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Not on Facebook personally but the NY Times jihad against them (and the 'Fearsome Four' (yuck)) is getting a little bit tiresome, especially when a large part
by tyu100 9y ago
Not on Facebook personally but the NY Times jihad against them (and the 'Fearsome Four' (yuck)) is getting a little bit tiresome, especially when a large part of the root of the Times' disdain is that they are direct competitors for ad dollars.
Their moral high ground on Soviet and Russian influence on the news isn't that impressive either given that they still haven't renounced the Pulitzer given to Walter Duranty for his explicit lying about the Holodomor so as to not impede the Communist movement.
- IBM 9y agoThere's no "jihad" against tech companies from the NYT. What you're seeing is called critical coverage. The NYT's business model is also clearly focused on subscriptions and it has been for a few years. Trump being elected has done more for the NYT's bottom line than any ad could.
- MPetitt 9y agoThats an extremely oversimplified if not revisionist accusation against Duranty and the NYT. https://www.nytco.com/new-york-times-statement-about-1932-pulitzer-prize-awarded-to-walter-duranty/ https://www.nytco.com/new-york-times-statement-about-1932-pu...
- exodust 9y agoSurely the article doesn't amount to jihad. They get opinion contributors who suggest ways to improve FB. Like this one... "refocus the experience of using Facebook on the people using it, and their intentions for communication and interaction." (That was a quote from the "vintage facebook" idea.)
- woodandsteel 9y agoSo what is your position on Russian influence on the 2016 election? That it didn't try, or did but was a good thing because Russia is good, or what?