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jonathanrdt t1_j63pwtn wrote

Reply to comment by Treczoks in News outlets ask judge to unseal documents in Dominion's defamation case against Fox News | CNN Business by Miguenzo

They want to publish stories so they can get eyeballs to ads. That’s what news is and does. Gotta get the dirt so you can get the eyeballs.

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Shlocktroffit t1_j6466kh wrote

This is an important point that a lot of people don't understand...newspapers are ads surrounded with some engaging content.

The advertising is what earns the money. If surrounding the ads with nothing but stories about cats and cat pictures got people to look at the newspapers then that's exactly what the publishers would do. But people want to read about the misfortunes of others and dirt on celebrities so that's what they print. They're not inherently interested in reporting on useful information. Just selling ad space.

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Ansuz07 t1_j647at6 wrote

> newspapers are ads surrounded with some engaging content.

Yup. Ads are the product - news is what gets you to consume them.

I had a buddy that worked in TV advertising who used to joke that tv shows were just the filler they put between commercials. The commercials are the actual point of the broadcast.

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