This isn't a journalism problem. Rather, it's a website engagement problem, where websites try to get people to leave opinions, come back to complain about everyone else's opinions, et cetera, all in the hope of increasing the page views of the article.
On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And we got this from TV Guide Canada at the end of the article: >> >> "Do you think Shaffer should leave ‘Late Night’? Sound off below." > > Someone needs to write about that disturbing trend in online > journalism, where a story can't just have an ending. Oh no, readers > must be prompted with an asinine question as opposed to commenting on > the article itself. It turns what could be journalism into the old SRA > Reading Laboratory. > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
