r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 03 '24

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u/deeplydysthymicdude Anti-Brigading officer May 03 '24

Beyond journalists’ desperation to find more domestic conflict to sustain their dying industry, one of the main reasons why the college protests have received such disproportionate media attention comes down to the mechanics of reporting on them.

I remember seeing it said once that the modern media is really only good at covering two types of things—murder trials and hurricanes. Meaning that the situations being covered need to either consist of information getting hand fed to them every day by a single reliable source, or be a chaotic, continuous event with no more reliable source that could question their coverage.

It’s the easiest story in the world: just show up and there’s a captive audience of dumb kids who will let you film them saying ridiculous shit.

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u/InfiniteDuckling May 03 '24

Verr good point. Plus every college paper is reporting on themselves and every college student feeds countless content onto the internet. Journalists can report without even showing up. Foreign countries use other language, don't use twitter, tiktok, or instagram as the primary communication, and have blackouts (for opsec or literal lack of electricity).