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.
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.
Puns are fair game! I’ve run “Quilty Pleasures” in six U.S. dailies.
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.
Would you consider it a quilty pleasure?
Dad, stop.
/s
Don’t let us keep running the same heds!
On the negativity point; you get what you pay for.
There IS definitely negative stuff punished by the NYTimes and The Atlantic (as examples) but there’s also quite a bit of neutral and even positive news.
These are all from the last few days:
Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Resume, but Are Overshadowed by U.S. Election https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/world/middleeast/gaza-cease-fire-us-elections.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
The Rebellious Scientist Who Made Kamala Harris https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/science/shyamala-gopalan-kamala-harris-mother.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
If You Think You Can Hold a Grudge, Consider the Crow https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/science/crows-grudges-revenge.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
New Covid Tests Are Here. They Test for Flu, Too. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/well/covid-flu-combination-tests.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Ford Foundation Gives $10 Million to Studio Museum in Harlem https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/arts/studio-museum-in-harlem.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
https://www.nytimes.com/card/2024/10/28/arts/phil-lesh-fans?smid=url-share
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/movies/best-science-fiction-movies-streaming.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Watches That Look Similar in Everything but the Price Tag https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/style/patek-philippe-cubitus.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Just When You Thought Sneakers Couldn’t Get Any Weirder https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/style/erl-vamps-skate-shoe.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
Obviously, there are more that are negative, but negative stories are often the most important so that we know what problems still need attention.