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This is a fair point.... when you start running businesses you start realizing how little journalists really understand the industry you're actually in and how
by jasonmcalacanis 17y ago
This is a fair point.... when you start running businesses you start realizing how little journalists really understand the industry you're actually in and how it works.
There are exceptions like John Markoff from the New York Times, Peter Rojas of Engadget/GDGT, Kara Swisher, Walt Mossberg, Henry Blodget and Michael Arrington. all of those folks have deep knowledge... many other folks are simply rewriting press releases.
- btilly 17y agoIt doesn't have to be businesses. When you learn the truth about anything that is commonly reported, you learn how shallow the reporting on it is. That is true whether you're gaining a deep knowledge of science, politics, a particular celebrity, or anything else you see in the news. But if you think that reporters in general are bad, wait until you see a "documentary" on it. Hollywood's attitude is, "If we don't know the difference then our audience won't either." It shows.