Re:Bezos Investigation Says the Saudis Obtained His Private ...
by zaroth on Sunday March 31, 2019 @02:02PM
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I don’t know anything about Gavin. Not that I particularly trust journalists but they are supposed to be neutral third parties reporting facts.
I agree that something that I didn’t say would have been disingenuous, but I’m not sure why you would bring it up.
I’m sure you would agree that it being an op-ed tells us primarily that this article was not written by a neutral third party. We would not be surprised if it makes little to no effort to present opposing views. As an op-ed it is free to make unsupported conjectures and should probably be approached with a higher bar of skepticism and should be expected to provide facts or evidence to back up any of its novel claims.
In short, op-eds are not news, and should not be treated as such. Not that “news” is particularly deserving of the distinction these days.
I said simply that we should not take op-ed claims at face value. You said you don’t agree at all. I mean, you are perfectly free to take the claims at face value if you like, but appeal to authority is hardly compelling and perhaps even a bit disingenuous itself.
I agree that something that I didn’t say would have been disingenuous, but I’m not sure why you would bring it up.
I’m sure you would agree that it being an op-ed tells us primarily that this article was not written by a neutral third party. We would not be surprised if it makes little to no effort to present opposing views. As an op-ed it is free to make unsupported conjectures and should probably be approached with a higher bar of skepticism and should be expected to provide facts or evidence to back up any of its novel claims.
In short, op-eds are not news, and should not be treated as such. Not that “news” is particularly deserving of the distinction these days.
I said simply that we should not take op-ed claims at face value. You said you don’t agree at all. I mean, you are perfectly free to take the claims at face value if you like, but appeal to authority is hardly compelling and perhaps even a bit disingenuous itself.