The main difference: I don't think a typical journalist finds it rewarding to have his or work panned, even if it results in a spike on the analytics dash that would be nice if it weren't the result of viral loathing
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I think the assumption that journalists write controversial content for clicks is mostly wrong. I think they largely do it to assert influence on the narrative that makes up shared mainstream/tribe reality, something that neither blasé nor universally-derided work accomplishes
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As motivations go, influencing the narrative may seem better than driving up pageviews, but it still means constantly needing to either discover or manufacture novel stories. And one of those is a lot easier to do than the other
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It's quite often the case that when a reporter gets a story "wrong," there never was any way to get it right; getting the story right would turn it into a non-story
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If what they coated about was running a profitable business they wouldn’t be journos
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We need a defector from the ranks of journalists to tell everyone how the sausage is made. I’m really curious how they arrive at the narratives they decide to push. Does it come as orders from above or is it groupthink?
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We've had glimpses of it. Talking point memos, group emails, etc. And we know that the ownership situation is crazy; the fact that Carlos Slim is the largest shareholder of the NY Times is insanity.
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You might realize that this is basic human nature and true of *everyone*.
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Even the (supposedly rational) scientific community is not immune to this.
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My deepest take on this is that journalists are always after a Story. That story might not always line up with reality.
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Depends on the type of "journalists." In case of established ones, influence as a motive would be more so.
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