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by lsmarigo 2876 days ago

  they decided to doubled down on being another partisan rag like WaPo, feeding off the outrage culture 
is it really a decision when the other option is financial ruin? Thoughtful, calm, reasoned posts don't stand a chance in the context of online media. The system we've ended up with fundamentally requires outrage/fear/clickbait to stand a chance of being heard among the noise.