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Anti-racism protest stories about police brutality or the removal of Confederate statues were more often portrayed negatively, framed with an emphasis on the violence and destructiveness of protests, and relied more on officials than protesters as sources.
“We will make our newsroom more diverse, our editorial practices more inclusive, and our news report one that provides a truer, richer and more textured portrayal of the world. By doing so, we will ultimately attract a reader and subscriber base that more fully reflects the breadth of the society we serve.”
If the current situation continues, it may leave Facebook operating much more like the Chinese platform WeChat, where news is ruled by platform-specific content houses cranking out huge volumes of low-quality articles.
Robbie Fordyce, Fan Yang and. "The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 Feb. 2021. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
APA
Robbie Fordyce, F. (2021, Feb. 22). The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/the-wechat-model-how-facebooks-australian-ban-could-change-the-business-of-news/
Chicago
Robbie Fordyce, Fan Yang and. "The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 22, 2021. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/the-wechat-model-how-facebooks-australian-ban-could-change-the-business-of-news/.
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