The Fog of Disaster Is Getting Worse
www.theatlantic.com
How a changing media environment, worsened by intentional attempts to deceive people, hampers the response to natural catastrophes
  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
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    3 months ago

    Yeah, the ad dollars all went to Facebook and Instagram, since they’re better-able to deliver the kind of targeting that advertisers want, so most local news stopped being financially viable.

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      But they lean on news so hard for content, it’s very frustrating. They should be required to tip out a percent of their ad revenue to news organizations.