Mainstream Media

Soapyfrog · 2021-12-04T23:32:29.962Z

oh well thats alright then

Scuzz · 2021-12-04T23:34:12.353Z

I wasn’t a fan and based on what he was accused of he should be fired.

Aceris · 2021-12-05T21:02:11.247Z

I didn’t realise CNN were using Skynet to deal with problem employees… :)

Hey, I can dream…

Thrag · 2021-12-06T08:35:50.393Z

If only there was some sort of journalistic institution that could research the issue and attempt to report on it in an informed way.

CNN

Analysis: Nobody seems to know what's going on with the economy

If you're confused by the US economy, which simultaneously shows signs of strength and cause for concern, you're not alone. The November jobs report may have been disappointing to some in terms of jobs creation, but it also suggests the pandemic...

(front page story)

Gordon_Cameron · 2021-12-06T15:02:42.686Z

Menzo · 2021-12-08T01:29:49.635Z

Newspapers have had it up to here with Google and Facebook!

Gizmodo

200 Newspapers Sue Facebook, Google for Decimating Their Advertising

In the past decade, newspapers have seen their resources shrink to nothing as the likes of Google suck up advertising revenue. Now they're suing.

Timex · 2021-12-08T01:41:20.671Z

That seems like a pretty sketchy case…I mean, maybe the reason why newspaper ad revenue dropped, is because no one reads newspapers?

Littleboy · 2021-12-09T02:32:44.260Z

If you look at some of what they were up to, this is less about newspapers getting less readers and more about Google destroying competition and maximizing their cut while the publishers using their exchange get less revenue.

Among those allegations are that Google has an internal team called gTrade dedicated to keeping Google’s thumb on the scales in programmatic auctions. It came up with a process, nicknamed Project Bernanke after former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, that allegedly allowed it to use information about what impressions advertisers have bid on to help them beat competitors in auctions using its technology. The states gave an example of Bernanke: a doctor uses Google Adwords to bid $10 for a USA Today ad targeted to a particular person. Ford uses a rival’s ad buying tool to bid $12 for the same impression. Both are sent to Google’s exchange. Normally Ford would win because it bid more for the impression. But Project Bernanke manipulates the doctor’s bid to ensure that it wins in Google’s exchange, so that the company gets both the fee for using the exchange and the fee for using its ad buying tool.

Seems legit…

Timex · 2021-12-09T14:16:03.227Z

I mean, they can try to argue that, but the reality is no one gives a shit about advertising in Newspapers, because no one fucking reads newspapers anymore.

That is, obviously, the single driving factor in Newspaper advertising revenue dropping, and we’d have to ignore the obvious not to see it.

Google could certainly be doing other anti competitive stuff, but there’s no way that it’s the cause of newspapers’ woes.

scottagibson · 2021-12-09T15:43:01.047Z

They are, on the other hand, talking about unfair practices adversely impacting their digital, online advertising, not their print advertising. It isn’t a case about their declining print circulation.

Strollen · 2021-12-09T17:37:31.049Z

My home town newspaper charges $25/month for digital-only, but if you get both Digital and print it is $13
Of course, there are lots of teasers rates as low as $50 a YEAR, but you have to take both and print and digital. Most local newspapers have minimal digital ads revenue and subscription. This is for a simple reason, newspaper are still oriented toward advertisers, not readers.

KevinC · 2021-12-10T19:31:34.889Z

Brian Williams is out.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/12/10/brian_williams_quits_msnbc_theyve_decided_to_burn_it_all_down_with_us_inside.html

“The reality is though, I will wake up tomorrow in the America of the year 2021, a nation unrecognizable to those who came before us and fought to protect it, which is what you must do now,” Williams said. “They’ve decided to burn it all down with us inside. That should scare you to no end as much as it scares an aging volunteer fireman.”

Scuzz · 2021-12-10T21:14:56.344Z

An article I read said they wouldn’t be surprised if ended up on CNN in Cuomo’s old spot.

Jazar · 2021-12-10T22:58:11.619Z

“You’re on your own goodnight.”

CraigM · 2021-12-10T23:14:57.935Z

Yeah, that was the real ‘how do you say fuck you without saying fuck you’ moment.

rrmorton · 2021-12-10T23:24:12.492Z

What will he say tomorrow in response to the negative backlash??

easytarget · 2021-12-10T23:31:24.008Z

My suggestion would be nothing. If he is truly done with it then sign off and never look back.

sharaleo · 2021-12-11T01:56:49.965Z

What in the fuck is he talking about? It’s just beware the boogeyman nonsense. I’ll confess I don’t know his political leanings, but that could be read to instill fear in anyone by latching on to whatever they feel is the great threat confronting their America.

Timex · 2021-12-11T03:31:06.389Z

What are you guys talking about?

I’m pretty sure Williams was talking about the GOP and how they are willing to destroy the country.

Which seems like a pretty accurate take.

easytarget · 2021-12-11T03:43:35.416Z

Yep, I didn’t think it was difficult to make out he’s convinced the country is headed off a cliff and republicans are driving the bus, and he’s decided to get off.