{"id":35296,"date":"2017-09-29T13:06:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=35296"},"modified":"2017-09-29T13:06:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T17:06:36","slug":"where-to-get-the-facts-of-life-not-on-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=35296","title":{"rendered":"Where to get the facts of life? Not on video"},"content":{"rendered":"

From 538 Significant Digits:<\/p>\n

60 percent<\/em><\/h2>\n

Pivoting to video as a news site strategy sure seems like a great way to pivot to people not using your website at all: comScore data indicates that publishers that fired a bunch of writers this summer to fuel quixotic and nebulous video ambitions saw at least a 60 percent drop in traffic in August compared to August 2016. [Columbia Journalism Review<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

Is this a sign that people are not going to the video tape to get their news? Could it be they’re reading? <\/em><\/p>\n

The above information loudly supports what I’ve written about getting the facts of life:<\/a><\/p>\n

…you do need to read the news. While TV is OK for debates and sports\u2013events that allow us to hear and view the unexpurgated whole scope without distortions\u2013even a sophisticated mind can\u2019t tease complex facts out of heavily edited, selectively weighted and histrionic TV news reportage, let alone pundits jousting and talking over each other.<\/em><\/p>\n

No, the only way to absorb facts is to get your hands dirty with newsprint.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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