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The Intercept has never been a "just the facts" journal: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/anti-google-research-group-in-washington-is-funded-by-orac
by ucaetano 9y ago
The Intercept has never been a "just the facts" journal:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/anti-google-research-group-in-washington-is-funded-by-oracle/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/anti-google-rese...
They are more of a think-tank or advocacy group than a newspaper.
- nostrademons 9y agoThat article is about the Google Transparency Project, which is a separate organization from The Intercept. Think of GTP as being a PR firm and The Intercept as being a publication. PR firms work to place sources & articles with publications that they feel will be friendly to their message, but the publication itself is a separate organization that reports on many topics besides what the PR firm wants.
- ucaetano 9y agoSo as you mentioned, The Intercept is "friendly to" anti-Google messaging, which is exactly what I'm saying.