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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I responded to a question on Reddit that I am knowledgeable of to make an educated guess. Then, it turns out OP is a journalist and asked me if he could quote me. But I declined because even though I know the topic well enough, I am not an expert and don't have the credentials to show for. I mean, I could have allowed OP to quote me and feed my ego, but I don't want to sow misinformation if I am wrong. And besides, being quoted with my then strange username will make the article strange.

Yeah, journalism is getting lazier and lazier.

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I realized journalism was truly dead a few years back when I noticed that most news articles online are just a bunch of Twitter posts talking about the headline. I fantasize about writing a movie where Edward R. Murrow comes back from the dead as a demon and just goes around slaughtering lazy journalists, which forces other journalists to actually do their fucking jobs.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

just a bunch of Twitter posts talking about the headline

Combine that with the dead internet theory and you've got yourself a corporate owned propaganda machine on all fronts

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah now it's all written by AI, sourcing their info from Twitter and Reddit posts that were also written by AI.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 3 points 9 months ago

Make it into a comic. It could be the next "V for Vendetta" or "Akumetsu", but for journalism.

[–] o0evillusion0o@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

BREAKING! Doctor_Satan says he wants to go around slaughtering journalists because quote: They actually don't do their (censored) jobs.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Journalism is dead because Sinclair has been gobbling up local news.

Check to see who your local news outlet is - several of mine are owned by like Missouri’s retirement fund or something.