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Not at all. I'm a NYT subscriber and so much content is filled with perjorative attacks against tech, tech workers and tech companies. 'Big Tech', 'techbros', e
by v77 7y ago
Not at all. I'm a NYT subscriber and so much content is filled with perjorative attacks against tech, tech workers and tech companies. 'Big Tech', 'techbros', etc..
The tipping poing was the Trump victory. Before the election the NYT and other mainstream media outlets were trumpeting how much better/hipper the DNC was at using social platforms to organize voters than the Republican party. If Clinton would have won, this characterization would have remained and anybody complaning about Russian interference in elections would have been branded a McCarthyist.
- seisvelas 7y agoIndeed, and although it would sound silly to us, a lot of journalists are surprisingly bitter over the 'learn to code' meme-debacle of just several months ago. When the journalism bubble burst the success of tech was used to humiliate journalists. They won't be kinder when our bubble bursts.
- whalabi 7y ago(as an aside, "that learn to code" jeer to journalists - without whom democracy can't exist - is disgusting) Implying that journalism has no value and people should mechanically make.. accounting software apps for a large organisation instead of uncovering and presenting information about those in power is hideous. It's no surprise that Trump supporters are all over it.
- kanaridandan 7y agoNo offense but it seems like neither you nor the person you replied to actually know what the "learn to code" meme was about. It was a moment where the tables had turned on journalists who had told coal miners and the like to just learn to code after being put out of their jobs. You have to remember, journalists aren't babies and you don't need to stand up for them as if they are, especially without knowing any context.