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joe’s Substack | joe federer 💭

joe’s Substack | joe federer 💭

What happens to news when ‘truth’ isn’t a popular flavor?

joe’s Substack | joe federer 💭
Summary
Nutrition label

64% Informative

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Your news represents you. It's part of your ego. News today is competing on more levels of truth.

The ethic of journalistic objectivity feels starkly missing from news today.

Today’s news media is incentivized by the same algorithm as a dancer on TikTok or a home chef.

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VR Score

55

Informative language

44

Neutral language

49

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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