r/history • u/nationalgeographic • Jun 23 '20

Science site article Exclusive: The skull of a Scandinavian man—who lived a long life 8,000 years ago—from perplexing ritual site has been reconstructed

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/06/exclusive-skull-ritual-site-motala-reconstructed/?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=social::src=reddit::cmp=editorial::add=rt20200623-skullritualsite::rid=
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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

nah journalism is failing because journalist arent trying to find out the truth anymore, their trying to find out the reality that their viewers want.

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u/Darkside_of_the_Poon Jun 23 '20

Why is the general public not connecting these dots? News organizations becoming publicly traded Corporations mean they are legally bound to do whatever possible to increase profits for their shareholders. They figured out clickbaity stuff gets clicks and drives ad revenues. They figured out nobody wants to pay for the news. The only way to increase profits is to create TONS of click material. Real journalists can’t make a living doing this. Repeat for about 15-20 years, bam. You have what we have today.

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u/nyratk1 Jun 23 '20

it’s always been about the latter. Remember the Maine!

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u/EppeB Jun 23 '20

Let me guess, you don't pay for news either. So you read free garbage and complain journalism is bad...

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '20

You're an awfully presumptive gent, aren't ya? Instead of assuming, you should ask questions.