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Sigh - the continued slide into awful "journalism" at the graniud continues. I know someone has to give all the "new media" graduates a job, but, at least super
by javaispoo 11y ago
Sigh - the continued slide into awful "journalism" at the graniud continues.
I know someone has to give all the "new media" graduates a job, but, at least supervise the output!
- TeMPOraL 11y agoHere's the thing - there's no money to be gained in "supervising the output". Decency is not profitable. General population apparently doesn't give a damn about quality or reliability of the news (or even if they do, it doesn't seem to affect the profit metrics in any way).
- JonnieCache 11y agoTo be fair to the gruan, they are not fussed about profits. They are financed by a trust arrangement, subsidized by other publications they own. They make a huge loss every year. Hasn't stopped them becoming a kind of glossy magazine for narcissists though. I guess the data showed that buzzfeed was stealing their clicks.
- prawn 11y agoNot even general population. The article made it to the front page of HN.
- walshemj 11y agoThat is in CIF not the main paper I would agree that some of the Guardians hacks output is "variable" to be generous
- justincormack 11y ago"Paul Mason is economics editor of Channel 4 News."