Not hard. In two tweets. 1-Media should report *and* amplify *important* issues, especially ones the powerful would like you to ignore. 1/2
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Journalism's role when every politician can tweet & anyone can hack emails: focus us on important stuff; investigate; fight disinformation.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Mark A Kruger
No, but they have shared norms & processes. That's why they all get played easily by Wikileaks, miss key stuff, etc.https://twitter.com/musepolsci/status/803975266003484672 …
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Only financial future for print or serious journalism is subscription primary, ads not a big deal. That means product has to be value added.
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Because the ones competing only for ad money will be outcompeted, and will have to adapt, to a form of media that is not really journalism.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Garf
Very good question. What's your best *overall* example? Not some great stories, but good overall. I don't have any.https://twitter.com/whenhen/status/803977035039248385 …
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(Let me add: serious journalism can be subsidized in other ways, too. But it's just true that it cannot compete in the ad market by itself).
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Compete for ad $$ + clicks: need constant stream. Wikileaks drops "stuff" every week, fits your process needs perfectly! What a coincidence!
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they copied that model from
@ggreenwald 's reporting on the@Snowden docs tho, no?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
No.
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