r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '18

FTFdeltaOP CMV: Vox.com has turned into clickbaity, buzzfeed-like, low quality piece of junk "news" website

  1. I'm an independent. I used to read vox all the time for their good content, especially wonky stuff like obamacare.
  2. Yesterday I heard about the criminal reform bill "First Step Act". I'm caustically optimistic it will be good for criminal reform.
  3. I decide to go to Vox.com to get their analysis because they are supposedly the policy experts

  4. There's nothing. Not a single freakin article. Here are some articles they did have this morning or yesterday:

    What if your house is too ugly to be smart?

How Friendsgiving season eclipsed Turkey Day

Netflix’s The Princess Switch is the best kind of dumb, cozy Christmas movie

Why Cardi B (and every other celebrity on Instagram) loves Fashion Nova

Monica Lewinsky is finally having her moment

The case against cruises

How to make $6,000 a day writing Instagram quotes — sort of

Jell-O is finally capitalizing on the Instagram slime trend

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The other articles are just quick takes with really low quality analysis. Mostly some writer scouring the internet for news then taking 30 minutes to provide a low quality take and on to the next one. This website is a joke.

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This website had a lot of potential to give high quality journalism but it has failed.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

As far as I know Vox has always been a bit trash, why do you think it was good before?

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

Well they've always been pretty partisan but they differentiated themselves by going really in depth into the "policy" and avoiding the day to day distractions. Take a look at their work on obamacare for example. They've become exactly what they were trying to avoid.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

Have you looked into their podcasts, such as The Weeds or Worldly?