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Marc Lajoie
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Professing data journalism at George Washington University's @SMPAGWU. Ex-@barronsonline, @CBCRadioCanada, @SCMP_News, @WSJ.
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When I worked for Radio-Canada (the French side of CBC, the Canadian national broadcaster), we were literally not allowed to write about polls during elections. Completely forbidden. It was a good policy.

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Nonbinary Population Bomb is a sick band name

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Also, what store employees??

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I feel it also has a lot to do with the profession becoming a hobby for the rich, since it is too unstable and low wage to support anyone else. It attracts people with no stake in the betterment of society who just want adventure, glamour, and the chance to hobnob with rich & powerful peers.

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This journalism professor agrees that the ideal of "objectivity" pursued in many elite newsrooms is dangerous and at odds with truthful reporting (while acknowledging that other definitions of journalistic objectivity are fine and worthwhile).

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For the Switch 2, a real d-pad please 🙏

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Oh nice! I didn't even know you were on here. Followed!

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It was more fun BECAUSE the physics were so bad

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Yes, but fun is the easiest way to engage, and to guarantee commercial success. But there are "games" that are considered legitimate because they're educational, rather than strictly fun. Educational software has a significant market, and even apps like Duolingo could be considered games.

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TV shows and movies are passive experiences. Some are clearly intended to be background noise while people do other tasks. Games are interactive and by their very form require engagement.

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Marc Lajoie
@lajoiemedia.bsky.social
Professing data journalism at George Washington University's @SMPAGWU. Ex-@barronsonline, @CBCRadioCanada, @SCMP_News, @WSJ.
497 followers267 following143 posts