Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

People really like to watch television so if the only thing on television at a given time is a staid, serious-ish news program there’s a good chance they’ll tune in. But in a more competitive environment that goes away and it’s a big deal. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 23, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

An important fact about western societies in the second half of the twentieth century is that governments either directly provided staid, serious-ish television news broadcasts or else forced private networks to do so even though there was no good business case for it. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 23, 2022 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Thoughts inspired by @benthompson’s observation that the future of mass media is clips algorithmically selected to cater to your revealed preferences that auto-plays so you don’t need to admit to yourself that it’s what you genuinely want to watch. https://t.co/WFClCpnzXu — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 23, 2022 Hibernated