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> (as is, I'm starting to suspect, most reporting, full stop). Don't hate on all journalism (or anything, really) just because of some bad apples. Even if it

> (as is, I'm starting to suspect, most reporting, full stop). Don't hate on all journalism (or anything, really) just because of some bad apples. Even if it were true (which it isn't), it takes away all motivation for people in that industry to do the right thing. Why bother spending time on well-researched reporting, if all you get back is "fake news" or "all journalists are corrupt and produce clickbait"-hate on Twitter? More specifically, here's a Q&A, and a previous article, discounting Apple conspiracy theories by The New York Times: "Is Apple Slowing Down Old iPhones? Questions and Answers": https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/technology/iphone-battery-problem-slow.html?mtrref=www.google.com https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/technology/iphone-battery... "A New Phone Comes Out. Yours Slows Down. A Conspiracy? No.": https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/technology/personaltech/new-iphones-slow-tech-myth.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/technology/personaltech/n...

reaperducer 9y ago
> Don't hate on all journalism (or anything, really) just because of some bad apples Unfortunately, since these days anyone with a smartphone can call themselves a "journalist," it's become like the lawyer situation — the 90% bad ones give the 10% good ones a bad name.
tomcam 9y ago
“Bad apples.” hehe
alangpierce 9y ago
I've also seen news reporting be frustratingly inaccurate on plenty of occasions, but I guess the right approach is to apply some amount of skepticism and think about the limitations of news reporting and the signs that the reporting is biased or editorialized. In this case, I saw lots of headlines like "Apple admits it deliberately slowed down old phones". To me, the word "admits" is a big red flag. It's a loaded term that you can apply to pretty much any public statement, and it suggests (but doesn't directly imply) that Apple is admitting to wrongdoing. Phrasing like that signals to me that the reporting is untrustworthy.
dilap 9y ago
that's the thing, incentives are all wrong in general for media to be accurate.

reaperducer 9y ago

> Don't hate on all journalism (or anything, really) just because of some bad apples Unfortunately, since these days anyone with a smartphone can call themselves a "journalist," it's become like the lawyer situation — the 90% bad ones give the 10% good ones a bad name.

tomcam 9y ago

“Bad apples.” hehe

alangpierce 9y ago

I've also seen news reporting be frustratingly inaccurate on plenty of occasions, but I guess the right approach is to apply some amount of skepticism and think about the limitations of news reporting and the signs that the reporting is biased or editorialized. In this case, I saw lots of headlines like "Apple admits it deliberately slowed down old phones". To me, the word "admits" is a big red flag. It's a loaded term that you can apply to pretty much any public statement, and it suggests (but doesn't directly imply) that Apple is admitting to wrongdoing. Phrasing like that signals to me that the reporting is untrustworthy.

dilap 9y ago

that's the thing, incentives are all wrong in general for media to be accurate.