As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place

By artappraiser on Sun, 10/18/2020 - 6:34pm |

Amazing reporting by @daveyalba & @jacknicas about how the collapse of local news reporting (thanks Google!) has created an opening for that space to be filled by a network of rightwing propaganda web sites that masquerade as news sites. https://t.co/hn29RTOl6D
— Nils Gilman (@nils_gilman) October 18, 2020

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/technology/timpone-local-news-metric-media.html

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The network is now in all 50 states, and it is active ahead of the U.S. November election. The operation is entirely virtual—editors assign freelancers around the U.S. to write community stories, often for $3 to $36 per job. https://t.co/vyWkXRIZl5 pic.twitter.com/GhzxfpIwGr
— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) October 18, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 10/18/2020 - 6:37pm

NOT FAIR! They are cutting out Macedonians and others making money trolling Facebook!

Seems Muricans cannot get enough propaganda! As with Fox News, people that love this stuff just want to read or hear whatever reinforces their uninformed, biased worldview.

by NCD on Sun, 10/18/2020 - 9:12pm

Yet Fox News has to find and please corporate advertising sponsors. This is just straight out pay-to-play. You buy your very own spinmeister.

I don't know what they charge, but the spinmeisters get $3 to $36 per article. These scabs are gonna really hurt spinmeister pay scales!

Do you think the Macedonians are on salary or do they get paid piecework, too? Enquiring minds want to know.

by artappraiser on Sun, 10/18/2020 - 9:30pm

Page views I think.

Murdoch created multiple news empires, from Australia to UK, milking snd reinforcing bias and 'what the rubes want to hear and be entertained with.' The advertisers came to sell to that market of TV addicted marks and suckers. Thus Murdoch, Hannity et al got rich.

by NCD on Sun, 10/18/2020 - 11:36pm

As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place

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