Journalists vs algorithms

*Interesting article. I, uh, found it with an algorithm.

http://www.cjr.org/innovations/investigating_algorithms.php

*All the web journalists are going broke just like the print journalists did. Probably has something to do with, well, algorithms, frankly.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/business/media-websites-battle-falteringad-revenue-and-traffic.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/business/media/for-news-outlets-squeezed-from-the-middle-its-bend-or-bust.html

*Algorithms really like fake click bait "news." Viral rumor is a whole lot more algorithmic than actual news.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/17/fake-news-stories-clicks-fact-checking

*This guy thinks it's about "platforms" rather than algorithms, although platforms are basically a bunch of algorithms.

https://medium.com/life-learning/the-problem-with-everyone-building-platforms-78f8de32c908#.jivd979mi

*Whatever next? The ol' blog here is looking more imperiled than ever.