Has ArsTechnica and TechCrunch lost its way

Re:Has ArsTechnica and TechCrunch lost its way by duxup on Thursday March 20, 2025 @11:26AM (#43424641)

I like Ars still.

Hard to avoid “politics” not bumping into technology these days.

I would argue that at times if you see a lot of politics in tech articles, there may be good reason for it.

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Re:Has ArsTechnica and TechCrunch lost its way by PaulHoule on Thursday March 20, 2025 @12:16PM (#43425215)

One one hand Ars runs a lot of articles like

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/bird-flu-continues-sp...

and

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/us-tries-to-keep...

but it's also got Eric Berger who is in danger of becoming a Musk groupie because of his admiration for Musk's spaceflight accomplishments (he interviewed Musk extensively for a book for one thing) but also writes things like

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/can-nasa-remain-nonpar...

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Re:Has ArsTechnica and TechCrunch lost its way by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday March 20, 2025 @03:28PM (#43427797)

Yes, you see them do it because it engages people like you, giving them more ad impressions. The engaged people then try to spread it, giving them even more ad impressions. They're being taken advantage of and they fail to realize it.

We think of the heyday of yellow journalism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism "...that use eye-catching headlines and sensationalized exaggerations for increased sales.") as something from the bygone era of Hearst but, nope, it's alive and well and kicking into overdrive today.

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