In my opinion, once-objective mainstream journalism is now about writing content to please target audiences and catch trending topics on social media, as well as keep fast cycles going to appease the algorithms on news aggregation sites and search engines.
The names of once-trusted news companies has stayed the same, but it's about the only thing about them that has.
I believe the tipping point was smartphones, and find it very ironic that Steve Jobs showed off iPhone's ability to load up The New York Times in its reveal keynote in 2007.
The names of once-trusted news companies has stayed the same, but it's about the only thing about them that has.
I believe the tipping point was smartphones, and find it very ironic that Steve Jobs showed off iPhone's ability to load up The New York Times in its reveal keynote in 2007.
This was the exact topic of my first substack piece on Monday if anyone is interested. https://benlumen.substack.com/p/thank-god-i-never-went-into-...
I did feel a little vindicated reading Bari Weiss' NYT resignation letter the next day saying that "Twitter has become its ultimate editor".