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> Company is reluctant to surrender some documents in investigation of possible anticompetitive practices This would be true of any company. It would even be t

> Company is reluctant to surrender some documents in investigation of possible anticompetitive practices This would be true of any company. It would even be true for many individuals. This article is nothing more than a bulletin updating us on the latest developments in the case, painted up to look like more than it is.

stcredzero 7y ago
This article is nothing more than a bulletin updating us on the latest developments in the case, painted up to look like more than it is. In recent years, since journalists are motivated by clicks/eyeballs, and such things are most easily garnered by outrage, such emotional bias in reporting has sadly become the norm.
- Aperocky 7y ago
  Appeal to biological instinct to hate and love is always the quickest way to get clicks. The side effect being everything is us vs them nowadays.
- literallycancer 7y ago
  Nah dude, just normal journalism and dumb HNs don't understand the benefit :)
reaperducer 7y ago
This article is nothing more than a bulletin updating us on the latest developments in the case It's called a "process" article. Some small thing happens in the process of a larger event, and it's updated. It helps the publication later if research has to be done into what happened and what the coverage was. It also indicates to its avid readers that it's following the event long-term and "on" whatever happens. It's just normal journalism. But since the majority of people on HN consume their news in bits and bites here and there, and random headlines, they don't understand the benefit. painted up to look like more than it is. That's more of a matter of opinion than of fact. Sometimes extra background is added to a process story for the benefit of people coming in for the first time, or who will only read a few reports about an event over a period of months or years. /Was a journalist for 20 years in a previous life.
- zomglings 7y ago
  Thanks for the background, that was stuff I didn't know. What do you do in your current life?
- CivBase 7y ago
  > That's more of a matter of opinion than of fact. While the title is technically true, my initial interpretation was that Google was refusing to comply with a demand which they were legally obligated to meet. Turns out it was a request which they were well within their legal rights to deny. Sure, this is my opinion, but I'd definitely consider that to be a misleading title. This article is probably only on the HN front page because it is misleading. "Google denies request to provide documents in investigation of anticompetitive practices" is a better title.

stcredzero 7y ago

This article is nothing more than a bulletin updating us on the latest developments in the case, painted up to look like more than it is. In recent years, since journalists are motivated by clicks/eyeballs, and such things are most easily garnered by outrage, such emotional bias in reporting has sadly become the norm.

Aperocky 7y ago
Appeal to biological instinct to hate and love is always the quickest way to get clicks. The side effect being everything is us vs them nowadays.
literallycancer 7y ago
Nah dude, just normal journalism and dumb HNs don't understand the benefit :)

reaperducer 7y ago

This article is nothing more than a bulletin updating us on the latest developments in the case It's called a "process" article. Some small thing happens in the process of a larger event, and it's updated. It helps the publication later if research has to be done into what happened and what the coverage was. It also indicates to its avid readers that it's following the event long-term and "on" whatever happens. It's just normal journalism. But since the majority of people on HN consume their news in bits and bites here and there, and random headlines, they don't understand the benefit. painted up to look like more than it is. That's more of a matter of opinion than of fact. Sometimes extra background is added to a process story for the benefit of people coming in for the first time, or who will only read a few reports about an event over a period of months or years. /Was a journalist for 20 years in a previous life.

zomglings 7y ago
Thanks for the background, that was stuff I didn't know. What do you do in your current life?
CivBase 7y ago
> That's more of a matter of opinion than of fact. While the title is technically true, my initial interpretation was that Google was refusing to comply with a demand which they were legally obligated to meet. Turns out it was a request which they were well within their legal rights to deny. Sure, this is my opinion, but I'd definitely consider that to be a misleading title. This article is probably only on the HN front page because it is misleading. "Google denies request to provide documents in investigation of anticompetitive practices" is a better title.