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We are about to watch the collapse of journalism in real time. (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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What is happening with editorial boards is not normal. You need to understand this first.

They are not part of the newsroom, so anyone telling you that is lying. What happened at the LAT and WaPo are the beginning. Have you not read history? They come for you. You just think it's more steps away.

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 22 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Journalism died when the nightly news used puns in every story. When reporters were sent to a dark parking lot or out into a torrential storm just so they could be "LIVE". It died when every headline was clickbait even before the internet. It died when "journalists" thought they were the saviors of our society by constantly reminding us that they were our saviors, ego much? The "news" is always about the 99% of things that are going bad in the world. How utterly biased and pathetic. There are good things happening everywhere, all the time. But according to journalists, newspapers, & TV stations, we are always one breath away from the entire fucking planet exploding. People are sick to death of the industry wide systemic negativity, and they tune out and shut it off. Those who are addicted to the doomsday garbage join twitter.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 10 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Puns are fair game! I've run "Quilty Pleasures" in six U.S. dailies.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry, I should have specified. I meant all the bad puns news people use in their reporting, they think they are clever but it's just a cringe comedy show that no one ever asked for. Actual puns/jokes are great.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Would you consider it a quilty pleasure?

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dad, stop.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Don't let us keep running the same heds!

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Depends how cosy the pun is

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

I make very cosy puns.

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