Post Apyo2IAFda8KLuHB20 by Corb_The_Lesser@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #ApyW3gFTmOjuABEYrY by stux@mstdn.social
2025-01-11T14:21:28Z
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Since when did news anchors become experts in anything :blobderpverified: I thought their job was to read the news from a prompt instead of speculating and sharing their opinions but I guess I was wrongAnd they keep wondering why young people don't bother with the "news" anymore :neocat_science:
(DIR) Post #ApyWGl3pCSIaqt1CnA by _maleficentgirl@troet.cafe
2025-01-11T14:23:59Z
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@stux depends on how its done.We have dedicated wartime correspondents for a reason.If they just report on what happend but dont a) put it in context and b) try to guesstimate how/where it's going to develop why the fuck would I even watch em, I can jsut read the numbers myself.
(DIR) Post #ApyWJPWthz04wXsjsO by peteriskrisjanis@toot.lv
2025-01-11T14:24:24Z
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@stux since "news" became a business that has to attract viewership so it can show ads.
(DIR) Post #ApyWLXLRceGrlFXSLo by stux@mstdn.social
2025-01-11T14:24:51Z
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@_maleficentgirl Yup but they are indeed experts in their field! 😉 I'm talking about anchors who apparently know everything about everything
(DIR) Post #ApyWOpcA9WrDIAvgjQ by _maleficentgirl@troet.cafe
2025-01-11T14:25:32Z
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@stux yeah THOSE overhyped hot wind generators can fuck right off.
(DIR) Post #ApyWaSh3COAlg7lGwy by tykayn@mastodon.cipherbliss.com
2025-01-11T14:27:33Z
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@stuxit is what happens under the recommendations of the Atlas network, a factory of bullshit from the far right that recommends ways to communicate their hate speech in many medias and corporations.hopefully we have still young people doing journalism, contextualizing and sourcing their stuff with science backed studies in the long run. but billionaires do not like that and buy most of the medias to spread their bullshit and hate speech.this week there were a diffusion about it here in french from Blast mediahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSS5KUURnSo
(DIR) Post #ApyXD1M8lv8YBfMpoO by trebach@functional.cafe
2025-01-11T14:34:34Z
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@stux I've been inside one of the local TV news sets before. They have a teleprompter right next to the camera that is pointed at them. Weather and traffic don't have teleprompters but have a monitor corresponding to being shown on the green/blue screen behind them so they know what they're pointing at and should be talking about
(DIR) Post #ApyXEBgVr8DKVhS7Yu by stux@mstdn.social
2025-01-11T14:34:48Z
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I gotta say, this is particularly extreme with US news channels, it's either right or left but almost no "plain news reporting"Ofc "plain news reporting" isn't really a thing anymore since it now has to fall on on of either sides depending on how it's written or told I guessIt's just super exhausting to need to read the news like heavy literature
(DIR) Post #ApyXK5PU6840msIgpk by stux@mstdn.social
2025-01-11T14:35:47Z
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@trebach That was my understanding also!But like with CNN etc, the readers often put so much uh.. "random stuff" in between that I'm sure i cannot be from a prompt
(DIR) Post #ApyXWgnauePEDoaTLM by stux@mstdn.social
2025-01-11T14:38:05Z
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@gelbphoenix Yeah but for real
(DIR) Post #ApyXbuCwUDbRFxvmCG by stux@mstdn.social
2025-01-11T14:39:02Z
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@FediThing Exactly! There are some good ones but often overlooked because they "lack sensation" I guess
(DIR) Post #ApyXwugNuqmOoJifqq by trebach@functional.cafe
2025-01-11T14:42:40Z
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@stux Cable news does not behave like local news. Local news has a schedule written down to the second so they can't add anything unless they are ahead of schedule for the segment.Cable news is the wild west because they have 24 hours a day with X number of ad breaks they they need to fit in within a certain period. They also are deliberately pushing a political bias based on the ownership of the network, but local news isn't entirely free of this either as every station owned by Sinclair Broadcasting is deliberately right-wing
(DIR) Post #ApyY07nLcZakLXVXpg by solarbranka@mastodon.world
2025-01-11T14:43:29Z
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@stux Somehow I don't think they'll win the Nobel Prize for journalism, or literature. :ablobcatbongo:
(DIR) Post #ApyYffOFcU8APfZsLw by yuhasz01@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T14:50:58Z
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@stux Agreed, trying to first get the objective news(facts; what happened ,where who), without opinions, is very difficult currently. News unfortunately, especially corporate media news, has regressed into "infotaiment"in order to attract attention and satisfy advertisers for revenues. And social media platforms, like X and Facebook, have been taken over by fascist owners.Myself, I first want short form news details and facts, then read or listen to long form pieces for critical analysis.
(DIR) Post #ApyYtkar4RvybZBlhY by wtrmt@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T14:53:27Z
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@stux there are a number of new US channels that are excellent:- 404 media (https://www.404media.co)- Semafor (https://www.semafor.com)- Gothamist [local, NYC] (https://gothamist.com)Just to name a few. Also many valuable new sources are moving to email newsletters or funded RSS feeds. I’ll try to get you some of those.
(DIR) Post #ApyZRZewEKCWXUE8hc by staringatclouds@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T14:59:36Z
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@stux I gave up on the news years ago
(DIR) Post #ApyjbaUYzKGTYimu3c by ILC_Entertainment@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T16:53:30Z
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@stux Young people mostly get their news through different media than we older generations did. Of course everyone has the ability now adays, but it is the younger generations that utilize that ability more. You can literally listen to only those who share your ideology now, and ignore those who do not (Recently even older generations have began doing this more than in the past). Media companies like CNN, FOX, etc are just catering to specific groups now. This is one of the biggest down (CONT)
(DIR) Post #ApykLXjHajrgJOaO2a by tomwwolf@infosec.exchange
2025-01-11T17:01:47Z
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@stux I would contend that there all of US news is Corporate News that very much supports their owners first, and for the most that means topic censorship - Like the Palestinian perspective, or the Pro-Luigi perspective or the impacts of income inequality / concentration of wealth. The goal of this is to ensure people are distracted by culture issues rather than class issues. And there is no ‘leftist media’ in the US. It is a Fascist Right vs a Center Right bias. Just the two political parties.
(DIR) Post #Apyo2IAFda8KLuHB20 by Corb_The_Lesser@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T17:43:09Z
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@stux Yeppers. Almost everything on US cable TV labeled "news" is really talking heads riffing on the news to target a specific profitable demographic.Producing news is expensive. You have to pay reporters, etc., stand up news bureaus in multiple cities/countries. The experience of a few cable nets in the 80s & 90s, especially CNN, who tried to do straight news convinced the industry there's no money in it. There's an audience for 30-60 minutes a day of real TV news but not 24/7/365.
(DIR) Post #ApysYrerbjQPW9NkHI by kratombomb@mastodon.social
2025-01-11T18:33:51Z
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@stux left news in the US? yeah nah
(DIR) Post #Apz7b6MvNpEJ28W3KS by FallsMom@mastodon.coffee
2025-01-11T21:22:14Z
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@stux best option NPR. Or PBS