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Argentum1078682 t1_j5a3261 wrote

Something comes along the wire and it gets picked up.

It is a competition for clicks

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beeps-n-boops t1_j5aiml5 wrote

> It is a competition for clicks

It's pretty much all they have when no one is subscribing to the news sites.

Not saying it's right, the quality of scope of news -- local and national -- is beyond pathetic. Just saying it is.

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apathetic_panda t1_j5b8nt1 wrote

Thanks.

I dunno; there mighta been this sweet spot in the 19th century before the incentive structure got all wild, and Rockefeller instigated that war.

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