Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by stanfordkid on Thursday November 12, 2026 @11:34PM
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I never disputed that it was investigated by the press. I’m disputing that the relationship is simplistic, lacking tit-for-tat. Even the most “experienced journalists” are basically seen as useful idiots when it comes to the world of power. It doesn’t make one a tinfoil hat to acknowledge this.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by mathisfun123 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @11:41PM
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> Even the most “experienced journalists” are basically seen as useful idiots when it comes to the world of power. It doesn’t make one a tinfoil hat to acknowledge this.
:buddyareyouserious:
The NYT has been infamous for pushing false narratives from government sources for decades. Iraqi WMDs is the famous example, but they've also credulously run plenty during the current wars.
Being wrong, and accepting incorrect information without appropriate vetting is not, at all, "pushing false narratives" which is a strong accusation with, to my knowledge, absolutely no basis in reality once you leave the right-wing mainstream media bubble.
What exactly is the difference between uncritically publishing information from government sources and pushing false narratives? If their reporters are being fooled over and over again every time a war needs to be justified, it's hard not to see a pattern that looks very similar to collusion in producing propaganda.
Re:NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition
by hector_vasquez on Friday November 13, 2026 @02:06PM
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This is not an example of the no true scotsman fallacy. A commenter opined on one plausible scenario for "why now." Another disagreed. The scotsman fallacy requires both a universal generalization and a specific repudiation of that generalization (therefore disproving it), neither of which occurred.
No evidence was presented showing that government sources did not work with journalists to publicize a narrative that furthered some agenda from within that agency. Sources from that agency talked; the only question is why now and not OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR[1] when this relationship was broken in the press.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/technology/nvidia-chips-c...
<gets presented with evidence that it was thorough work on the part of experienced journalists>
> That's not how you get this level of detailed and nuanced information... There is almost certainly some level of coordination between said "intelligence officers" and these reporters to make this a public story
are you wearing a tinfoil hat right now slash are you familiar with "no true scotsman" fallacy?