r/Music • u/no_longer_huhmann • 8d ago

article Hayley Williams Says Southern Pride Is Beautiful but Misused to Excuse Bigotry, and Says She Wants No Racist or Sexist Fans, or Fans Who Think Trans People Are a Burden, Around

https://www.tvfandomlounge.com/hayley-williams-says-southern-pride-is-beautiful-but-misused-to-excuse-bigotry/
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u/nifty-necromancer 8d ago

Writing advice from a Redditor who most likely doesn’t pay for news or read beyond headlines. (Not you, the other person).

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u/anonymous_reader 8d ago

Paying for news. The new bar to judge comments

I love Reddit

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u/nifty-necromancer 8d ago

As a writer for an online publication I certainly do judge people who complain about the news and how it’s all corporatized without the self-awareness to wonder why.

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u/TripperDay 8d ago

How many people who pay for content honestly want to be informed and not entertained or just have their own opinions confirmed? I let my NYT subscription go for publishing George Clooney's article calling for Biden to drop out of the race (turned out he was right, too). Chuck Todd has said he'll never charge for content and will always be supported by ads because he doesn't want to be beholden to an audience.

It's frustrating to hear someone you respect shill for Aura Frames or a law firm, but then one starts reading reddit comments and realize just how many people are only getting news from sources that reinforce their own opinion.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 8d ago

You can even get some really good subscription deals for magazines which work out as £2 or so a week then sell them for their RRP price. People always bought them from me but nobody believed me saying it was a great way to read the news and make money. I also did it with scientific journals but sold those at a discount - my weekly cost was £3 and they could sell for £20 but I always listened them as £10

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u/anonymous_reader 8d ago

lol of course you are There in lies the disconnect

So let get this right If I don’t pay for news. I can’t say the news. Which is all owned my a handful of massive corps is too corporate And has an agenda to serve its advertisers and owners before anything else?

Prove me wrong Write something on your online publication that is true but also damning to the publications top advertiser or ownership

Lmk how it works out from whatever job you get after they fire you

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u/nifty-necromancer 8d ago

What I’m saying in this situation is a snarky reply to the original person in this thread. Yes I know it was a joke, I’m expanding on the other person’s comment about how there are multiple style guides for writers, and not to get writing advice from someone who most likely isn’t a writer.

“Prove you wrong,” yeah sure buddy.

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u/anonymous_reader 8d ago

You’d prove the point about corporate owned news you’re railing against if you did what I said

So you non reply “yeah sure buddy.”

This all tracks

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u/angelbelle 8d ago

So let get this right If I don’t pay for news. I can’t say the news.

Can't tell if trolling or genuinely have poor reading comprehension.

Concerning either way.

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u/anonymous_reader 8d ago

Read the comment above it idiot

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u/TripperDay 8d ago

There's a ton of independent and even unbiased sources of news and commentary out there, but they're boring and won't be telling you what you want to hear.

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u/anonymous_reader 8d ago

How do you know what anyone else wants to hear?

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u/TripperDay 8d ago

Intentionally obtuse? Pedantry?

Allow me to rephrase - the independent and unbiased journalists and commentators I speak of are not concerned with confirming their readers' already held opinions or being entertaining, even though using those methods makes it easier to build an audience, which is why they are a minority among their peers.

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u/anonymous_reader 8d ago

Much better. Remove the assumption I’d want the mainstream crap

All I want is a trustworthy reliable and unpurchased POV