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looorg [soylentnews.org] writes:

News consumption is down. The reasons appear to be multiple from that the readers don't trust the sources anymore, disinformation, journalistic agendas, AI (fake-) news or that news in general are just downers and sad to read.

There is no single cause for this crisis; it has been building for some time, but many of the immediate challenges are compounded by the power and changing strategies of rival big tech companies, including social media, search engines, and video platforms.

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2024/dnr-executive-summary [ox.ac.uk]

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2024 [ox.ac.uk]
(report available as pdf or read to you or in various summaries)

I guess I have entered the porch phase of my news consumption. I don't care for video news, or having someone read the news to me. I much prefer to just read it.

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