Re:NYT reporter falsely accuses tech investor of using a slur
by notahacker on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:31AM
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Sure, the journalist's tweet was incorrect, but in Glenn's own words "that she got it all wrong is arguably the least humiliating and pathetic aspect of all of this".. His entire schtick is that "tattletale" hanging out in forums naming and shaming of people for comments they made is bad, and he does so in an article consisting entirely of naming and shaming people, ending by saying that people should feel obligation to scorn them
A freelancer tweets a banal point that Substack's level of direct support for its writers means that - unlike Patreon - at some stage they're going to have to consider perceived editorial slant if they end up promoting a lot of high profile contratrians, and receives a whole 17 likes for doing so. Several months later Greenwald accuses him of the thoughtcrime of "shaming Substack" and includes him on his list of people to heap scorn on. And Glenn wants you to believe it's other journalists that have developed an unhealthy obsession with hanging out on social media looking for targets...
A freelancer tweets a banal point that Substack's level of direct support for its writers means that - unlike Patreon - at some stage they're going to have to consider perceived editorial slant if they end up promoting a lot of high profile contratrians, and receives a whole 17 likes for doing so. Several months later Greenwald accuses him of the thoughtcrime of "shaming Substack" and includes him on his list of people to heap scorn on. And Glenn wants you to believe it's other journalists that have developed an unhealthy obsession with hanging out on social media looking for targets...