A history of news
by Mitchell Stephens · first published 1988
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…the “news” been more than stories and opinion? Hint: Never Your assumptions aren’t based in fact and smack of elitism. Press has no responsibility to meet your personal idea of competency. Read: A History of News by Mitchell Stephens https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1854941W/A_history_of_news Read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism Read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_French_journalism
on “Scientists Discovered a Gigantic Structure in a Hidden Zone of Space” ↗…with the rest of HN, you have no idea what journalism is. When has journalism ever stuck to “facts”? When has the “news” and “history” been more than short stories and opinion? Hint: Never Read: A History of News by Mitchell Stephens https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1854941W/A_history_of_news Read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism Read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_French_journalism…
on “Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media” ↗When has journalism ever stuck to facts? When has the “news” been more than short stories and opinion? Hint: Never Read: A History of News by Mitchell Stephens https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1854941W/A_history_of_news Read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism Read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_French_journalism
on “A Google bot scrapes pricing info by adding items to carts” ↗Very interesting. Before people point fingers at the SF Chronicle, I just wanted to point out that a lot of early newspapers were started as biased tabloids by very “colorful” characters. Read: A History of News by Mitchell Stephens https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1854941W/A_history_of_news Read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism Read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_French_journalism
on “Mega landlords own majority of the San Francisco Bay Area” ↗…it's possible that NYT headline policy could have changed in the last decade, but sensationalism when it comes to newspaper headlines is the historical norm. "Clickbait" is an ancient phenomenon: "In A History of News, Mitchell Stephens notes sensationalism can be found in the Ancient Roman gazette Acta Diurna, where official notices and announcements were presented daily on public message boards, the perceived content…
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