• Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    Got to ask the way you used vertical what do you mean? I only know about it in like a direction or jumping. Am I missing something?

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      21 hours ago

      A “vertical” usually refers to control all aspects of a product from manufacturing to end user sales. In this case, Fox News manufactured the tan suit crisis from nothing, built the outrage around it, and sold it to their viewers.

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      In this case they’re referring to essentially a market niche in a new “category” of news.