alt Hacker NewsNot related to the article but man that "Fear/Greed Index" at the top.
I can't imagine how unhappy individuals must be who consume nothing but legacy news outlets.
It's like they sell sadness and they have to keep finding new, over-the-top ways to promote it.
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> ...consume nothing but legacy news outlets.
I think you mean US rolling news channels (specifically, Fox, MSNBC/MSNOW, etc)? Because there's plenty of "legacy" news I consume that certainly don't give me that impression (for example, The Economist). I suppose it matters that it's news that I'm paying for, as opposed to being free but ad-supported, and being print vs. TV - so they have different incentives and pressures.
the fear/greed index is a pure market/investing index? Or would you prefer "bear/bull" index?
That's optional, read the CNN lite version instead. Whole thing is just one 61kB page:
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/02/24/tech/hegseth-anthropic-ai-mi...
"Legacy news outlets" are the only ones doing this. NPR and CBC have this too. No JavaScript, no autoplaying videos. It's very nice.
Would imagine they are a lot happier than all the doom, filth, and brain rot that is spewn all over social media.
I miss the days when the lowest common denominator did not have the largest bullhorn.
> how unhappy individuals must be who consume nothing but legacy news outlets
Probably less unhappy than those doomscrolling on Reddit/X/TikTok/BlueSky etc.