Lemmy user SLAMS mainstream media, you will not believe what the comment section said

Yeah I made c/savedyouaclick in the hope of getting people de-clickbaiting stories, but I was the only poster afaict. I wonder if calling it newssummararies could help.

I don't click those any more. I assume they're completely written by AI and not fact-checked in any way. They just suck knowledge out of me instead of adding more.

No other choice than sticking with the few reputable media that still don't do that. Gotta support them so they don't fall into that too.

While we're at it, does anyone on Lemmy hate capitalism? I never see anyone mention it.

And that Trump guy is really not turning out well.

Whenever people ask this question, I do this one thing.

NPR and the BBC still aren't doing that.

There’s something I hate more than clickbaity headlines, click here to find out!!

it's infuriating

I hate them. I hate that everything is always trying to sell you something or trick you into generating profit somehow. It makes me want to burn down a bank.

I miss objective news in general

Everything has a spin on it, even if it's subtle

It’s the news that Starship Troopers and Idiocracy both parodied. Except it’s not future fantasy, it’s real and here now.

That's why I stopped reading the news. Instead I get my news here and I have to interpret what they mean for me locally. Its extremely bullshit. Now orange man has bit into NPR and PBS. When that institution disappears, I won't have a leg to stand on. I'll be a mindless robot going to work. Suddenly they come and tag one of my balls with a chip because they said they would but nobody was there to tell us.

MAN THREATENS TO NOT READ NEWS ANYMORE over clickbaity headlines

It’s not new, it’s just adapted to the media format.

Getting people to read the news and the ads between articles is how the game is designed.

Journalism classes has always educated this.

want to read news
don't want to pay for news
news start to use ads to get money
ads pay for clicks
complain about clickbait news

-- average internet user

Well played. You got me to click.

"news headlines" should be "opinion headlines". I'm going back to Jack Webb from Dragnet..."Just the facts, ma'am.".

You won't believe what this person thinks of our headlines

I'm less annoyed if its technically true and I get to sharpen my media crit skills by making that evaluation after the fact

Could have social media websites

like us

have some system for selecting, maybe voting on, alternative titles.

I'm not annoyed by them (I simply don't read them, why would I want to waste my time?), I'm saddened by them.

Edit: that's also the reason why I read so few newspapers/periodicals. And why I pay for them. I want to support quality work.