Is this story honestly front page news? Look at everything happening around the world, and then this story about one random man being legally kicked off a flight (no matter how wrong it was for United to do so). This is a story that shows up for a minute or two during the daytime news because it's honestly not that newsworthy.
Media cares about clicks and views and this story is going viral yet CNN doesn't even put out a blurb about it on their front page, a page that has a hundred stories.
This is an example of how media is bought by advertisers and how advertisers influence what is and is not covered.
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n/a NSFRN 2017-04-10
Is this story honestly front page news? Look at everything happening around the world, and then this story about one random man being legally kicked off a flight (no matter how wrong it was for United to do so). This is a story that shows up for a minute or two during the daytime news because it's honestly not that newsworthy.
n/a ChoosyBeggor 2017-04-10
Media cares about clicks and views and this story is going viral yet CNN doesn't even put out a blurb about it on their front page, a page that has a hundred stories.
This is an example of how media is bought by advertisers and how advertisers influence what is and is not covered.
n/a nitmotilo 2017-04-10
I don't know, man. If CNN did run the story there'd have been a group of people criticizing them for doing so.
"WW3 is breaking out and CNN is trying to distract us with this stupid plane story!"
I have no doubt that advertisers do influence coverage, but this doesn't strike me as smoking gun proof.
n/a stinkstick17 2017-04-10
Bullshit, go look for yourself.
n/a ChoosyBeggor 2017-04-10
The story got added hours after I posted my thread.
n/a julianthepagan 2017-04-10
It was also on the front page of CNN
n/a andywarhaul 2017-04-10
I did see it on CNN, I'm more curious about how he got back on the plane
n/a aMoN6i9 2017-04-10
It's on Yahoo news. Front and center
n/a Throw-Away-We-Go 2017-04-10
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/travel/passenger-removed-united-flight-trnd/
n/a ChoosyBeggor 2017-04-10
The story got added hours after I posted my thread.
n/a stinkstick17 2017-04-10
I'm watching the video right now on CNN, so you are full of shit.
Plus it's definitely on the front page. http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/10/travel/passenger-removed-united-flight-trnd/index.html
n/a ChoosyBeggor 2017-04-10
The story got added hours after I posted my thread.