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Originally Posted by Jay_Benson
It is my experience that the journalists have a tendency to write the headline to grab the attention
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I'm going to blow your mind: quite a lot of the time, the journalist did not write the headline (never mind select the photo!). The editor did.
This is the same as yelling at a book author because the cover art doesn't match the plot details - not only has the artist probably not read the book (they don't have time, and the book might not even be ready by the time the art is due), but the author has no control over it whatsoever.
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But the question remains, am I right to be so jaundiced?
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The answer to this question lies in a different question: How much money have you spent on a subscription or donation to the media outlet you are consuming?
If you (and I mean YOU) want good journalism, then you (and I mean YOU) have to support it with your own dollar. If you don't, then your complaint about the poor quality of available journalism is irrelevant - in the same way as complaints about new bikes not serving the needs of real customers, when those real customers have never spent a penny on a new bike from a dealer.
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