If your world-view is predicated on this much self-flattery, it's time to re-evaluate. @pwthornton
— ????dicentra ن (@dicentra33) November 28, 2016
Have you ever asked yourself why journalism is dying? Well, as it turns out, it’s not journalists’ fault; it’s ours.
Please allow Patrick Thornton, CQ Roll Call’s senior director of user experience and strategy, to explain it — hopefully in a way even we rubes will be able to understand:
Why coverage is so off: Journalists literally have no framework or training with how to deal with a president who denies basic reality.
— Patrick Thornton (@pwthornton) November 28, 2016
Journalists also have a far higher belief in reading comprehension and nuance than what general population can generally handle.
— Patrick Thornton (@pwthornton) November 28, 2016
If your headline and first paragraph or so doesn't tell people what is going on, a lot of readers are never going to arrive at the point.
— Patrick Thornton (@pwthornton) November 28, 2016
Let’s focus on the middle tweet, shall we?
Journalists also have a far higher belief in reading comprehension and nuance than what general population can generally handle.
— Patrick Thornton (@pwthornton) November 28, 2016
Amazing. Just amazing.
Pardon me while I laugh for a billion years. https://t.co/CmMZSZw6r4
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) November 28, 2016
Wait. You're serious?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH (gasp) (wheeze) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA— ブライ (@Mortscab) November 28, 2016
Yeah, dumb down the news, we can't handle the nuance and detail you're giving us [snort]
— Jhon Simth (@JhonSimth) November 28, 2016
The problem isn't fake news and lack of credibility. The problem is you plebs are too stupid to understand us smart media folk. pic.twitter.com/qm55VgitTE
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) November 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/Alex_MacDuff/status/803348545931710464
Gee, we can’t for the life of us imagine why the media don’t get more respect!
self-aggrandizing snobbery.
— Space Force Sgt. Reibeush (@Lightn1ngHand) November 28, 2016
Join the conversation as a VIP Member