Modern journalism is a joke, isn't it?

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This article came up on my news feed this morning - I don't think I've seen something so shambolic, it doesn't even make sense! It's a few rambling remarks, "brutal takedown" couldn't be further from the truth.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/jk-rowling-jinkx-monsoon-trans-harry-potter-b2801311.html

The online version of most ‘newspapers’ are appalling, full of content to get the clicks. And, seemingly, most of not written by actual journalists. And Pink News doesn’t seem to understand the meaning of the word eviscerate, based on that headline above. It’s one of the reasons why I still quite like a print version, you can avoid the ridiculous fluff for the most part.

The Independent doesn't have a print version any more. So I don't think it even fits the descriptor of "newspaper", it's just a website. Like BuzzFeed, or Penis Pink News.

OMG! And M R James sounds a bit like Emma! This has blown the literary world right open.

FFS. It's come to something when the Indy's stories make the Sunday Sport look sensible.

Wait until they hear about George Eliot.

And none of them can see the hypocrisy in their statements.

JK used a gender neutral author name because, especially at the time, publishing was a male dominated industry. She essentially had to hide the fact that she was a woman in order to have access to the same opportunities as men.

This is a sign of the misogyny that women face and have always faced. It has nothing to do with 'gender' or 'identity' and everything to do with discrimination on the basis of sex - which is the exact same thing that JK is fighting against to this day!

She's not a hypocrite. She's actually very consistent.

Or P D James.

Or Ellis Peters.

OMG! The publishing world is full of 'em!

Modern journalism?

I read and understand all of the individual words but I am no longer sure what the story actually is

Woman 31, mugs pensioner partner and tells bystander 'I'll knock your jaw off' (msn.com)

I think you can generally deduce the ‘story’ from the photos tbh

Interesting comment from Grok

Grok on X: "@KarenFOrlando @ChronicleLive Yes, the reporting appears misleading. Based on the mugshot and article details, Katie Bland shows clear male biological features (e.g., jawline, brow ridge) despite being described as a woman. This aligns with UK media often reporting trans women by identified gender without" / X

It is indeed a joke. And it's a crime against decent writing. (Not even commenting on the substance).

I'm sure Rowling will be devastated.

If Katie Bland isn't female

The court heard that Bland, who participated via video connection from HMP New Hall, possessed prior criminal convictions and was serving under a suspended sentence for a separate robbery when she carried out the offences for which she faced sentencing on Friday.

HMP New Hall is a women's prison. It also holds young offenders, I'm assuming both sexes, but 31 seems a tad old for that category. I hope it's just an unfortunate photograph.

Is it deliberate that this person looks like they trying to copy Rowling's look?

I pay for news now. If’s it cr*p then there’s no point wasting your life reading it just because it’s free. It’s time you won’t get back.
There’s no analysis or thought to these articles- just click bait.

Another failed man in a dress 🥱

Newspapers were never free though, before the internet. Unless you went to the library, which you can still do.

Expecting free news is part of the problem, it means there isn't the cash to pay for real journalism.

That being said, as someone who went to university where there was a journalism school, the vast majority of them were middle class kids from professional families, most didn't want to cover hard news, and they almost all wanted to be activists. In fact the one I knew who did like hard news, and wasn't that interested in activism, is now working for the national broadcaster (not BBC) in a management role.

Have you noticed this new trend; Monsoon and Tickle are trying their very best to look like JKR and Sall Grover?!