Comparison between old local news and this new clickbait stuff is night and day

I remember reading the local paper in St. Louis back in the 90s and they actually covered city council meetings in detail for a full page. Now they just grab a single quote from Twitter and slap a headline on it. The old approach gave you context about who was voting for what and why, not just a hot take. Is anyone else tired of news sites skipping the whole story behind a vote or decision?

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val_ramirez13d ago

MAN, you're speaking my language. I remember when our local paper used to have a whole section called "City Beat" that broke down every zoning board decision like it was a Supreme Court case. Now they just see a vote failed and yell "Council Blocks Housing" without mentioning the parking study or environmental review that killed it. It's like they think we can't handle more than a headline and a snappy quote.

jenny19813d ago

I used to just skim the headlines too, honestly. I'd get mad at the council and move on with my day. But then a friend who's a planner walked me through one of those zoning decisions and I realized I didn't know half the story. Now I can't unsee how the news skips all the boring but important stuff that actually matters. It's like they think we're too dumb to sit through a paragraph about parking requirements, but that's literally what decides if a project lives or dies.

charles_baker2813d ago

Whoa, wait. @jenny198 they actually had a whole beat for that?