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Oh, I'm certainly not disputing the NYT article itself. But as with all political coverage this year, I'm highly suspect of timing and motivation. This post h
by MrZongle2 10y ago
Oh, I'm certainly not disputing the NYT article itself. But as with all political coverage this year, I'm highly suspect of timing and motivation.
This post had an additional benefit: I've been able to observed the votes for my comments go up and down like a roller coaster for the past hour, as the readers of HN apply their own biases. Rather interesting, especially as the number of actual responses is relatively small.
What can we learn about HN's user base from the ultimate comment score, I wonder?
- mikeash 10y agoTrump had a really bad couple of weeks and all the polls showed a big Clinton lead except this one. It just tipped over. The timing seems perfectly reasonable. As for the motivation, as a purveyor of facts I have to imagine that the NYT is frustrated at Trump's complete disregard for them, and his disregard of polling is a big part of that.
- Ensorceled 10y agoProbably that they dislike politically motivated conspiracy theories when there is an obvious, non conspiracy based explanation, e.g. the one you just replied to.
- MrZongle2 10y agoIsn't this the point of having a discussion site, however: to discuss issues rather than simply downvote them to oblivion? Note my first post. I intentionally left it open-ended to spark discussion. In an election cycle where online propaganda and sockpuppetry have been confirmed, I don't think my question is in the same league as those posed by flat-earthers or 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
- Tinyyy 10y agoYou wasted my time reading a comment that is meaningless and highly politically slanted. I want to save that time for future readers.
- hilop 10y agoOf the NYT wanted to swing the election, they might have publishedthis article before Trump imploded at the debates.
- boneheadmed 10y agoHacker news has been left wing hack news for a long time. I'm still waiting for them to downvote me out of existence. It's taking too long. :)