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The media’s TikTok blindspot

4 August 2020

4:08 AM

4 August 2020

4:08 AM

We learned about journalists this past weekend. Specifically, we learned about tech journalists who aren’t particularly interested reporting or analyzing tech as much as they are committed to harvesting click revenue from a young audience engaged with tech and social media platforms. They proved, in other words, that their industry is broken beyond repair.

You probably heard that President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he was looking at banning the social media video app TikTok on Friday.

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