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by kevin_thibedeau 289 days ago
Articles about patent infringement are similarly annoying when the patent numbers aren't cited. This is basic 21st century journalism 101. We aren't limited to what fits on a broadside anymore.

We need an AI driven extension that will insert the links. This would be a nice addition to Kagi as they could be trusted to not play SEO shenanigans.
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GCUMstlyHarmls 289 days ago
I think they're called broadsheets unless you're in the headline!
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baq 289 days ago
If news on the web was journalism instead of attention seeking for ad revenue you’d be right.

Agree on the extension idea, except I’m not sure I want to see the original sensationalized content anyway. Might as well have the bot rewrite the piece in a dry style.

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TheNewsIsHere 288 days ago
> If news on the web was journalism instead of attention seeking for ad revenue you’d be right.

That’s painting with an overly broad brush. Nevertheless, the news was relying on ads long before most people knew the word “Internet”, but there were far fewer channels to place ads back then, so in some respects news and media organizations had a captive audience in advertisers.

Mass adoption of television was effectively made possible because of advertising money.

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