"News"

[Secret Weapon]

I'm pretty sure we've already had a rant about how bad the "news" is these days, but [expletive] it here is another.


The top 5 featured headline "news" stories at the post dispatch website right now are:

1. American Idol: Ranking the top 10 judges

This is of course a 10 page slide show to drive up clicks

2. Joe Strauss - Mo's 10 biggest gambles

This is of course a 10 page slide show to drive up clicks

3. Potholes

Ok this is kind of a news story I guess, but one of the top stories in St. Louis today?

4. No pants day on the Metrolink

I can't believe how much attention this has gotten, how is this even news at all?

5. A-B Super Bowl Ad

Great, a story on an advertisement


So those are the 5 most news worth things going on in St. Louis right now.

[ghostrunner]

This might be why the NYT can charge for real content and people pay it.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

This might be why the NYT can charge for real content and people pay it.

Its why I pay it. And they are coming up with innovative ways to present real content on the web. Get past their obvious biases (Israel and really, can they bash Christie and harder?) and its a great place to stay up on the real news.

[IMADreamer]

I'm pretty sure I made the original news rant and I approve of this rant as well. Bankers, Insurance people, and news people are all groups the world could do with out.

I quit going to the post dispatch site. It's just [expletive]. My local paper isn't any better. This week there were two articles on how great guns are and why Obama is the devil. I won't be picking it up any more either.

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They are trying to distract us from the fact our government was taken over by fascists.

[IMADreamer]

They are trying to distract us from the fact our government was taken over by fascists.

You meant oligarchs, not fascists.

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Oligarchs hate hate hate being called fascists.

[heyzeus]

Newspapers are losing money and being consolidated by a few owners. More and more of the content is bland Associated Press reports. Hiring trained journalists and giving them the time and money to do the research necessary to investigate a story is the old model. That model costs money. The new model is opinion and "Top 10 amazing secrets of celebrity bikini bodies!!!!" clickbait.

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http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2 ... zones.html

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http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2 ... asses.html