Journalism, particularly at the highest level, is about raw power

Re:Journalism, particularly at the highest level, is about r... by conradev on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:06AM (#26139305)

I’d encourage some HN commenters to do the same, funnily enough

Narratives can be dangerous, pernicious or not. For example, on every article about a big tech company, regardless of the facts at play, people will happily comment why they think it contributes to their narrative of that big company trying to grab power. I’m frustrated more when journalists do it, though, because they have more reach.

For example: the WhatsApp privacy policy change that happened recently was grossly misreported. The actual change to share data between the companies happened years ago.

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Re:Journalism, particularly at the highest level, is about r... by fartcannon on Monday February 15, 2021 @12:31AM (#26139429)

If big tech is experiencing a lack of trust from their cannon fodder, perhaps it's their own doing?

People found out what they were doing and got angry. As if the time line excuses the behaviour. At best, it wasn't properly communicated through the right channels with the proper context so that everyone who used it understood the ramifications when it first happened and that just makes it worse.

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