I mean, it's not like that take is wrong. Articles like this actually are written by (relatively) unbiased journalists. It's not an investigative piece so that

I mean, it's not like that take is wrong. Articles like this actually are written by (relatively) unbiased journalists. It's not an investigative piece so that word wouldn't apply. It's the New Yorker, it's a very credible source that practices real journalism. Some outlets don't as much. But these guys have very strict ethics and fact checking requirements. True, a publicist almost certainly emailed the writers and editors a million times asking for a profile but so did literally every other company in the world, so it's not really all that dispositive. But either way, the point is every story that involves access to a person or company is to some extent managed by that person or company. Sometimes the outlet comes up with the idea, often it's pitched. But it doesn't really matter all that much which. It's up to the outlet to decide how much work they do, how oppositional they are, and what their voice is in the story. It’s up to the person/company to decide if they want to participate and how. Yes, in the abstract that process is sort of interesting. But its mere existence is not news. Imagine if a fellow HN poster came along in every thread and was like "HEY GUYS DID YOU KNOW RENT THE RUNWAY PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN OWN THE COMPUTERS THE WEBSITE IS ON, THERE'S A THING CALLED CLOUD COMPUTING!! HERE'S A LINK TO A BLOG POST BY A POETRY PROFESSOR WHO WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THIS FACT" for thirteen years, you might say, well sure, while this particular example could be an exception as you are offering up no knowledge of this actual website's server setup, in general for a company like this that's often true, and sure, actually yes, this concept of cloud computing is certainly interesting. But...