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re: Why does every young reporter today write their articles like they're Mark Twain?
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:41 pm to OlGrandad
Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:41 pm to OlGrandad
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OlGrandad
From the article you linked:
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The journalistic goal of objectivity first emerged around the end of the 19th century. It was motivated, in part, by a desire to broaden newspaper readership base by asserting the independence of the press from political parties and ideologies.
So, we have come full circle. Maybe it's a good thing and the cycle can begin anew now.
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Posted on 7/6/21 at 12:42 pm to jlovel7
Every article is the same.
Find a victim
Who can we blame
Distribute negativity and hate
Don't let facts ruin a good story.
Find a victim
Who can we blame
Distribute negativity and hate
Don't let facts ruin a good story.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 1:08 pm to jlovel7
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I feel like every article I read is just oozing with drama and hyperbole. It feels impossible to just get the facts anywhere without a crap ton of bias injected into it and the author writing in a way that makes it seem like whatever they're writing about is the single greatest thing that's ever happened on the face of the earth.
Does anyone else notice this? I just want to know what's going on without the interjection of insane hyperbole.
It’s been going on for a long time.
I took a Journalism class in high school. My teacher ,Brother Alfred, would have flunked all of those people.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 1:52 pm to Norbert
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but they write poorly to PERSUADE not to INFORM.
Think that is a tad more accurate.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 1:59 pm to jlovel7
Sounds like you're only reading BuzzFeed and HuffPo. Try some sources that aren't all millennials. The writing in the WSJ and WaPo is great. NOLA Picayune is often pretty good.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 2:02 pm to jlovel7
So that you have to scroll down the page passing more ads. Like those recipes when you’re only looking for temp & time.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 2:05 pm to tigersfan_1990
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The writing in the WSJ and WaPo is great.
bruh.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 2:05 pm to jlovel7
They don't. I read mark Twain and none of them come close
Posted on 7/6/21 at 2:06 pm to tigerpimpbot
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It’s the same thing for any online recipes you look up. They start out with some long winded story about how they used to eat X when paw paw and maw maw had the family to the lake house during the summers. Blah blah blah
And you have to wade through dozens of banner ads, auto play videos and affiliate links before you actually get to the recipe
Posted on 7/6/21 at 2:08 pm to BigBobbyStorey
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Demi sexual
fricking Demisexual..
Posted on 7/6/21 at 2:39 pm to jlovel7
Because 99% of the graduates of journalism schools are liberal, pompous, losers who don’t have skills or brains to be reporters, let alone productive members of society.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 3:22 pm to jlovel7
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Does anyone else notice this?
Yes, but I never noticed it about Mark Twain. If that guy wrote dramatically it was damn important.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 3:22 pm to jlovel7
Because they’re deranged narcissists.
Posted on 7/6/21 at 3:30 pm to prplhze2000
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They don't. I read mark Twain and none of them come close
I should have made the title “like they THINK they’re mark twain”
Posted on 7/6/21 at 4:07 pm to jlovel7
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I should have made the title “like they THINK they’re mark twain”
You have a point.
Posted on 7/20/21 at 6:46 am to jlovel7
Have you tried googling a recipe lately? Put the kids to bed and throw a log on the fire bc you’re going to be there a while
Posted on 7/20/21 at 8:53 am to jlovel7
A lot of it is for SEO purposes, but it’s mostly because they think they are special and talented.
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