FedEx responds to The New York Times article from Nov. 17, 2019

Re:FedEx responds to The New York Times article from Nov. 17... by Consultant32452 on Monday November 18, 2019 @07:02PM (#21569460)

News is not news if its purpose is a specific political outcome. The FedEx stock report, which also includes its tax bill, is news. I hope you can see the difference in purpose between the stock report and the article you just saw.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:FedEx responds to The New York Times article from Nov. 17... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Monday November 18, 2019 @08:45PM (#21570057)

I see now. You alone are the arbiter what constitutes true news. Everything else propaganda aimed at specific outcome.

It may come as a surprise to you, but even your cherished Fedex stock report is a piece of propaganda aimed at specic audience ( investors ). It even has a singular political aim in mind.

Can you guess what it is?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:FedEx responds to The New York Times article from Nov. 17... by Consultant32452 on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @03:03PM (#21577619)

I'm not the personal arbiter, I'm describing a reasonably objective measure of the difference between straight news journalism and political activism. This measure is available to anyone who understood basic literary analysis in high school, so it's available to almost everyone.

I welcome you to provide a different measure. In your opinion, where is the line? How could all observers reasonably differentiate between a piece of straight news journalism and political propaganda?

[ Parent | on HN ]