MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoExtreme heat affecting 3rd of US residents Sunday, forecasts showabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThey are just dumbing things down to be on the same level as their readers.
minus-squareAlecSadler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoI worked briefly in journalism (before going a completely different direction) for an Oregon newspaper and we were instructed to write at a 6th grade level. This was…20 years ago? I can’t imagine it has trended better.
They are just dumbing things down to be on the same level as their readers.
I worked briefly in journalism (before going a completely different direction) for an Oregon newspaper and we were instructed to write at a 6th grade level. This was…20 years ago? I can’t imagine it has trended better.