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Saudi Arabia Quietly Pumps Up Its Stock Market

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Re: Saudi Arabia Quietly Pumps Up Its Stock Market

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Post by xxpor »

adrr wrote: post #28
unmole wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why Kashoggi is brought up so much more frequently compared to what Saudi Arabia is doing in Yemen.

Yemen is a civil war that has turned into a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Things aren't black and white and its very hard distinguish between propaganda and facts. Khashoggi is very black and white. A US journalist was killed after being lured into a Saudi embassy.

The press also hates when one of their own is killed (understandably). They have the power to keep it in the headlines, in this this case Turkey helped them out too.

Re: Saudi Arabia Quietly Pumps Up Its Stock Market

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Post by muhneesh »

listenallyall wrote: post #33
porpoisely wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

News Corp ( WSJ's owner ) is one of the largest companies in the world. It's founder is one of the wealthiest men in the world. I don't think anyone at the WSJ is starving. Besides, if you want to support journalism, find and support independent journalists doing real journalism rather than mega corporations. If anyone needs support, it's the independent journalists.

It's not up to you to decide from whom you're allowed to steal content. You can't steal money from Bill Gates's wallet just because "you don't think he's starving," even if you plan to give that money to a needy charity.

I take it you're not a fan of Robin Hood

Re: Saudi Arabia Quietly Pumps Up Its Stock Market

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Post by yipbub »

listenallyall wrote: post #33
porpoisely wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

News Corp ( WSJ's owner ) is one of the largest companies in the world. It's founder is one of the wealthiest men in the world. I don't think anyone at the WSJ is starving. Besides, if you want to support journalism, find and support independent journalists doing real journalism rather than mega corporations. If anyone needs support, it's the independent journalists.

It's not up to you to decide from whom you're allowed to steal content. You can't steal money from Bill Gates's wallet just because "you don't think he's starving," even if you plan to give that money to a needy charity.

Actually, only the law says I can't do that.

Re: Saudi Arabia Quietly Pumps Up Its Stock Market

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Post by stochastic_monk »

unmole wrote: post #18
yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #12

> We need to highlight to the world that Saudi investment is good That is, of course, if you're ok with some people being lured into an embassy and cut up into little pieces.

I don't understand why Kashoggi is brought up so much more frequently compared to what Saudi Arabia is doing in Yemen.

I also wonder why my lawmakers haven’t responded to my requests to respond to the Rohingya crisis.

You’re right that the crisis in Yemen is enormous in scale, and it absolutely should be addressed, but the murder of a journalist threatens freedom of information and global accountability and is therefore particularly frightening in that it’s an attack on infrastructure instead of just a person.

Re: Saudi Arabia Quietly Pumps Up Its Stock Market

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Post by rbg246 »

wildmusings wrote: post #30
yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #12

> We need to highlight to the world that Saudi investment is good That is, of course, if you're ok with some people being lured into an embassy and cut up into little pieces.

Should US companies refuse Chinese investment? Should we stop buying oil from Venezuela? Are you for the Cuban embargo (Cuban intelligence agencies have propped up repressive regimes, like Venezuela, throughout Latin America)? Should Apple stop doing business with Chinese suppliers? What Saudi Arabia did is BAD. Very bad. But I don't understand the singular obsession with it as a call to action, compared to the above…

Because the difference is, US doesn't say that China and Cuba are it's allies, it gives active assistance to the Saudis to continue their regime

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Post by SXX »

listenallyall wrote: post #33
porpoisely wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

News Corp ( WSJ's owner ) is one of the largest companies in the world. It's founder is one of the wealthiest men in the world. I don't think anyone at the WSJ is starving. Besides, if you want to support journalism, find and support independent journalists doing real journalism rather than mega corporations. If anyone needs support, it's the independent journalists.

It's not up to you to decide from whom you're allowed to steal content. You can't steal money from Bill Gates's wallet just because "you don't think he's starving," even if you plan to give that money to a needy charity.

Oh come on. When does circumventing of paywall become stealing?

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Post by verroq »

booleandilemma wrote: post #8

Or we could actually support journalists so we don’t end up in a dystopia where we have to get all our news from BuzzFeed and Mashable.

So how are we supposed to discuss content if we can’t read it? Are you saying it is compulsory to buy a WSJ subscription to use HN?

Re: Saudi Arabia Quietly Pumps Up Its Stock Market

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Post by mannykannot »

alt3red wrote: post #17

Thank you for this. I don't know why people keep posting links that are behind a paywall.

Because that is a secondary concern compared to the quality and value of the information.

If there are alternative sources or means of access, they will likely be found. Personally, I don't demand to be spoon-fed.

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