this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2023
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People expect a lucky breakthrough like the Kharkiv offensive, but war at this scale is largely maths and to me it also looks like Ukraine are following their strategy. Many people are so accustomed to conflicts where one power has air superiority that they can't parse what happens when this is not the case.
Also there's the toxic dynamic of the 24-hour news cycle that calls itself "reputable" yet acts like a severe case of ADHD.
Volume of content - whatever it is - is the rule, no room for nuance.
And if the facts on the ground don't give them their flashy clickbait headline in a nice shiny wrapper, they get bored in a minute at most, zone out, get extremely fidgety, make their own headline up... and off they go to the next block, another five minute deadline for a narrative and clickbait headline.
It wouldn't be an issue for me, if more nuanced alternatives were as easily available. Tabloid journalism has existed for a long time, but nowdays it seems that it's the only form of mainstream news available. Though I'm not old enough to comment on if things were better eg. 25 years ago.
The current fast paced news environment wouldn't really be an issue, if more complex topics were available in easily digestable form. Currently one has to subscribe to dozens of different places to get reliable information on a broad range of topics.