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Wow. A balanced mainstream story on the topic.
by johansch 9y ago
Wow. A balanced mainstream story on the topic.
- mpweiher 9y agoYeah. But the comments...wow.
- dvfjsdhgfv 9y agoI'm impressed, too. Apart from the fact that it links to the crippled Gizmodo version of the memo (they still have the guts to call it 'full' in the title) instead of the real one https://diversitymemo.com/ https://diversitymemo.com/. The references make the whole difference.
- johansch 9y agoThis NYT reporter filed the first article on the topic: https://twitter.com/daiwaka/ https://twitter.com/daiwaka/ His report (and tweeting) was so partisan that I got really concerned with the integrity of the NYT as a whole. This new piece restores some of my confidence in them, even though it is just an opinion piece.' Btw - is it just me, or is he way too friendly with the people running the company he is assigned to report on?
- danso 9y agoFWIW, it's a column by Ross Douthat, regarded as one of the NYT's conservative opinion writers: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/business/media/12douthat.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/business/media/12douthat.h... (Not that columns can't be well-reported stories in their own right)
- ebola1717 9y agoYeah, I mean, HN trends conservative, especially on issues of gender, race, diversity, etc. so not surprised Douthat is considered a sensible, middle-of-the-road writer here. Him and David Brooks are among the more reasonable conservatives out there, so I'm not lambasting their writing - just pointing out the biases in play.
- dsfyu404ed 9y agoI think both conservative and HN take issue with that statement.
- LyndsySimon 9y agoI'm glad I refreshed before commenting, because you just expressed my sentiment far more articulately than I was about to.
- gthtjtkt 9y agoAnd of course it's flagged because HN can't handle that.
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