Also I’ll never forget the day Pop Crave and co. took a quote from Jennette McCurdy’s memoir out of context just to use it to spread rumors about a feud between her and Ariana Grande, all in service of driving their numbers up. No regard for anyone’s privacy or respect for their craft, the craft in this case being Jennette bravely telling her story in a very well-written book that had infinitely more interesting things in it than some line about Ariana.
Amen! 👏🏻 it is truly terrifying, and it is amazing that more people do not see this. When are we going to claim responsibility for our own education or even value education? And by education I do not mean overpriced pieces of paper collected after a long series of prescribed and confusing assignments. I believe that we can only ever educate ourselves.
I especially related to this one line: "Yet, I can’t deny how this format is harming an already struggling journalism industry and a demographic of restless young people who can’t watch a movie on their couch without scrolling on their phones simultaneously." I was frustrated reading about how so many people get their information from one quick, convenient tweet/post, and then I remembered that I sometimes do this exact thing. It's hard to resist.
"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed,". "In our society, now it's just first — who cares, get it out there. We don't care who it hurts. We don't care who we destroy. We don't care if it's true. Just say it, sell it. Anything you practice you'll get good at — including BS."
Pop Crave’s model is honestly terrifying enough but even more so if you apply it to journalism outside of celebrity and pop culture. When your method of communication is a single tweet with little to no context or links to sources, the consequences can be devastating if the information being communicated directly affects world issues. Palestine and the pandemic come to mind. Those issues are already rife with misinformation. Turning a genuine craft into nothing but 280-character tweets designed to win the algorithm is going to make it infinitely worse, especially when established news sources will have to resort to the same methods just to avoid being shuttered.
Also I’ll never forget the day Pop Crave and co. took a quote from Jennette McCurdy’s memoir out of context just to use it to spread rumors about a feud between her and Ariana Grande, all in service of driving their numbers up. No regard for anyone’s privacy or respect for their craft, the craft in this case being Jennette bravely telling her story in a very well-written book that had infinitely more interesting things in it than some line about Ariana.
Amen! 👏🏻 it is truly terrifying, and it is amazing that more people do not see this. When are we going to claim responsibility for our own education or even value education? And by education I do not mean overpriced pieces of paper collected after a long series of prescribed and confusing assignments. I believe that we can only ever educate ourselves.
I especially related to this one line: "Yet, I can’t deny how this format is harming an already struggling journalism industry and a demographic of restless young people who can’t watch a movie on their couch without scrolling on their phones simultaneously." I was frustrated reading about how so many people get their information from one quick, convenient tweet/post, and then I remembered that I sometimes do this exact thing. It's hard to resist.
denzel washington puts it perfectly:
"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you do read it, you're misinformed,". "In our society, now it's just first — who cares, get it out there. We don't care who it hurts. We don't care who we destroy. We don't care if it's true. Just say it, sell it. Anything you practice you'll get good at — including BS."
this was a wonderful read madison.
this is a truly beautiful read! you put all of my feelings (especially how i’ve been feeling about outlets like deux moi) into words! loved this!
Pop Crave’s model is honestly terrifying enough but even more so if you apply it to journalism outside of celebrity and pop culture. When your method of communication is a single tweet with little to no context or links to sources, the consequences can be devastating if the information being communicated directly affects world issues. Palestine and the pandemic come to mind. Those issues are already rife with misinformation. Turning a genuine craft into nothing but 280-character tweets designed to win the algorithm is going to make it infinitely worse, especially when established news sources will have to resort to the same methods just to avoid being shuttered.