I'm told Yellow Journalism was once considered to be in poor taste, now it's celebrated and no place is worse than the click-bait found on-line, which I'm sure dragged down old school media as well. 24 hour cable news didn't help any.
People have the attention span of a gnat in large part due to this desire for fast news made available by the internet. People were always lazy, the internet just made it worse. Now they are lazy and expect to be spoon fed their opinion in under sixty seconds flat. C
an't someone please tell me what I'm supposed to think a little faster please, I don't have all day you know!
Getting the scoop was always a bonus, now it's all important. Get it out first, make a big splash by pushing the emotional buttons and of course make every single issue political and spun for your team.
Man bites dog, was the dog owner a MAGA, who had it coming, find out at six!!
Write a headline, make it loud enough and who cares if the story matches the headline as long as it came out fast makes your team look good or their team look horrible.
Heck, even medical journals now use the same formula, attention seeking headlines that do not match the body of the paper are now the norm.
It's like living in a world run by spoiled rotten twelve year olds.
I'm told Yellow Journalism was once considered to be in poor taste, now it's celebrated and no place is worse than the click-bait found on-line, which I'm sure dragged down old school media as well. 24 hour cable news didn't help any.
People have the attention span of a gnat in large part due to this desire for fast news made available by the internet. People were always lazy, the internet just made it worse. Now they are lazy and expect to be spoon fed their opinion in under sixty seconds flat. C
an't someone please tell me what I'm supposed to think a little faster please, I don't have all day you know!
Getting the scoop was always a bonus, now it's all important. Get it out first, make a big splash by pushing the emotional buttons and of course make every single issue political and spun for your team.
Man bites dog, was the dog owner a MAGA, who had it coming, find out at six!!
Write a headline, make it loud enough and who cares if the story matches the headline as long as it came out fast makes your team look good or their team look horrible.
Heck, even medical journals now use the same formula, attention seeking headlines that do not match the body of the paper are now the norm.
It's like living in a world run by spoiled rotten twelve year olds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWU52-cnIAs
"Just the facts, Ma'am." Joe Friday.