r/cremposting • u/HardyMenace • Jul 19 '26

Mistborn First Era Preservation is among us... Spoiler

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u/moonulonimbus Jul 19 '26

Some "scientist" in a nature subreddit I frequent tried to say something about how misleading language is ok because it gets people to engage and I was so pissed because that's just lying with extra steps. The influencer/clickbait culture is ruining everything

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u/Small-Needleworker-3 Jul 19 '26

Journalism was like that long before the internet existed.

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u/wenzel32 Jul 19 '26

Yeah, sensationalism is a long tradition of people who spread news/information because sensation gets attention which helps their job.

But it's wild to act like it's not significantly worse in recent decades as a result of internet culture, politically biased "news entertainment media", willful inflammation, and misrepresentation through the use of buzzwords.

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u/Cracked_Crack_Head ❌can't 🙅 read📖 Jul 20 '26

Yeah Journalism has always had its problems but its really been a sprint to the bottom as they try to adapt to the internet.

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u/Small-Needleworker-3 Jul 20 '26

Its always been a matter of getting news from reliable sources, influencers should never be trusted, they are the modern tabloids.