Sourcenode
· 1w
I met a reporter recently and she casually told me the industry standard for cable news is to present to a 5th grade intelligence level. This is likely not because they think most of their audience is...
Imo part of that is the One Size Fits All Effect (think public schools) + Decision Fatigue at scale (im tired from the fiat hamster wheel speak plainly please)
The counter point is how popular long form podcasts and youtube videos became
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