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1) tragic photo? It’s a promotional photo complete with positive quote from the person how great the life style is. 2) the entire article highlights how this

1) tragic photo? It’s a promotional photo complete with positive quote from the person how great the life style is. 2) the entire article highlights how this is a lifestyle choice...and you cherry-picked the sole comparative quote acknowledging not all homeless are affluent and homeless by choice. From the NPR financial sponsors: >"We're selling joy," he says. "We're selling inspiration when you get out on a trail or go for a bike ride. We're selling the adrenaline buzz at the end of a run, and we're just trying to enable that in any way we possibly can." 3). Right...”you can’t do it forever” we shouldn’t be speaking about homelessness in these terms. Nothing is going to change to make these homeless people not broke and magically be able to go out and buy a home.

ForHackernews 7y ago
Re: #2 -- read more carefully -- I highlighted two separate quotes from different paragraphs in the piece. And I'll wager the journalist chose that quote about "selling joy" to emphasize how ridiculous it sounds. There's a degree of dramatic irony at work here; you have to understand how to read between the lines. e.g. here's one of the author's colleagues at NPR retweeting the "Hilarious story from @samsanders" https://twitter.com/pgogoi/status/1120711647323197440 https://twitter.com/pgogoi/status/1120711647323197440 I guarantee you NPR journos do not think everyone should live in "PodShares"
- will_brown 7y ago
  >And I'll wager the journalist chose that quote about "selling joy" to emphasize how ridiculous it sounds... you have to understand how to read between the lines. The qoute is from their financial sponsor...the “journalist” is not picking quotes, and they are not mocking their sponsors “ridiculous” quotes, they are being paid ...and they are pushing their sponsors brand new rental business.
  - ForHackernews 7y ago
    Sorry, why are you putting the word "journalist" in scare quotes? Is your assertion that Sam Sanders is not a journalist? I think your interpretation badly misunderstands the relationship between journalists and sources quoted. Every reputable publisher has a strict separation between the advertising/business side of the organization and the editorial side.[0] [0] https://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2012/12/19/breaking-down-the-wall/ https://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2012/12/19/breaking-down-...

ForHackernews 7y ago

Re: #2 -- read more carefully -- I highlighted two separate quotes from different paragraphs in the piece. And I'll wager the journalist chose that quote about "selling joy" to emphasize how ridiculous it sounds. There's a degree of dramatic irony at work here; you have to understand how to read between the lines. e.g. here's one of the author's colleagues at NPR retweeting the "Hilarious story from @samsanders" https://twitter.com/pgogoi/status/1120711647323197440 https://twitter.com/pgogoi/status/1120711647323197440 I guarantee you NPR journos do not think everyone should live in "PodShares"

will_brown 7y ago
>And I'll wager the journalist chose that quote about "selling joy" to emphasize how ridiculous it sounds... you have to understand how to read between the lines. The qoute is from their financial sponsor...the “journalist” is not picking quotes, and they are not mocking their sponsors “ridiculous” quotes, they are being paid ...and they are pushing their sponsors brand new rental business.
- ForHackernews 7y ago
  Sorry, why are you putting the word "journalist" in scare quotes? Is your assertion that Sam Sanders is not a journalist? I think your interpretation badly misunderstands the relationship between journalists and sources quoted. Every reputable publisher has a strict separation between the advertising/business side of the organization and the editorial side.[0] [0] https://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2012/12/19/breaking-down-the-wall/ https://ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2012/12/19/breaking-down-...