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A lot of the "news" coming out of SV is a gossip rag.

by EduardoBautista 10y ago

WalterSear 10y ago
Particularly the news about SV that comes out of NY.
- bogomipz 10y ago
  Do you really believe this is a East Coast vs West Coast thing? The NYT reserves as much finger-wagging for Wall Street as well. There have been no shortage of similar pieces that have come out of the Mid-West and California newspapers. Additionally most of the S.V giants also have offices and a presence in NYC these days.
  - WalterSear 10y ago
    SV has a lot of problems. There is a lot to write about. However, yes, I do feel that I have read a disproportionate amount of poorly reasoned op-eds decrying Silicon Valley culture published by east coast news institutions. Moreover, no, I don't feel that NYT is remotely as critical of Wall Street. By a long shot, and particularly in regards issues such as sexism and in-group biases. They aren't even as critical of tech offices in New York - the trouble is always 'over there'.
    - bogomipz 10y ago
      I am guessing you don't read the NY Times daily or on a regular basis then. The NY Times is quite regularly critical about Wall Street shenanigans and its rampant sexism. Here is an article from this past summer specifically specifically calling out "Bro culture" on Wall Street and its rampant sexism in the work place: "How Wall Street Bro Talk Keeps Women Down": https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/opinion/sunday/how-wall-street-bro-talk-keeps-women-down.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/opinion/sunday/how-wall-s... Here is another Op piece from a month ago calling out Wall Street on the refusal of its CEOs to put any of their own skin in the game. "Welcome Back, Wall Street. Now Pay Us Back.": https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/sunday/welcome-back-wall-street-now-pay-us-back.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/sunday/welcome-ba... Such pieces critical of Wall Street are quite regular in the NYTimes. It's easy to see the NYTimes as singling out S.V. because people regularly submit NYTimes coverage of S.V. to Hacker News. In fact in the last couple of years it seems there's been a perceptible uptick of S.V stories from the NYTimes that wind up on HN. So no the trouble isn't always "over there" according to the NYTimes, similar problems in their own backyard feature quite regularly as well.

A lot of the "news" coming out of SV is a gossip rag.

WalterSear 10y ago

Particularly the news about SV that comes out of NY.

bogomipz 10y ago
Do you really believe this is a East Coast vs West Coast thing? The NYT reserves as much finger-wagging for Wall Street as well. There have been no shortage of similar pieces that have come out of the Mid-West and California newspapers. Additionally most of the S.V giants also have offices and a presence in NYC these days.
- WalterSear 10y ago
  SV has a lot of problems. There is a lot to write about. However, yes, I do feel that I have read a disproportionate amount of poorly reasoned op-eds decrying Silicon Valley culture published by east coast news institutions. Moreover, no, I don't feel that NYT is remotely as critical of Wall Street. By a long shot, and particularly in regards issues such as sexism and in-group biases. They aren't even as critical of tech offices in New York - the trouble is always 'over there'.
  - bogomipz 10y ago
    I am guessing you don't read the NY Times daily or on a regular basis then. The NY Times is quite regularly critical about Wall Street shenanigans and its rampant sexism. Here is an article from this past summer specifically specifically calling out "Bro culture" on Wall Street and its rampant sexism in the work place: "How Wall Street Bro Talk Keeps Women Down": https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/opinion/sunday/how-wall-street-bro-talk-keeps-women-down.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/10/opinion/sunday/how-wall-s... Here is another Op piece from a month ago calling out Wall Street on the refusal of its CEOs to put any of their own skin in the game. "Welcome Back, Wall Street. Now Pay Us Back.": https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/sunday/welcome-back-wall-street-now-pay-us-back.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opinion/sunday/welcome-ba... Such pieces critical of Wall Street are quite regular in the NYTimes. It's easy to see the NYTimes as singling out S.V. because people regularly submit NYTimes coverage of S.V. to Hacker News. In fact in the last couple of years it seems there's been a perceptible uptick of S.V stories from the NYTimes that wind up on HN. So no the trouble isn't always "over there" according to the NYTimes, similar problems in their own backyard feature quite regularly as well.