ConanTroutman wrote:
theprof wrote:
seems journalism world wide in both sports and general news is taking the same path - down the gurgler. The quality is generally crap and ill informed/researched.
it's the result of the business model these days - advertising revenue is sold on the basis of the number of clicks/shares/comments an article can get. The internet media landscape is so competitive that the costs of producing higher quality product don't usually make enough extra in income to justify it. Good journalism is often paywalled whereas the crap isn't, so the crap gets a way bigger audience. Also, the rush to get articles online quickly, rather than waiting for the next day for newspapers or a week or more for magazines means less time is spent editing, researching, fact-checking, or generally just tidying up articles before publication. Lower income means less money to pay journalists which means less smart journalists too.
Basically it's a perfect storm of sharkness. There are still pockets of good, free content out there but they are not always easy to find.
Good post.
I often find that it is better to read post-game reports on Australian portal of The Guardian than our own Stuff. Their report on our game last night against Glory was one-sided (written from Perth perspective), but
they also avoided discussing the red card and the headbutt. In contrast, wrote a quality report on our New Year game against Adelaide.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/a-league
