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Yeah, I submitted a story form the New Yorker by James Suroweicki (prob one of their best authors in my opinion) last week on the sugar industry getting caught

Yeah, I submitted a story form the New Yorker by James Suroweicki (prob one of their best authors in my opinion) last week on the sugar industry getting caught red handed trying to push the fat = obesity narrative and it got zero traction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12534056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12534056

jobu 10y ago
There was a fair bit of discussion about the New York Times article on this topic last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12480733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12480733
- jnordwick 10y ago
  "fair bit" is quite the understatement there. That's great.
24gttghh 10y ago
That was submitted two days ago, not last week.
jokermatt999 10y ago
HN also seems to dislike the New Yorker's writing style. They tend towards more narrative than informative/dry.
- jnordwick 10y ago
  What? The Tweaker: the Real Genius of Steve Jobs Malcom Gladwell's new story isn't up to HN's standards? lol http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/the-tweaker http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/the-tweaker (Suroweicki and Gladwell are two of favorite authors on their staff right now.)
TeMPOraL 10y ago
To be fair, it's not just them. http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/09/13/some-context-for-that-nyt-sugar-article/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/09/13/some-context-for-that-n... "In any case, claims that the sugar industry sponsored one study back in the 1960s, and this means everything we’ve ever thought is wrong and biased against fat and in favor of sugar, miss the point (especially since there are probably problems with both sugar and fat). Whatever study the New York Times has dredged up was one volley in an eternal clandestine war of Big Fat against Big Sugar, and figuring out who’s distorted the science more is the sort of project that’s going to take more than one article."

jobu 10y ago

There was a fair bit of discussion about the New York Times article on this topic last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12480733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12480733

jnordwick 10y ago
"fair bit" is quite the understatement there. That's great.

24gttghh 10y ago

That was submitted two days ago, not last week.

jokermatt999 10y ago

HN also seems to dislike the New Yorker's writing style. They tend towards more narrative than informative/dry.

jnordwick 10y ago
What? The Tweaker: the Real Genius of Steve Jobs Malcom Gladwell's new story isn't up to HN's standards? lol http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/the-tweaker http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/the-tweaker (Suroweicki and Gladwell are two of favorite authors on their staff right now.)

TeMPOraL 10y ago

To be fair, it's not just them. http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/09/13/some-context-for-that-nyt-sugar-article/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/09/13/some-context-for-that-n... "In any case, claims that the sugar industry sponsored one study back in the 1960s, and this means everything we’ve ever thought is wrong and biased against fat and in favor of sugar, miss the point (especially since there are probably problems with both sugar and fat). Whatever study the New York Times has dredged up was one volley in an eternal clandestine war of Big Fat against Big Sugar, and figuring out who’s distorted the science more is the sort of project that’s going to take more than one article."