Hayes: Good Work Exists in Any Medium Despite Platform Incentives
Chris Hayes · The Formula for Capturing Your Attention, Price of Fame, & Algorithms as Editors — With Chris Hayes · Feb 26, 2025 · at 1:28
MSNBC host Chris Hayes discusses media criticism with Alex Kantrowitz, addressing how quality creators function inside exploitative attention markets.
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“I think it's possible to do good work in any medium. Like, there are people who do great stuff on TikTok, great stuff on Instagram Reels. There are people posting on Blue Sky and X and Threads that I, like, learn from. There are amazing YouTube videos that I've learned a ton from. So, like, I think it's important to strike to separate out the like content that people are making within the structural confines and then the overall structure of those attention markets.”
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