The Media

[farmerge]

What a profoundly irrelevant take. What does Hitler have to do by with it.

@wayneL I am somewhat bemused by the @IFocus' "Hitler" comment.
Certainly not Asian, just a megalomaniac

 

[SirRumpole]

Looks like some media outlets are struggling since Meta refused to pay them for news.

Hence the governments media tax.

News companies have shed hundreds of jobs since Meta's refusal to pay them

The nine-month delay to respond to Meta's refusal to continue paying for news cost Australian media hundreds of jobs, the Coalition says, urging the government not to delay any further with its tax on social media giants.

www.abc.net.au

 

[sptrawler]

Google reviews is starting to go the way of the mainstream news, people networking, is becoming the goto research tool.

Fake reviews have made online shopping a nightmare. Can Reddit help?

More sceptical, savvy consumers are turning to community-based platforms for what they perceive to be more straightforward, reputable advice.

www.smh.com.au

Google has become flooded with paid ads and suggestions for websites that have been maximised for their search engine ranking (SEO). Product reviews, which are increasingly common, aren’t always genuine. In December last year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reviewed 130 online businesses and found that more than one-third of reviews (including those on company websites and from third-party review sites) were misleading.

 

[SirRumpole]

Google reviews is starting to go the way of the mainstream news, people networking, is becoming the goto research tool.

Fake reviews have made online shopping a nightmare. Can Reddit help?

More sceptical, savvy consumers are turning to community-based platforms for what they perceive to be more straightforward, reputable advice.

www.smh.com.au

Google has become flooded with paid ads and suggestions for websites that have been maximised for their search engine ranking (SEO). Product reviews, which are increasingly common, aren’t always genuine. In December last year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) reviewed 130 online businesses and found that more than one-third of reviews (including those on company websites and from third-party review sites) were misleading.

Same with YouTube. Its being deluged with ads for scam products, eg "gamma ray" flashlights and member hardeners, pretty gross really.

 

[sptrawler]

Same with YouTube. Its being deluged with ads for scam products, eg "gamma ray" flashlights and member hardeners, pretty gross really.

I haven't watched much you tube stuff, other than a few music clips, so I haven't seen much of the advertising.

But the daughter has Netflix and I watched a movie the other night, there were quite a few ads throughout the movie, which I thought was outrageous.
If you pay to watch a movie, ads shouldn't be shoved in to interrupt it IMO.

 

[basilio]

I haven't watched much you tube stuff, other than a few music clips, so I haven't seen much of the advertising.

But the daughter has Netflix and I watched a movie the other night, there were quite a few ads throughout the movie, which I thought was outrageous.
If you pay to watch a movie, ads shouldn't be shoved in to interrupt it IMO.

Yeah... SP are you aware that Netflix now has a cheaper plan that allows them to include ads in programs ?

That must be what your daughter has bought. Basically they have upped their normal plan costs and then introduced a plan that allows ads but is cheaper. They also have a higher plan that uses 4k and high quality sound.

 

[basilio]

Big media story out of Fiji is the sacking of the female Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection for being in a sex video.

Sounds tacky - until one discovers this was a private video she and her husband made for each other. Strictly their own business. But somehow some nasty piece of work has found a copy and put it on the net.

Sad and ugly situation.

Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka dismisses Lynda Tabuya as minister after explicit video circulates online​

By Fiji reporter Lice Movono in Suva and Doug Dingwall

• Topic:World Politics

Fri 27 DecFriday 27 December

Lynda Tabuya has been dismissed as Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection. (Facebook: Lynda Tabuya)

In short:​

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has dismissed MP Lynda Tabuya from her ministry after an explicit video of her circulated online.
Ms Tabuya said the video was private and was shared "between two consenting adults who are in a relationship, in this case me and my husband".

What's next:​

It remains unclear how the video entered the public domain, and police are reportedly investigating.

Fijian PM dismisses minister after explicit video circulates online

Fijian MP Lynda Tabuya, who has been dismissed as a minister over the scandal, says she's been subjected to online gender-based violence by people circulating the video.

www.abc.net.au

 

[farmerge]

Big media story out of Fiji is the sacking of the female Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection for being in a sex video.

Sounds tacky - until one discovers this was a private video she and her husband made for each other. Strictly their own business. But somehow some nasty piece of work has found a copy and put it on the net.

Sad and ugly situation.

Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka dismisses Lynda Tabuya as minister after explicit video circulates online​

By Fiji reporter Lice Movono in Suva and Doug Dingwall

• Topic:World Politics

Fri 27 DecFriday 27 December
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Lynda Tabuya has been dismissed as Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection. (Facebook: Lynda Tabuya)

In short:​

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has dismissed MP Lynda Tabuya from her ministry after an explicit video of her circulated online.
Ms Tabuya said the video was private and was shared "between two consenting adults who are in a relationship, in this case me and my husband".

What's next:​

It remains unclear how the video entered the public domain, and police are reportedly investigating.

Fijian PM dismisses minister after explicit video circulates online

Fijian MP Lynda Tabuya, who has been dismissed as a minister over the scandal, says she's been subjected to online gender-based violence by people circulating the video.

www.abc.net.au

Well, there are always the scum bags trying to drag down someone.

 

[sptrawler]

It is interesting that the legacy left wing media, has started giving 90% of their coverage, to bashing Trump again.

It will be interesting to see if their decline accelerates, or slows.

 

[SirRumpole]

It is interesting that the legacy left wing media, has started giving 90% of their coverage, to bashing Trump again.

It will be interesting to see if their decline accelerates, or slows.

It's not just a matter of bashing, it's why they cover him at all.

He's not our President and most of his decisions have little effect on us.

FWIW, he's just doing what he said he would, and that's what his people voted for.

 

[The Triangle]

It is interesting that the legacy left wing media, has started giving 90% of their coverage, to bashing Trump again.

It will be interesting to see if their decline accelerates, or slows.

It'll continue to decline.

They've been Trump bashing for close to a decade now (well some have been doing it for about 5 decades). The population doesn't care. People aren't interested in hearing Donald Trump for another 4 years other than the extremes of the left and the extremes of the right and the extremes in general up and down. I just don't know for how many more years people can actually bother to care about all the things Trump does that might be legal or inappropriate or not nice.

I checked MSNBC... I kind of gave up but I believe 23 of the first 28 articles had Trump in the title. 2 about confirmations. Two or three about Elon. And and one or two about deportations. But literally every single article was essentially related to Donald Trump. Absolutely no other news in the world apparently.

 

[wayneL]

It'll continue to decline.

They've been Trump bashing for close to a decade now (well some have been doing it for about 5 decades). The population doesn't care. People aren't interested in hearing Donald Trump for another 4 years other than the extremes of the left and the extremes of the right and the extremes in general up and down. I just don't know for how many more years people can actually bother to care about all the things Trump does that might be legal or inappropriate or not nice.

I checked MSNBC... I kind of gave up but I believe 23 of the first 28 articles had Trump in the title. 2 about confirmations. Two or three about Elon. And and one or two about deportations. But literally every single article was essentially related to Donald Trump. Absolutely no other news in the world apparently.

Trump means survival for the left wing media, in their view. It's all about the clicks... and the lunatic left will be furiously clicking on those articles, hence the Roman salute, Hegseth tattoo (etc) clown show.

The right has switched off long ago and gone to different sources.