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Does anyone else find the editorializing in this article disturbing? This is the second paragraph of the article: Employees at the electric carmaker — a compa
by brown9-2 17y ago
Does anyone else find the editorializing in this article disturbing?
This is the second paragraph of the article:
Employees at the electric carmaker — a company that has done everything but paint its logo green in a bid to sell itself as environmentally-friendly — have always had a penchant for gas-guzzling private airplanes. But that's sort of been the Tesla way. An electric car without compromising speed or style. The roadster's perfect for the Hollywood and Silicon Valley elite — environmental credibility without having to give up your private plane.
3 people just died. Is it really necessary to slam the type of people that buy electric cars in an article reporting on their deaths?
- staunch 17y agoBan worthy IMHO. I think the whole Gawker network should be banned here though, all bottom feeders.
- idlewords 17y agoThat's what voting is supposed to be for. I find this site disturbingly ban-happy.
- zackattack 17y agoWe can't downvote articles.
- pvg 17y agoYou can not-vote. And if warranted, flag.
- pkaler 17y agoI flagged the story. Injecting vitriolic editorializing into a breaking story about the death of 3 people is unclassy and flat out poor journalism.
- dandelany 17y agoI couldn't agree with you more... I found this paragraph and the one following it to be in terrible taste. Any journalist who thinks that someone's death is a good opportunity to slip in some snide "toldjaso" comment like this should find a new profession.
- jrockway 17y agoIt's the kind of stuff the readers want. The first rule of journalism is "write something people want", after all. Remember, this is a site that hates electric cars. When some public figures who make electric cars die, it's good for the readership's religion. The cause has been advanced, don't you get it?
- pg 17y agoI gave the points from this to the SF Chronicle story that seems to contain the actual reporting.
- jazzychad 17y agoJust to clarify, when I originally submitted the article it was very basic facts with absolutely no editorializing. It looks like they rewrote the entire article soon after being submitted and getting enough upvotes to become popular.