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The reporting is just fine, since it discloses both groups. The title is click-bait, but that’s the reality of the news/youtube/etc. industry if you want views.
by falcolas 6y ago
The reporting is just fine, since it discloses both groups. The title is click-bait, but that’s the reality of the news/youtube/etc. industry if you want views. It would have been equally click-baity if the title had said “Facebook-backed groups”, yet equally false (and true).
There’s also ad agencies not backed by Facebook or Google, but they’re not in the title either.
- izacus 6y ago> There’s also ad agencies not backed by Facebook or Google, but they’re not in the title either. Yes, and this is why the reporting is dishonest - it's feels like it's there to smear one company in the title instead of actually disclosing to us who the people are.
- jjcon 6y agoI don’t think it is dishonest - it is more interesting that Google is anti-privacy, everyone already knows this about facebook. Additionally Google is nearly 2x the size of facebook so it takes precedence. You can’t disclose everything in a headline so you lead with what you can.
- Gigablah 6y agoSince when did the HN crowd start being apologists for clickbait and purposeful omission?
- falcolas 6y agoClickbait is simply the new normal. I hate it, but it's simply the case. You see it on news articles, YouTube video titles, and everything else where money and views are intertwined. And why is it done? Because it has been proven to work. They make more money with clickbait titles. Personally, it's simply a windmill I'm no longer willing to tilt against. And it appears that nothing was purposefully omitted from the article itself, so I'm definitely not willing to tilt against this.
- wolco 6y agoIt is very dishonest. Trying to make this into Apple vs Google creates this false reality that only movies get away with. Nearly two times the size so we can make up a story of selected truths?
- jjcon 6y agoShould the headline have disclosed every single tie every person associated with each organization has? No that would be absurd - you can’t disclose the nuance of a story in a headline so you disclose the most interesting thing. Nothing in the headline was false or misleading - just because the groups have other ties too doesn’t mean the headline has to list every one of them.
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