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commitpizza | 2 years ago

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grandpoobah|2 years ago

Is there a point after which an organisation goes woke, but doesn't go broke, that we can say "they probably didn't go broke because they went woke"? Because they were "woke" for quite a long time.

roqi|2 years ago

> Get woke, go broke.

A quarter of all US newspapers closed since 2005, and they've been shutting down at a pace of 2 newspapers per week.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/business/media/local-news...

The same source extrapolates that a third of all US newspapers is set to close by 2025.

Do you honestly believe that this bankruptcy wave only affects "woke" newspapers?

Also, your "Get woke, go broke" comment is based on the idea that if a newspaper you follow starts reporting things you don't like or personally agree them protest is a healthy or desirable course of action, as if depriving funds from a business will eliminate things you don't like or understand. I'm not sure this is a healthy take, and is reminiscente of extremism.

lynx23|2 years ago

"Voting with your wallet" isn't particularily unheard of. I dont understand why you seem to make a difference here just because the topic is leaning a little towards politics.

Broken_Hippo|2 years ago

I'm pretty sure that line gets repeated because it rhymes, Your brain thinks it is catchy.

It certainly isn't true in general.

timonoko|2 years ago

Quite useful "How to urinate in Public"-video by lovely and talented Gavin McInnes has been totally cancelled from internets.

It was transphobic, of course, by assuming certain anatomic appendices are common among masculines.

slaw|2 years ago

There must be some other reasons. Disney and Netflix are doing fine while pushing propaganda.

dandellion|2 years ago

Probably very different audiences to Vice. Most people I know who watch a lot of Netflix are the same that used to watch cable TV all day. And I'm not sure who exactly are Disney's target audience these days, but I don't think it's mature adults.

detrites|2 years ago

Disney's share price has halved from its two year high.

keyle|2 years ago

ok I'll bite, because I must be missing the bus in the last 10 years. Please do tell what propagandas, as in topics, or ideas, Netflix and Disney are pushing and so was Vice? Thanks.

revelio|2 years ago

Disney is very much not doing fine. They just replaced their CEO for a reason and they've had a long string of flops, as well as having trashed the Star Wars franchise.

detrites|2 years ago

It amazes me that any major organisation believes pitching themselves at a minority group of deniers of the commonly-held views of everyone else - that most people therefore find abrasive and alienating - makes good business sense.

soco|2 years ago

So you think the minorities don't deserve news outlets and opinion platforms? I've been through that already and it was behind the iron curtain, welcome back to the old world - I definitely didn't expect it to be called "good".