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Posted here mainly in light of the NYTimes article "Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing" that was recently posted here on HN. [1] Also, let's not fo
by jules-jules 8y ago
Posted here mainly in light of the NYTimes article "Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing" that was recently posted here on HN. [1]
Also, let's not forget the NYTimes cheered the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and journalists who merely questioned the Iraq War lost their job at the NYTimes, the Dixie Chicks got blacklisted, etc.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19050102 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19050102
- ilaksh 8y agoToo much truth in this thread so it was flagged. The HN readership and staff do not want their own bubbles popped.
- jules-jules 8y agoIt's ridiculous, that post got 253 points and some 429 mostly uncritical comments. The HN crowd should know better than to uncritically trust the MSM, be it the NYTimes, CNN, or others.