I'm watching it play out in real time, and watching more mainstream national news sites jump in, and just ... watching.
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A former child star who was in one movie franchise that you saw as a kid is arrested 30 years later and thought to be on meth. He hasn't had an acting credit in 12 years. Should it be news? Should it be news for niche entertainment sites? Should it be news for mainstream sites?
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Between aggregation and digital competition for the lowest hanging clicks, what might be of interest to a gossip site or a news org local to the crime instead bounces around creating a digital footprint far larger than anything about it deserves.
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The line between "well it's trending" and "but do we need to spend time on this?" is a squishy one and I am ALL IN FAVOR of publishing rather than not in most cases. but to me this is a pretty clear case of, well, it's ok to pass. And i'm having a hard time seeing the other side.
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But I only got there after clicking, because of course i clicked too. So.
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(not to completely pivot away from my soapbox here, but there was far more important mighty ducks news in the cycle this week https://sports.yahoo.com/emilio-estevez-to-return-as-coach-gordon-bombay-in-mighty-ducks-reboot-234230561.html …)
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Anyway. It's fine. Gossip sites are gonna do what they do. It's when what are supposed to be more "serious" news sites started to pick it up that I began to despair.
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what happens when mainstream 'serious' sites get in on the action is that it extends the cycle, let alone the reach, of any given story. So something is suddenly EVERYWHERE, which means sites that didn't cover it may feel like they should after all because, well, it's everywhere.
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That mugshot was by far one of the most depressing photos I've seen this decade. A part of my childhood memory died in that moment
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right. i ... definitely clicked.
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People want to read about it and media companies want to make money. So I guess the questions you’re asking are really 1) should journalism be done for profit? and 2) should journalists be allowed to publish public records? The answer to both is probably Yes, so here we are.
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neither of those are the questions i'm asking actually! I'm interested in who does the telling, and what audience they serve. Lumping all 'media companies' into one is a nonstarter.
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