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Isn't it obvious to everyone at this point that the ex-gawker media empire has it out to get Musk? Constant hit-piece after hit-piece. They've burned any faca

Isn't it obvious to everyone at this point that the ex-gawker media empire has it out to get Musk? Constant hit-piece after hit-piece. They've burned any facade of objectivity, with the tone and repetitiveness of their reporting.

pathartl 8y ago
They've been like that for years. I had to stop reading Gizmodo because it turned from actual news about tech to whatever the narcissistic staff felt like. https://gizmodo.com/runaway-peacock-ditches-his-human-family-for-new-turkey-1830635569 https://gizmodo.com/runaway-peacock-ditches-his-human-family... https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-long-itd-take-you-to-poop-a-lego-1830656545 https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-long-itd-take-you-to-poop-a-le... How are posts like that at all relevant? I mean I'd rather read The Verge than what these people are putting out. The bias that Gawker had is that of a crazy person. They always told us that they were there for the people delivering hard evidence, but meanwhile give a damn about a person's rights to privacy, AND THEN CELEBRATED THAT FACT. Check out Gawker's defunct site as it stands now. It's a dumpster fire that points fingers at everyone but themselves.
- booleandilemma 8y ago
  The lego pooping story you mentioned did make it to the front page of HN, so it’s what people want to see, I guess...
  - anongraddebt 8y ago
    This. The explanations for journalistic practices are increasingly financial/economic.
serf 8y ago
this anecdote is being retold by pretty much every western journalism outlet with just about the same details; not just Gawker associated ones. ( I agree that Gawker media outlets are usually terrible )
rainonmoon 8y ago
Journalists don't exist to represent the interests of maverick billionaires. That's what PR firms are for. Tesla's was very successful for a long time. Now that's changing. This is a good and natural function of a working democracy.
- chrisco255 8y ago
  This article isn't journalism...it's an opinion piece.
  - rainonmoon 8y ago
    This is a report by a recurring contributor to the publication which contextualises a news peg with other events relevant to the peg. Whatever your semantic disagreements with the contemporary tone of web-based reporting, this is textbook journalism.
    - A2017U1 8y ago
      > this is textbook journalism The line between editorial and news has become so blurred I'm afraid you're right.
    - chrisco255 8y ago
      No, this is an opinion piece and its first paragraph literally begins with criticism of the company. It also uses the phrase "everyone was right all along". First of all, who is 'everyone' and since when has everyone agreed on anything? This is far from journalism...this is a thinly veiled opinion piece and a poorly written one at that.

pathartl 8y ago

They've been like that for years. I had to stop reading Gizmodo because it turned from actual news about tech to whatever the narcissistic staff felt like. https://gizmodo.com/runaway-peacock-ditches-his-human-family-for-new-turkey-1830635569 https://gizmodo.com/runaway-peacock-ditches-his-human-family... https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-long-itd-take-you-to-poop-a-lego-1830656545 https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-long-itd-take-you-to-poop-a-le... How are posts like that at all relevant? I mean I'd rather read The Verge than what these people are putting out. The bias that Gawker had is that of a crazy person. They always told us that they were there for the people delivering hard evidence, but meanwhile give a damn about a person's rights to privacy, AND THEN CELEBRATED THAT FACT. Check out Gawker's defunct site as it stands now. It's a dumpster fire that points fingers at everyone but themselves.

booleandilemma 8y ago
The lego pooping story you mentioned did make it to the front page of HN, so it’s what people want to see, I guess...
- anongraddebt 8y ago
  This. The explanations for journalistic practices are increasingly financial/economic.

serf 8y ago

this anecdote is being retold by pretty much every western journalism outlet with just about the same details; not just Gawker associated ones. ( I agree that Gawker media outlets are usually terrible )

rainonmoon 8y ago

Journalists don't exist to represent the interests of maverick billionaires. That's what PR firms are for. Tesla's was very successful for a long time. Now that's changing. This is a good and natural function of a working democracy.

chrisco255 8y ago
This article isn't journalism...it's an opinion piece.
- rainonmoon 8y ago
  This is a report by a recurring contributor to the publication which contextualises a news peg with other events relevant to the peg. Whatever your semantic disagreements with the contemporary tone of web-based reporting, this is textbook journalism.
  - A2017U1 8y ago
    > this is textbook journalism The line between editorial and news has become so blurred I'm afraid you're right.
  - chrisco255 8y ago
    No, this is an opinion piece and its first paragraph literally begins with criticism of the company. It also uses the phrase "everyone was right all along". First of all, who is 'everyone' and since when has everyone agreed on anything? This is far from journalism...this is a thinly veiled opinion piece and a poorly written one at that.