The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
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Re: The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
#2>Instead of covering the [tech] industry with a business press lens or a consumer lens they started covering it with a very tough investigative lens — highly oppositional at all times and occasionally unfair.
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>Tech executives and investors mostly did not like this change, for understandable reasons. And I mostly agree with them on the merits.
The author agrees - that the tech industry should not be subject to investigative coverage?
That's nonsense. Tech now is the most wealthy and powerful industry in the US. Large tech companies have huge impacts on politics and news. Suggesting that tech should not be subject to investigative coverage is hard to understand. It seems like one of the most important subjects of that coverage today.
You can suggest that coverage is inaccurate or unfair, but suggesting that tech should not be covered with an investigative lens is hard to argue.
Re: The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
#3> As a longtime working journalist, longtime check-haver, and someone who knows lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of media professionals I can promise you that working journalists derive zero value, social status, or self-esteem from this.
Blatantly false, as the childish histrionics over the new verification system from many journalists this past week have shown. A lot of journalists' entire self worth seems wrapped up in their twitter audience frankly.
Re: The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
#4To save you a click,
> What's happened is that they have mistaken their own resentment at journalists' unearned checkmark privilege for something that journalists themselves care deeply about and are either willing to pay for or are mad that other people will be able to buy.
Basically he's arguing Musk's $8-check decision comes from a misunderstanding of the journalism industry. His point is only marginally related to NYT's coverage of tech.
Re: The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
#5> As a longtime working journalist, longtime check-haver, and someone who knows lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of media professionals I can promise you that working journalists derive zero value, social status, or self-esteem from this. Blatantly false, as the childish histrionics over the new verification system from many journalists this past week have shown. A lot of journalists' entire self worth seems…
Most of the journalists I've seen have expressed just the oppossite, an ease with leaving twitter if these get enacted, what makes you say that " A lot of journalists' entire self worth seems wrapped up in their twitter audience frankly."
Re: The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
#6>Instead of covering the [tech] industry with a business press lens or a consumer lens they started covering it with a very tough investigative lens — highly oppositional at all times and occasionally unfair. ... >Tech executives and investors mostly did not like this change, for understandable reasons. And I mostly agree with them on the merits. The author agrees - that the tech industry should not be subject to inv…
As noted in the quotes you yourself pulled, what OP "agree[s] with" "[t]ech executives and investors" about is tech coverage that is "highly oppositional at all times and occasionally unfair."
Nobody is "suggesting that tech should not be covered with an investigative lens."
Re: The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
#7>Instead of covering the [tech] industry with a business press lens or a consumer lens they started covering it with a very tough investigative lens — highly oppositional at all times and occasionally unfair. ... >Tech executives and investors mostly did not like this change, for understandable reasons. And I mostly agree with them on the merits. The author agrees - that the tech industry should not be subject to inv…
You said
that the tech industry should not be subject to investigative coverage?!
Yglesias actually said:
And the press should try to normalize coverage of the tech industry as just another business sector.
Which would include investigative coverage when appropriate.
Re: The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
#8>Instead of covering the [tech] industry with a business press lens or a consumer lens they started covering it with a very tough investigative lens — highly oppositional at all times and occasionally unfair. ... >Tech executives and investors mostly did not like this change, for understandable reasons. And I mostly agree with them on the merits. The author agrees - that the tech industry should not be subject to inv…
Dude's been going on a downward spiral for years. Nothing he says these days follows any kind of coherent framework, it's just something thrown on the wall to see what sticks.
He's really honestly describing himself with this take.
Re: The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
#9> As a longtime working journalist, longtime check-haver, and someone who knows lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of media professionals I can promise you that working journalists derive zero value, social status, or self-esteem from this. Blatantly false, as the childish histrionics over the new verification system from many journalists this past week have shown. A lot of journalists' entire self worth seems…
> A lot of journalists' entire self worth seems wrapped up in their twitter audience frankly.
A good barometer for journos integrity, i suppose. As far as i can tell, the better ones just want a voice and a platform, others like click-baiting and self-validating checkmarks.
Re: The New York Times made a weird editorial decision with its tech coverage
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