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		joeguilmette on Jan 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: George Orwell’s 1984 is currently the top selling ... >> Trump may have unintentionally restored investigative journalism... This can happen if they can find a way to monetize text that costs 100x more to produce and has 100x less engagement than clickbait.

halomru on Jan 25, 2017 | [–]

If there's 10000 times less competition in investigative journalism than in clickbaiting those numbers add up to being profitable

marcosdumay on Jan 25, 2017 | [–]

Maybe people will actually pay for something that isn't trash.

(Or, maybe not, who knows.)

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