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Perhaps you should consider reading this submitted article, which contains all of the context that answers your questions.
by msbarnett 7y ago
Perhaps you should consider reading this submitted article, which contains all of the context that answers your questions.
- bluGill 7y agoI don't see those answers. Why the steelworkers - the article specifies the con: they know how to represent steel workers not programmers - this was never addressed.
- msbarnett 7y agoSmall nit: The article doesn’t specify that con, it quotes an HCL executive who was claiming it’s a con. I mention this distinction because the claimed “con” is based on an implicit misrepresentation of what the USW is (it is not, counter to its common name, just a union that deals with steelworkers), and it’s important to attribute the misrepresentation to the party that was motivated to misrepresent things, and not the newspaper that merely quoted it.
- bluGill 7y agoI'll take your correction. However it just reinforces the claims that this is a bad article: a good reporter should have dug into this question.
- msbarnett 7y agoI think that boils down to false equivalence. If the reporter had dug into rebutting claims in the quoted email from HCL’s management, a lot of people would accuse the article of having a pro-union bias however much it was just trying to provide a full explanation of the situation to readers. Consequently most news organizations these days just publish two verbatim claims from opposing sides and make no attempt to actually sort out any underlying facts lest they be perceived as “biased”.
- lonelappde 7y agoReporters with integrity report facts and don't print lies. If reality has a bias, they follow it. Criticism from demagogues is a badge of honor.