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Paper isn’t even that bad really, just stating the obvious. Academia isn’t built to cope with well funded adversaries. Journalists handle the heat much better,
by Gatsky 8y ago
Paper isn’t even that bad really, just stating the obvious.
Academia isn’t built to cope with well funded adversaries. Journalists handle the heat much better, at least the NYT got hold of it.
- mcny 8y agoI doubt it is perfect. I agree they're probably built for it but in practice, theory and practice are not the same. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/business/media/banished-for-questioning-the-gospel-of-guns.html https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/business/media/banished-f... Archived at https://archive.fo/v5b1x https://archive.fo/v5b1x I'm sure even the NY Times has its limits and so do the likes of al Jazeera and the BBC. Another question: Could Intel or nVidia or Microsoft or Facebook do something similar for tech journalists?
- daro 8y agoBloomberg has still not retracted its story about the Chinese spyware despite heavy pressure from Apple and Amazon. So I guess that shows that at least some journalist can cope with it.