Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media

Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by DubiousPusher on Thursday July 09, 2020 @04:17PM (#23784659)

I did not assert that the NYT and SSC should be friends because they have similar political alignment. Whether they are friends or not is irrelevant to my question. The OP indicated that the NYT might be more inclined towards the politics of Banksy than to the politics of SSC. I am simply asking the basis of that assertion. As a casual reader of both they appear pretty aligned with one another politically.

There are a multitude of reasons the NYT might be biased in favor of Banksy and against SSC. But so far as I can tell political alignment is probably not the issue. Though I could be wrong. That is why I asked for clarity.

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Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by astine on Thursday July 09, 2020 @04:44PM (#23784974)

If you weren't making an argument then I'm sorry for assuming you were.

I'd suggest that you are probably dismissing political alignment too quickly, however. Even if they seem similar to you, the difference might seem important to them. Late Roman Christians fought literal wars over the presence of a letter 'i' in a single word, denoting a difference that probably wouldn't seem all that important to someone who wasn't a Christian, for instance.

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Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media by DubiousPusher on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:06PM (#23785795)

Precisely. I am curious as to what the proverbial 'i's might be in this case.

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