Several posts here have interesting,
critical comments on the past and recent
content of NPR.
Sounds like some of the HN audience wants
content that is some of entertaining,
interesting, informative and, instead, is
getting some quite different content,
superficial, and based on some topics
common in current journalism and/or
partisan politics.
Why??
For "partisan politics" content, one
candidate explanation is simply money.
But for journalism, that's more
difficult. A guess is that journalism is
an old profession with some accepted
assumptions and techniques.
One such assumption is:
"Keep it short, simple, superficial.
Avoid credible information as too
difficult, demanding of the audience."
One technique is:
"Keep it emotional about problems of
people."
With the Web, for a focused audience
journalism may be changing.
Maybe I'll pay attention to journalism
again when, for a start. they report
numerical data with graphs, done like STEM
field students do.
Sounds like some of the HN audience wants content that is some of entertaining, interesting, informative and, instead, is getting some quite different content, superficial, and based on some topics common in current journalism and/or partisan politics.
Why??
For "partisan politics" content, one candidate explanation is simply money.
But for journalism, that's more difficult. A guess is that journalism is an old profession with some accepted assumptions and techniques.
One such assumption is:
"Keep it short, simple, superficial. Avoid credible information as too difficult, demanding of the audience."
One technique is:
"Keep it emotional about problems of people."
With the Web, for a focused audience journalism may be changing.
Maybe I'll pay attention to journalism again when, for a start. they report numerical data with graphs, done like STEM field students do.