I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering

Re:I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering by philwelch on Sunday July 07, 2019 @08:19PM (#20378932)

Because the NYT has finally realized that the tech industry in general and Google in particular are direct competitors and existential threats to their business. This is also the explanation for every other hit piece the mainstream media writes about the tech industry.

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Re:I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering by SquishyPanda23 on Sunday July 07, 2019 @09:02PM (#20379122)

I know it's comforting to think that journalists draw attention to issues with tech because we're tOtALlY dEStRoYIng ThEiR bUsSiNeSs MoDeL.

But does this trope really need to be pulled out in discussing every single newspiece about tech that isn't flattering?

It doesn't add anything to the conversation that hasn't been said thousands of times, and it fans the flames of anti-journalist sentiment.

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Re:I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering by izacus on Sunday July 07, 2019 @10:31PM (#20379486)

It will have to be pulled out for as long as journalists keep writing these biased hit pieces to push their political agenda.

Critiquing tech industry for all the wrong they do is fine. But what NYT does is target two companies and constantly writes articles that find the most negative interpretation to the point where they sometimes even invent things.

Being biased and running a smear campaign against their competitor is what fans anti-journalist sentiment, not people bringing up the bias.

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Re:I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering by repolfx on Monday July 08, 2019 @04:26AM (#20380915)

What's wrong with "fanning the flames of anti-journalist sentiment" exactly? If journalists aren't meeting the basic requirements society has of them, shouldn't there correctly be such sentiment? How else would journalism be motivated to self-reform?

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Re:I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering by philwelch on Sunday July 07, 2019 @10:42PM (#20379527)

> But does this trope really need to be pulled out in discussing every single newspiece about tech that isn't flattering?

When it comes to dishonest hit pieces like this one, it is the only constructive comment to make. If journalists want to be respected, they should produce respectable work. TFA ain't it.

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Re:I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering by claudiulodro on Sunday July 07, 2019 @11:01PM (#20379584)

This is an opinion piece by an SEO consultant.

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Re:I Used Google Ads for Social Engineering by philwelch on Sunday July 07, 2019 @11:10PM (#20379603)

Publish, then.

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