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I agree with the pretext behind the article of inexperienced, reckless CEOs creating toxic culture but it is incredibly poor journalism and I'm laughing that th

by kev009 10y ago

I agree with the pretext behind the article of inexperienced, reckless CEOs creating toxic culture but it is incredibly poor journalism and I'm laughing that this made it past NYT editorial board. What came to mind is the scene from Idiocracy "Wanted: for being a dick". There have been much better pieces on excoriating these companies individually and using them as a vehicle to discuss systemic problems. This one is just a bandwagon hack job. Also "none of the 15 biggest American tech companies valued over $1 billion has a female chief executive." er, what about the most successful tech company of all time, IBM?

idlewords 10y ago
It's an opinion piece, not journalism.
- kev009 10y ago
  That is completely orthogonal. Journalism includes developing and editing articles to meet expected standards, and you can evaluate that independent of agreeing or disagreeing with the message. Being factually incorrect in the case of the top 15 CEOs is not excusable just because it's an opinion piece. I tend to think of NYT as a high quality paper and was surprised to see this filler.
  - bogomipz 10y ago
    >"That is completely orthogonal" No its, not. An Op-Ed is a specific format as distinct from regular journalism, it is not edited other than grammatically: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed
    - kev009 10y ago
      Touche
bogomipz 10y ago
>"but it is incredibly poor journalism and I'm laughing that this made it past NYT editorial board." Its an "Opinion" piece and clearly marked as such on the page, and it does not express nor is it intended to express the opinion of the publication's editorial board but rather solely of the author. I think almost every newspaper of record has an editorial/opinion section, its been a staple for almost a hundred years. APA guidelines for writing Ed-Op pieces. http://blog.apaonline.org/2016/05/23/ten-rules-of-thumb-for-op-ed-writing/ http://blog.apaonline.org/2016/05/23/ten-rules-of-thumb-for-...

by kev009 10y ago

idlewords 10y ago

It's an opinion piece, not journalism.

kev009 10y ago
That is completely orthogonal. Journalism includes developing and editing articles to meet expected standards, and you can evaluate that independent of agreeing or disagreeing with the message. Being factually incorrect in the case of the top 15 CEOs is not excusable just because it's an opinion piece. I tend to think of NYT as a high quality paper and was surprised to see this filler.
- bogomipz 10y ago
  >"That is completely orthogonal" No its, not. An Op-Ed is a specific format as distinct from regular journalism, it is not edited other than grammatically: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed
  - kev009 10y ago
    Touche

bogomipz 10y ago

>"but it is incredibly poor journalism and I'm laughing that this made it past NYT editorial board." Its an "Opinion" piece and clearly marked as such on the page, and it does not express nor is it intended to express the opinion of the publication's editorial board but rather solely of the author. I think almost every newspaper of record has an editorial/opinion section, its been a staple for almost a hundred years. APA guidelines for writing Ed-Op pieces. http://blog.apaonline.org/2016/05/23/ten-rules-of-thumb-for-op-ed-writing/ http://blog.apaonline.org/2016/05/23/ten-rules-of-thumb-for-...