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========== Free press under attack https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/business/media/los-angeles-times-cyberattack.html == topic journalism ===== impact 1 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-12-30 ratio 16 react 2 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 2 title Free press under attack topic journalism wordrate 0 words 7 ID 779399839071204 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/779399839071204 audclicks 2 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 53 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 36 likeuusers 30 matchedotherclicks 2 oimpress 53 oreach 33 posted "12/30/2018 07:40:37 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 33 type Link ========== Why the Trumpists will never be satisfied with mainstream media https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/11/why-republicans-pretend-that-google-searches-are-biased-against-them/ Journalists should stick to doing their job as well as they can, because no matter what they do, they won't please the reactionary propagandists except by joining them. == topic journalism ===== impact 16 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-12-30 ratio 9 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 4 title Why the Trumpists will never be satisfied with mainstream topic journalism wordrate 0 words 41 ID 779332409077947 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/779332409077947 audclicks 4 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 60 likeclickusers 3 likeuimpress 44 likeuusers 37 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 60 oreach 39 posted "12/30/2018 04:32:48 PM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 3 reach 39 type Link ========== What "the likes of George Soros" are up to https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/13/gop-governor-blames-george-soros-after-local-newspaper-receives-funding-investigate-state-program/ Here's the kind of reporting that makes Bevin so anxious - https://www.propublica.org/article/earned-income-tax-credit-irs-audit-working-poor == topic journalism ===== impact 12 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2018-12-30 ratio 6 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title What "the likes of George Soros" are up to topic journalism wordrate 0 words 23 ID 779309235746931 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/779309235746931 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 3 impress 51 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 27 likeusers 2 likeuusers 25 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 51 oreach 34 posted "12/30/2018 03:26:09 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 34 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== What gets read and what doesn't. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/opinion/worst-read-columns-2018.html The interest in politicalscrapbooknet postings is roughly similar - foreign affairs, economic theory, income tax details, abstract philosophy, and technology tend to get shorter shrift than the latest outrage from Trump and his administration. One relevant difference between politicalscrapbooknet and a newspaper: the newspaper is trying to make a profit or at least not go broke, and has to weigh the cost of reporting vs the readership for stories about e.g. Central African Republic. But it costs nothing to post here about a newspaper article, regardless of subject. == topic journalism ===== impact 10 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-12-19 ratio 31 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title What gets read and what doesn't. topic journalism wordrate 0 words 97 ID 772745346403320 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/772745346403320 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 54 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 34 likeuusers 30 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 54 oreach 31 posted "12/19/2018 04:46:45 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 31 type Link ========== A triumph for old-school journalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/05/shoe-leather-reporting-boosting-north-carolinas-explosive-election-fraud-investigation This was accomplished by a TV reporter. Are the local print newspapers too hard pressed economically to afford investigative journalism? That's becoming true in many places. == topic journalism ===== comments 3 impact 364 impactrate 0 likeimpress 27 negative 0 posted 2018-12-05 ratio 4 react 107 reactrate 0 shares 16 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 61 title A triumph for old-school journalism topic journalism wordrate 0 words 34 ID 763587337319121 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/763587337319121 audclicks 61 audreach 34 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 2 engaged 52 impress 569 likeclickusers 44 likeimpress 27 likeuimpress 192 likeusers 27 likeuusers 143 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 54 oimpress 569 oreach 429 posted "12/05/2018 08:39:18 AM" postlinkclicks 6 postotherclicks 30 reach 429 sharesimpress 16 sharesusers 16 type Link ========== Propaganda, not journalism https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/11/27/surprise-fox-news-colluded-with-trumps-former-epa-boss == topic journalism ===== hide 1 impact 8 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 1 posted 2018-11-27 ratio 5 react 14 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Propaganda, not journalism topic journalism wordrate 0 words 6 ID 758777661133422 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/758777661133422 audclicks 9 audreach 6 engaged 8 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 93 likeclickusers 7 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 74 likeusers 2 likeuusers 62 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 7 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 93 oreach 71 posted "11/27/2018 09:08:55 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 5 reach 71 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Journalism, entertainment, or propaganda at Fox News? It's good to know that there are few people there who remember the difference. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/will-fox-news-survive-as-a-house-united-a-look-at-the-cable-networks-ongoing-drama-in-the-trump-era/2018/11/09/1a9017d8-e3e7-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html == John Dean says Nixon might have survived if Fox had been there to protect him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/06/why-trumps-unpopularity-may-not-be-handicap-youd-expect/ == topic journalism ===== impact 108 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2018-11-13 ratio 2 react 27 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 18 title Journalism, entertainment, or propaganda at Fox News? topic journalism wordrate 0 words 40 ID 750014052009783 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/750014052009783 audclicks 18 audreach 9 engaged 10 impress 93 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 61 likeusers 6 likeuusers 53 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 14 oimpress 93 oreach 70 posted "11/13/2018 11:53:42 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 5 reach 70 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Fake news travels faster and farther than real news Paper ballots are better! https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/bannon-frum-munk-debate-what-really-happened/574867/ == topic journalism ===== hide 1 impact 13 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2018-11-06 ratio 9 react 8 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 6 title Fake news travels faster and farther than real news topic journalism wordrate 0 words 16 ID 745765522434636 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/745765522434636 audclicks 6 audreach 6 engaged 7 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 107 likeclickusers 7 likeuimpress 70 likeuusers 53 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 2 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 107 oreach 72 posted "11/06/2018 04:28:05 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 2 reach 72 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Getting rid of the enemy of the people All it takes is money. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/opinion/hungary-viktor-orban-press-freedom.html At least government advertising is not a major revenue source for American media. But you can still drive out real journalism by distributing fake news for free. But it's OK; Trump thinks Viktor Orban is a great leader - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/world/europe/hungary-us-orban-trump.html topic journalism ===== impact 146 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-11-02 priority 1 ratio 3 react 27 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 22 title Getting rid of the enemy of the people topic journalism wordrate 0 words 54 ID 743434229334432 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/743434229334432 audclicks 22 audreach 6 engaged 8 impress 155 likeclickusers 5 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 68 likeusers 2 likeuusers 55 matchedlinkclicks 4 matchedotherclicks 18 oimpress 155 oreach 100 posted "11/02/2018 05:52:37 AM" postlinkclicks 4 postotherclicks 3 reach 100 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== report the story the way that I want it reported https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/11/01/fox-friends-anchor-accidentally-confirms-shows-mission-propaganda/ ===== comments 3 hide 1 impact 76 impactrate 0 likeimpress 18 negative 1 posted 2018-11-01 ratio 2 react 76 reactrate 0 shares 5 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 49 title report the story the way that I want it reported topic journalism wordrate 0 words 10 ID 743196192691569 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/743196192691569 audclicks 49 audreach 21 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 30 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 259 likeclickusers 19 likeimpress 18 likeuimpress 127 likeusers 18 likeuusers 97 matchedlinkclicks 12 matchedotherclicks 37 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 259 oreach 170 posted "11/01/2018 07:31:09 PM" postlinkclicks 11 postotherclicks 12 reach 170 sharesimpress 5 sharesusers 5 type Link ========== Difference between entertainment and journalism The only mistake for an entertainer is to get low ratings - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/27/ann-coulter-didnt-ditch-conspiracy-theories-after-bombers-arrest-most-false-flaggers-didnt/ Journalists do make mistakes and correct them and learn from them - https://twitter.com/GeraldoRivera/status/1055871163790958592 Geraldo must have been a journalist in a past life. If he learns from this mistake, maybe he still is a journalist. Every wonder why fake news is so popular? Because it makes great entertainment - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/10/27/false-flag-theories-about-the-mail-bombs-are-already-widespread-here-are-5-things-to-know-about-conspiracy-theorists/ The truth is usually much more boring, or complicated, or both. ===== comments 8 hide 1 impact 851 impactrate 0 likeimpress 29 negative 1 posted 2018-10-27 ratio 2 react 112 reactrate 0 shares 7 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 67 title Difference between entertainment and journalism topic journalism wordrate 0 words 76 ID 740096093001579 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/740096093001579 audclicks 67 audreach 40 commentsimpress 8 commentsusers 8 engaged 57 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 447 likeclickusers 41 likeimpress 29 likeuimpress 199 likeusers 27 likeuusers 150 matchedlinkclicks 14 matchedotherclicks 53 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 447 oreach 315 posted "10/27/2018 06:26:22 AM" postlinkclicks 12 postotherclicks 31 reach 315 sharesimpress 7 sharesusers 7 type Link ========== Not a good time to be a journalist - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/this-is-why-so-many-journalists-are-at-risk-today/2018/10/14/2c8ffd30-ce3f-11e8-a3e6-44daa3d35ede_story.html ===== impact 5 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-10-14 ratio 13 react 5 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Not a good time to be a journalist - topic journalism wordrate 0 words 9 ID 733374693673719 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/733374693673719 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 105 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 62 likeusers 1 likeuusers 48 matchedotherclicks 3 oimpress 105 oreach 66 posted "10/14/2018 06:22:21 PM" postotherclicks 3 reach 66 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== Civil litigation to right wrongs inflicted by fake news https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/10/01/will-seth-richs-family-ever-get-a-break-from-conspiracy-theorists/ Civil litigation is expensive, but the burden of proof is less onerous than criminal cases, and if the government isn't involved there are fewer constitutional issues. But it's ultimately asymmetric - it's very cheap to make up and spread lies, and if you don't have any money, there are no effective consequences. Of course, a business with assets should be a little circumspect about what garbage it republishes, and that was the intended outcome here. The Southern Poverty Law Center has also been effective using civil litigation to obtain redress from hate groups that the criminal justice system didn't seem to be willing or able to touch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center ===== impact 197 impactrate 0 likeimpress 5 negative 0 posted 2018-10-02 ratio 5 react 17 reactrate 0 shares 3 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Civil litigation to right wrongs inflicted by fake news topic journalism wordrate 0 words 116 ID 726500967694425 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/726500967694425 audclicks 9 audreach 7 engaged 10 impress 141 likeclickusers 10 likeimpress 5 likeuimpress 82 likeusers 5 likeuusers 63 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 141 oreach 92 posted "10/02/2018 07:53:34 AM" postotherclicks 7 reach 92 sharesimpress 3 sharesusers 3 type Link ========== Shibboleth - the essential difference between northern and southern California Just compare the traffic reports on KCBS and KNX! https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/30/no-no-no-its-not-the-17-freeway-roadshow/ That's what happens when the free press implodes - southern California copy editors rewrite northern California columnists. ===== impact 14 impactrate 0 likeimpress 1 negative 0 posted 2018-09-30 ratio 10 react 4 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 3 title Shibboleth - the essential difference between northern topic journalism wordrate 0 words 36 ID 725543851123470 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/725543851123470 audclicks 3 audreach 3 engaged 3 impress 71 likeclickusers 2 likeimpress 1 likeuimpress 46 likeusers 1 likeuusers 41 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 71 oreach 43 posted "09/30/2018 08:19:05 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 1 reach 43 type Link ========== Fake news is nothing new https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/obituaries/alan-abel-dies.html ===== impact 8 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-09-18 ratio 3 react 16 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 14 title Fake news is nothing new topic journalism wordrate 0 words 5 ID 719376025073586 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/719376025073586 audclicks 14 audreach 4 engaged 4 impress 88 likeclickusers 4 likeuimpress 53 likeuusers 48 matchedlinkclicks 5 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 88 oreach 61 posted "09/18/2018 07:50:53 AM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 3 reach 61 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== "true" and "false" do not deserve equal coverage https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article218175610.html It's not always easy to determine ultimate factual truth. But that's no excuse not to try. https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/715638752113980 Entertainment - supermarket tabloids and their newer technological successors - is not to be confused or compared to journalism. One way to tell the difference: * journalism sells ads in order to pay for gathering and publishing the editorial content. * entertainment digs up or makes up "content" in order to sell ads or merchandise ===== comments 3 hide 1 impact 308 impactrate 0 negative 1 posted 2018-09-13 ratio 1 react 39 reactrate 0 shares 1 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 34 title "true" and "false" do not deserve topic journalism wordrate 0 words 79 ID 716755022002353 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/716755022002353 audclicks 34 audreach 11 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 3 engaged 11 hideclicks 1 hideclicksusers 1 impress 94 likeclickusers 10 likeuimpress 72 likeuusers 62 matchedlinkclicks 1 matchedotherclicks 33 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 94 oreach 68 posted "09/13/2018 07:05:22 AM" postlinkclicks 1 postotherclicks 10 reach 68 sharesimpress 1 sharesusers 1 type Link ========== The free press evolves to meet new challenges https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-newspaper-diminished-by-cutbacks-prepares-to-cover-another-monster-storm/2018/09/12/9fae3870-b5ff-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html But it won't be there in the future unless you support it. ===== impact 46 impactrate 0 likeimpress 6 negative 0 posted 2018-09-12 ratio 2 react 23 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 17 title The free press evolves to meet new challenges topic journalism wordrate 0 words 20 ID 716558432022012 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/716558432022012 audclicks 17 audreach 7 engaged 9 impress 95 likeclickusers 9 likeimpress 6 likeuimpress 75 likeusers 6 likeuusers 57 matchedlinkclicks 3 matchedotherclicks 14 oimpress 95 oreach 62 posted "09/12/2018 08:58:58 PM" postlinkclicks 3 postotherclicks 4 reach 62 type Link ========== A free press can still do productive investigative journalism But how much longer? A free press is not free of charge. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/23/for-profit-charter-schools-would-be-banned-under-california-bill-heading-to-the-governor/ ===== comments 1 hideall 1 impact 76 impactrate 0 likeimpress 13 negative 1 posted 2018-08-24 ratio 3 react 36 reactrate 0 shares 4 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 17 title A free press can still do productive investigative topic journalism wordrate 0 words 21 ID 705155363162319 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/705155363162319 audclicks 17 audreach 11 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 18 hideallclicks 1 hideallclicksusers 1 impress 197 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 13 likeuimpress 118 likeusers 13 likeuusers 83 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 15 negclicks 1 negusers 1 oimpress 197 oreach 132 posted "08/24/2018 06:51:13 AM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 9 reach 132 sharesimpress 4 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Not unlike the president? That's understating the case! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/08/17/hes-not-unlike-president-how-elon-musk-shapes-tesla-coverage/ ===== negative 0 posted 2018-08-17 rate 4 title Not unlike the president? That's understating the case! topic journalism words 8 title Not unlike the president? That's understating the case! ID 697540963923759 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/697540963923759 type Link posted "08/17/2018 10:46:27 AM" reach 32 oreach 32 impress 43 oimpress 43 likeuimpress 43 likeuusers 32 ========== A Free Press Needs You Ignore it and it will go away. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/15/opinion/editorials/free-press-local-journalism-news-donald-trump.html https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/15/editorial-president-trump-we-are-not-the-nations-enemy/ The president hits back as usual - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/08/16/trump-responds-after-hundreds-of-newspaper-editorials-criticize-his-attacks-on-the-press/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/us/politics/trump-news-media-collusion.html ===== impact 40 impactrate 0 likeimpress 3 negative 0 posted 2018-08-15 ratio 4 react 21 reactrate 0 shares 6 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 12 title A Free Press Needs You topic journalism wordrate 0 words 19 ID 695687010775821 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/695687010775821 audclicks 12 audreach 6 engaged 7 impress 153 likeclickusers 6 likeimpress 3 likeuimpress 75 likeusers 3 likeuusers 57 matchedlinkclicks 2 matchedotherclicks 10 oimpress 153 oreach 104 posted "08/15/2018 06:40:56 PM" postlinkclicks 2 postotherclicks 6 reach 104 sharesimpress 6 sharesusers 4 type Link ========== Fire safety: local journalism to the rescue again Most newspapers can't afford to do much investigative journalism. The Mercury News still tries: http://extras.mercurynews.com/fireinspection/ and it makes a difference: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/04/california-lawmaker-proposes-bill-to-force-accountability-on-fire-inspections/ What do you do to $upport your local investigative journalism? ===== impact 4 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-06-05 ratio 26 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Fire safety: local journalism to the rescue again topic journalism wordrate 0 words 37 ID 628343440843512 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/628343440843512 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 53 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 49 likeuusers 24 matchedlinkclicks 1 oimpress 53 oreach 26 posted "06/05/2018 07:34:19 AM" postlinkclicks 1 reach 26 type Link ========== Social Media Fast Response Team Don't you sleep better at night, knowing that operators are standing by, so that if you are ever involved in a newsworthy event, they can be on it in 20 minutes to use it for their own twisted ends? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/18/fake-facebook-accounts-and-viral-lies-multiply-in-hours-after-santa-fe-school-shooting/ The shooter signed up for the price he will pay, but what about the victims? Those who were shot by the shooter, and those who were attacked by the fake social media afterwards. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-must-stop-giving-mass-killers-what-they-want/2018/04/24/4fbde4be-47eb-11e8-9072-f6d4bc32f223_story.html A man who was known by no one, is now known by everyone... Men (mostly) with no self-esteem, suddenly get their 15 minutes of fame. Sure there's a price to pay - but it's better than a lifetime of being ignored. Like Willie Loman, attention must be paid. So it's up to the media - they can make the difference here. Maybe no name, no photo, just a recitation of known facts from the police about the victims, not about the suspect. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment ===== comments 3 impact 525 impactrate 0 likeimpress 4 negative 0 posted 2018-05-19 ratio 3 react 33 reactrate 0 shares 2 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 24 title Social Media Fast Response Team topic journalism wordrate 0 words 159 ID 620351891642667 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/620351891642667 audclicks 24 audreach 17 commentsimpress 3 commentsusers 2 engaged 21 impress 174 likeclickusers 16 likeimpress 4 likeuimpress 109 likeusers 4 likeuusers 65 matchedlinkclicks 7 matchedotherclicks 17 oimpress 174 oreach 111 posted "05/19/2018 06:07:53 AM" postlinkclicks 7 postotherclicks 14 reach 111 sharesimpress 2 sharesusers 2 type Link ========== Why pay for news? Traditional newspapers are trying to figure out how to stay solvent without the advertising that's moving to "free" platforms like Craigslist, Ebay, etc. So they are trying to charge for online access to quality journalism, just as they always charged for home-delivered or postal-delivered paper access to quality journalism. The difference is that now the subscription fees, both print and online, have to add up to enough to keep the newspaper solvent. But nowadays people are used to "free" news and entertainment online, and while many use ad blockers since the ads are so annoying, others just suffer. So there's an opportunity: give people free "news" and entertainment. Tell them what they want to hear, and intermix it with what you want them to hear; make it simple and effortless, so they don't think too much about it. If you're a billionaire, you can afford to do that, and that seems to be exactly what is happening: https://www.axios.com/pro-trump-media-conservative-right-wing-radio-tv-sinclair-f55ebef1-2ceb-4369-9f49-624f9ee51adb.html Prophecy fulfilled: the Ministry of Truth is arriving, but cleverly disguised as private enterprise. That's the real invisible deep-state wannabe. "The deepest form of rot is the erosion of the distinction between truth and falsehood:" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/18/opinion/trump-europe-moral-rot.html ===== comments 13 impact 4194 impactrate 0 likeimpress 42 negative 0 posted 2018-05-17 ratio 7 react 214 reactrate 0 shares 25 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 134 title Why pay for news? topic journalism wordrate 0 words 196 ID 619757338368789 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/619757338368789 audclicks 137 audreach 99 bimpress 794 blikeimpress 27 blikeusers 22 breach 744 commentsimpress 13 commentsusers 12 engaged 132 impress 2076 likeclickusers 11 likeimpress 42 likeuimpress 95 likeusers 41 likeuusers 59 matchedlinkclicks 31 matchedotherclicks 103 oimpress 1282 oreach 951 posted "05/17/2018 09:34:37 PM" postlinkclicks 28 postotherclicks 73 reach 1666 sharesimpress 25 sharesusers 19 type Link budget 16 budgettype Lifetime cadname "Post: ""Why pay for news?""" ccleantitle Why pay for news? cclicksall 131 cclickslink 23 ccpcall 0.1221374 ccpclink 0.69565217 cdelivery not_delivering cend 2018-06-30 cimpressions 794 clicksunique 22 conversionrank - cost 0.17977528089888 cpm 20.1511335 creach 736 cstart 2018-04-01 ctrall 16.49874055 ctrlink 2.896725440806 ecomments 10 ecpclink 0.69565217 ends 2018-06-03 engagedrank - ereact 33 eshares 23 frequency 1.0788043478261 indicator actions:post_engagement qualityrank - results 89 spent 16 ========== Transparency Is the Mother of Fake News Stanley Fish argues that an undifferentiated unvetted flood of "free" information creates an ideal environment for free misinformation - fake news: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/opinion/transparency-fake-news.html If all information is equally free, then it is all equally valuable, and that value goes to the lowest common denominator - zero. What makes a Great Book? That's one whose truth has been vetted by many different readers with many different perspectives from different times and places, and so it is worth reading by any educated person - independent of how many educated persons actually read it. It doesn't have anything to do with how the book was written - often by an author laboring in lonely obscurity. What about Wilson's "Open covenants openly arrived at?" House explained that "the phrase was not meant to exclude confidential diplomatic negotiations involving delicate matters. The intention is that nothing which occurs in the course of such confidential negotiations shall be binding unless it appears in the final covenant made public to the world." https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/doc31.htm Gehl and Porter: "More recent congressional reforms with unintended consequences include the elimination of earmarks and rules and norms discouraging closed-door, anonymous votes in committees. These would seem to be clearly positive steps. But, in a polarizing system in which the parties were more and more partisan and entrenched, these changes removed some of the last remaining ways to secure compromise... Closed-door, secret votes also helped insulate compromises from attack by partisan extremes." https://www.hbs.edu/competitiveness/Documents/why-competition-in-the-politics-industry-is-failing-america.pdf Sometimes it needs to be all about the end result, not the process. ===== impact 26 impactrate 0 negative 0 posted 2018-05-08 ratio 27 react 1 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 1 title Transparency Is the Mother of Fake News topic journalism wordrate 0 words 256 ID 615681488776374 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/615681488776374 audclicks 1 audreach 1 engaged 1 impress 64 likeclickusers 1 likeuimpress 62 likeuusers 25 matchedotherclicks 1 oimpress 64 oreach 27 posted "05/08/2018 02:51:06 PM" postotherclicks 1 reach 27 type Link ========== Media should shut up about mass killers https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-must-stop-giving-mass-killers-what-they-want/2018/04/24/4fbde4be-47eb-11e8-9072-f6d4bc32f223_story.html A man who was known by no one, is now known by everyone... Men (mostly) with no self-esteem, suddenly get their 15 minutes of fame. Sure there's a price to pay - but it's better than a lifetime of being ignored. Like Willie Loman, attention must be paid. So it's up to the media - they can make the difference here. Maybe no name, no photo, just a recitation of known facts from the police about the victims, not about the suspect. http://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#second%20amendment ===== comments 1 impact 107 impactrate 0 likeimpress 2 negative 0 posted 2018-04-24 ratio 4 react 12 reactrate 0 sharesrate 0 sumclicks 9 title Media should shut up about mass killers topic journalism wordrate 0 words 89 ID 609494066061783 URL https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/609494066061783 audclicks 9 audreach 4 commentsimpress 1 commentsusers 1 engaged 4 impress 105 likeclickusers 3 likeimpress 2 likeuimpress 98 likeusers 2 likeuusers 50 matchedotherclicks 9 oimpress 105 oreach 56 posted "04/24/2018 08:04:22 PM" postotherclicks 4 reach 56 type Link ========== Local Journalism - ignore it and it will go away https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-crisis-in-journalism-has-become-a-crisis-of-democracy/2018/04/11/a908d5fc-2d64-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html One of the most popular posts on this page has to do with Civil Forfeiture: https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/601050326906157 an abusive process that first came to light in the SF Bay area in a series of investigative reports published in the San Jose Mercury News some 20 years ago leading to an end of the practice in California. Back then, the Mercury had 400 union journalists. Now it has 41. The story is similar at many other major newspapers - and worse at local newspapers. The Mercury and other papers are being drained for the benefit of foreign investors: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/as-a-secretive-hedge-fund-guts-its-newspapers-journalists-are-fighting-back/2018/04/12/8926a45c-3c10-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html Does your local newspaper have much copyright investigative reporting of its own? If so, count your blessings. More likely your paper is getting thinner and less controversial every year. More journalism jobs have disappeared than mining jobs: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/why-dont-all-jobs-matter.html The free press might survive presidential assault but the outcome of assault by economics is very much in doubt. America's free press has mostly depended on advertising revenue for most of its history. That era is almost over, and its accidental destruction by Craigslist, Ebay, Google... seems destined to have consequences far more profound than any intentional act of censorship. Newspapers have petitioned Congress for an antitrust exemption to strengthen their relative economic power against free social media: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/business/media/google-facebook-news-media-alliance.html What can you do? 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