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The overall bias of this article is apparent from the very beginning. This is probably a good time to refer to https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ra
by throwawaysea 7y ago
The overall bias of this article is apparent from the very beginning. This is probably a good time to refer to https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings, which lists The New Yorker as having a far-left bias.
The caption below the image next to the headline:
> Bezos, reportedly worth a hundred and fourteen billion dollars, has donated less than three per cent of his wealth to charity.
Why is this caption relevant to the topic that the article purports to speak to in the title? And why is the opening paragraph just an unsubstantiated rumor about Jeff Bezos snubbing Bill Gates in an apparent act of vanity? Why mention something without evidence, except to influence the reader in bad faith? And again, why is it relevant to the title?
A significant portion of this article is based on the opinion of one former employee, Ian Freed. Other quotes are similarly anecdotal, without representation of opposing perspectives. And the focus shifts from topic to topic abruptly, without pausing to critically question the points that are hastily presented. For example, Biden's comparison of Amazon's corporate taxes to tax rates for firefighters/teachers is nonsensical. It would make more sense to compare the personal tax rates of Amazon employees to firefighters/teachers.
I will note the article isn't all bad. I thought the story about Birkenstock was fair - counterfeits do threaten the value of brands. The bit about the positive side of warehouse jobs for workers left behind in other industries was also surprising. And I think anti-trust concerns were presented well.
But a lot of this very lengthy article seems to be an unfocused spray of information that presents one side of the story on many different facets, without much of a cohesive narrative.
- skinnymuch 7y agoNot your main point at all. But saying they have far-left bias. Then bringing up them bringing up Biden. Biden is so far from being far left. Barely qualifies as left.
- thundergolfer 7y agoThe fact that the site you linked puts The New York Times in the furthest left category is completely invalidating. It’s actually laughable. Anarchism, Syndicalism, Communism. Those are far-left ideologies. The New York Times is centrist. It’s editorial section is _explicitly_ pro-capitalism.
- Twixes 7y agoThe US is extraordinarily skewed to the right economically, so healthcare for all is a controversy and outlets like the NYT are considered leftist.
- MrEldritch 7y agoI am unaware of any mainstream American news outlet that skews far enough left to be considered to have an Anarchist, Syndicalist, or Communist bias. Maybe Jacobin magazine, if you count it as "mainstream."