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The Intercept is the most impressive free press initiative of the last 50 years. We thought that the Internet would democratize the free flow of information, th
by neves 8y ago
The Intercept is the most impressive free press initiative of the last 50 years. We thought that the Internet would democratize the free flow of information, that we could be free of a handful media conglomerates and what we got was Facebook.
Snowden whistle blower greatest consequence was the initiative to create The Intercept.
- rdtsc 8y agoI agree. They do a great job with investigative journalism. I highly recommend them as well. They have a donation page if anyone is interested in helping https://theintercept.com/donate/ https://theintercept.com/donate/
- driverdan 8y agoI have such mixed feelings about The Intercept. They break extremely important news but mix in too many opinionated blog posts. Read some of their articles about animal cruelty. The topics and information are great but the writing is littered with opinion and assumption instead of objective journalism. I couldn't even take two podcast episodes before I stopped listening. They had skits mocking Trump. That's not journalism. That just makes people who like Trump shut down and call your site fake news. Stick to the facts and leave the BS to the bloggers.
- krapp 8y ago>That just makes people who like Trump shut down and call your site fake news. ... good riddance?
- sfotm 8y agoWhy good riddance? If a person who disagreed with my ideologies was looking for a news source, should I point them to an echo chamber that reinforces their beliefs, or a place that I believe to do good journalism (not necessarily The Intercept, per se)?
- krapp 8y agoIf a person is willing to dismiss the credibility of a news source because they mock Trump, then that person doesn't seem very open to questioning their ideology to begin with. It's like arguing with a conspiracy theorist - you can't get anywhere near a real conversation as long as they're trapped in a feedback loop of defensiveness that makes critical self-examination impossible.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y agoThis argument does not hold up. Flip this around and you are the one to dismiss the credibility of a news source because it puts trump on a pedestal. Are you not open to questioning your ideology if someone presents some very compelling arguments despite how much you can’t stand Trump?
- krapp 8y ago>Are you not open to questioning your ideology if someone presents some very compelling arguments despite how much you can’t stand Trump? I am open to it - as long as there are compelling arguments made, it shouldn't matter either way. I'll admit I would have a bias against it, since I don't find much praiseworthy about Trump personally or politically, but I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand. But if I did, I would be guilty of the same thing. If you flip my argument around and apply it to me, then you seem to be admitting that it does hold up, in general terms.
- tribby 8y agoI would hold the intercept in higher regard had they not outed reality winner as a source. given the nature of the work they do, one would think they'd be better at that sort of thing.