End of second para – we should do what we want and damn the money.
End of final para – everyone else should work out how to find the money so we can continue to do what we want.
Not the way things work in a capitalist world really.
End of second para – we should do what we want and damn the money.
End of final para – everyone else should work out how to find the money so we can continue to do what we want.
Not the way things work in a capitalist world really.
It acknowledges the fact that “thousands of workers across the media industry have seen their positions eliminated in 2023”.
So why should the little Voxies be any different?
Early though it be, I shall have a wee dram by way of celebration.
The traitorous scum media is the enemy.
Fuck the fucking lot of them, this particular bunch more than most.
Not the way things work in a capitalist world really
In a communist world things are even less favourable because it doesn’t take many “journalists” to represent the state-approved “news” to the people.
Adopting my best BSM Williams impression – oh dear, how sad, never mind.
This is a great snapshot of the mindset of the left.
I say I’m important, and therefore you should subsidise me.
It’s the customers (advertisers) who pay the salaries. If the customers decide to piss their money up a different wall, tough. Maybe the skilled journos should have tried a bit harder to deliver a more piss attractive wall.
…our colleagues, several of whom were members of our union
Interesting choice of tense. You are being fired, we don’t want anything more to do with you.
…and nothing of value was lost.
That’s why they hate it.
Ayn Rand once said that what the people constantly complaining about the “unfairness” of “capitalism” really can’t stand is its ruthless, relentless, fairness. Those who produce work of value – that is, work which is valued by other people – prosper; those who don’t, don’t.
The narcissistic entitlement is strong in this flock of turkeys.
Note that Vox has never actually produced journalism. What it produces is left-wing activism. Either the quality of that activism cannot produce enough revenue for Vox to continue to staff at current levels, or, the demographic they are targeting isn’t quite as large as they think it is. My bet is on both.
Hey, Vox Union… Learn to code. If coal miners can do it, so can you.
Computer program “coding” is something “AI” can do quite nicely with a little supervision.
It can do crap journalism too, funnily enough.
“deserve a stable and more equitable media landscape”
Well, that’s rather the thing, isn’t it? Medium and Substack have lowered the barrier still further. Anyone who wants to write some stuff can do it, collect some subscription money etc. It’s arguably the most equitable media landscape… ever.
It’s arguably the most equitable media landscape… ever.
And when you have the measure of talent that lands you at Vox, well, that’s the problem.
Equity is not what they are after… That would equate to starvation. What they want is subsidy.
Not the way things work in a capitalist world really.
Which is why the entire staff is working hand in glove with Hamas and militant environmentalists to ensure that a capitalist society doesn’t exist – and seeing the farce at COP ‘28 they may be close to achieving victory, in the U.K. at least.
What’s the best way to have an interesting 2 minute conversation at a bus stop?
My view is to ask about the cost of things, price of a car, do you lose money if this bus is late, cost of heating, of getting UK citizenship, or crossing Europe.
But Vox would ask about the weather or music or food and that’s fine, but that’s ‘cos they don’t believe in prices being interesting. So they can go ahead and write interesting articles for less than market then.
Boy, the next All-Soviet Central Executive Council of Writers and Climate Guards 12th Congress Struggle Meeting is going to be LIT!
As in those unrecognised prophits The Goons:
Eccles: What’s the money like?
Spon: They pay according to intelligence.
Eccles: We can’t live on nothing!
bobby b: “Boy, the next All-Soviet Central Executive Council of Writers and Climate Guards 12th Congress Struggle Meeting is going to be LIT!”
But they won’t be able to afford doughnuts!
Dennis,
“And when you have the measure of talent that lands you at Vox, well, that’s the problem.”
I would argue that the people at Vox are probably better writers than I am, as in, making good sentences, how a piece flows and all that. They probably got better grades at English than I did. But they don’t have anything worth saying. It’s all obvious, recycling the same old opinions as thousands of other writers doing the same stuff.