Elon Musk Admits Everyone Was Right About Tesla

Post by booleandilemma » Mon, Nov 26, 2018, 10:44 PM UTC

pathartl wrote: post #5

cphoover wrote: post #3

Isn't it obvious to everyone at this point that the ex-gawker media empire has it out to get Musk? Constant hit-piece after hit-piece. They've burned any facade of objectivity, with the tone and repetitiveness of their reporting.

They've been like that for years. I had to stop reading Gizmodo because it turned from actual news about tech to whatever the narcissistic staff felt like. https://gizmodo.com/runaway-peacock-ditches-his-human-family... https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-long-itd-take-you-to-poop-a-le... How are posts like that at all relevant? I mean I'd rather read The Verge than what these people are putting out. The bias that Gawker h…

Post by chrisco255 » Mon, Nov 26, 2018, 11:17 PM UTC

rainonmoon wrote: post #10

cphoover wrote: post #3

Isn't it obvious to everyone at this point that the ex-gawker media empire has it out to get Musk? Constant hit-piece after hit-piece. They've burned any facade of objectivity, with the tone and repetitiveness of their reporting.

Journalists don't exist to represent the interests of maverick billionaires. That's what PR firms are for. Tesla's was very successful for a long time. Now that's changing. This is a good and natural function of a working democracy.

Post by chrisco255 » Mon, Nov 26, 2018, 11:22 PM UTC

Koshkin wrote: post #9

EADGBE wrote: post #2

"No one...should put this many hours into work...this is not good. People should not work this hard. They should not do this. This is very painful... [Interviewer: Painful in what sense?] ...It hurts my brain and my heart." Not gonna lie, that kinda took me aback.

> People should not work this hard. True. It is painful to think about people being brought into this world, only to spend their lives worrying about money (or the basic survival in general). As an idea, or a moral maxim, working hard is inherently bad. Except when one enjoys it. But even then they should restrain themselves - just to see if there may be other good things in life.

Post by A2017U1 » Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 12:14 AM UTC

rainonmoon wrote: post #16

chrisco255 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This article isn't journalism...it's an opinion piece.

This is a report by a recurring contributor to the publication which contextualises a news peg with other events relevant to the peg. Whatever your semantic disagreements with the contemporary tone of web-based reporting, this is textbook journalism.

Post by ollypop » Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 4:46 AM UTC