-york-times-bill...…

The caliphate series was so well done. I instantly became a fan of Rukmini Callimachi. Then RCMP released that Abu Huzaifa's story was fabricated. It took NYT 2 years to admit their mistake and return their reward. The podcast was not amended nor was there any press release from Callimachi about this. This is when I ended my NYT subscription. I still view NYT as excellent journalism, but with such questionable practi…

Oddly, I had found the Caliphate series quite underwhelming when it first came out. To me it was a narrative style I find quite grating: there was so little material to go on, that Rukmini's journey itself was the story. Not my cup of tea.

Re: Facebook gives money to America’s biggest news organizations

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Post by boomboomsubban »

Washington Monthly would know about the topic, having previously been accused of being one of the many media companies bought off by Bill Gates. Probably looking for a new sponsor themselves.

https://reclaimthenet.org/gates-foundation-funds-facebook-fa...

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