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Classic TechCrunch. * Watch the Washington Post feed, notice the article trending in tech "Obama, Bill Gates to lead major effort to spur spending on climate r

by aresant 11y ago

Classic TechCrunch. * Watch the Washington Post feed, notice the article trending in tech "Obama, Bill Gates to lead major effort to spur spending on climate research" * Change to a more tech-friendly, less politicized title "Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates Join Forces To Invest in Clean Energy Technology" * Include a broken link ("http://mission-innovation.net/" http://mission-innovation.net/") to first of the two organizations noted, Mission Innovation. * Don't bother linking to the organization's actual website http://www.breakthroughenergycoalition.com/ http://www.breakthroughenergycoalition.com/ I am bitching because I'm so protective of HN, just wish we could link to a better source.

kumarm 11y ago
That's really how media works. Everyone reposts the same story in their version. Here is the headline from Indian news paper for the same: Bill Gates, Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and others join hands to give push to clean energy through innovations. Notice that Mark Zuckerberg is missing in headline and 2 Indian billionaires are added. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Bill-Gates-Ratan-Tata-Mukesh-Ambani-and-others-join-hands-to-give-push-to-clean-energy-through-innovations/articleshow/49976922.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-w... Edit: If you read the timeofindia article, you would think its a initiative pushed by India. If you read the comments on the article, you would think Indian Prime Minister Modi is making it happen.
ACow_Adonis 11y ago
Two days later, my local paper's technology writer sees the article in hacker news and rewrites it as original content for the print media. The cosmic ballet goes on...
dang 11y ago
> I am bitching because I'm so protective of HN An excellent thing to be, even if some bitching is involved :) There have been a bunch of submissions about this story, but as far as I can tell they all fall into the "announcement of an announcement" category, which is always fluff. Has the announcement been made for real yet?

by aresant 11y ago

kumarm 11y ago

That's really how media works. Everyone reposts the same story in their version. Here is the headline from Indian news paper for the same: Bill Gates, Ratan Tata, Mukesh Ambani and others join hands to give push to clean energy through innovations. Notice that Mark Zuckerberg is missing in headline and 2 Indian billionaires are added. Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-warming/Bill-Gates-Ratan-Tata-Mukesh-Ambani-and-others-join-hands-to-give-push-to-clean-energy-through-innovations/articleshow/49976922.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/global-w... Edit: If you read the timeofindia article, you would think its a initiative pushed by India. If you read the comments on the article, you would think Indian Prime Minister Modi is making it happen.

ACow_Adonis 11y ago

Two days later, my local paper's technology writer sees the article in hacker news and rewrites it as original content for the print media. The cosmic ballet goes on...

dang 11y ago

> I am bitching because I'm so protective of HN An excellent thing to be, even if some bitching is involved :) There have been a bunch of submissions about this story, but as far as I can tell they all fall into the "announcement of an announcement" category, which is always fluff. Has the announcement been made for real yet?