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For the uninitiated, what's wrong with the Washington Post?
by nicky0 9y ago
For the uninitiated, what's wrong with the Washington Post?
- babyacountant 9y agoPersonally I lost a bit of faith in them after the whole YouTube PewDiePie racism debacle.
- dagw 9y agoWasn't that the WSJ?
- pharrlax 9y agoStarted with WSJ but lots of other outlets pitched in.
- dagw 9y agoBut if you're going to boycott someone over something shouldn't you boycott the entity responsible? From what I can find WaPo reported what WSJ wrote and then gave plenty of space to Kjellberg and his side of the story.
- cholantesh 9y agoMore accurate to say that it was first reported by the WSJ and picked up by other outlets based on their reputation as a paper of record [1]. Whether this perception is merited, or if the concept is (still) relevant is another conversation. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_of_record https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_of_record
- roflc0ptic 9y agoThe common complaint is that they're liberal. People in my circles think they're a corporatist neoliberal rag, but it's really a matter of perspective. Some people think they're one of the few institutions still doing passable journalism.
- graphitezepp 9y agoIts in vogue to hate on large news sites? All I know is it didn't have full screen adds or "sign up!" nonsense pop up without an adblocker so they are fine with me.