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Every possible mainstream news organization coming on r/wsb with hitpieces is totally setting off my alarms. "Don't root for the retail investors, they are rich

by ulucs 6y ago

Every possible mainstream news organization coming on r/wsb with hitpieces is totally setting off my alarms. "Don't root for the retail investors, they are rich and only want you for your money! Root for the hedge funds instead!"

tmotwu 6y ago
I'm not really alarmed by the negative perceptions, rather surprised how completely off the mark these takes are, even this one. I think Mark Cuban pointed out how this is a result of the media being lazy rather than nefarious. But this will make me question the News media going forward, not because they might be malicious, but rather how incredibly incompetent they are running stories on such a transparent event. How can we ensure they are diligently reporting on events not as accessible as this?
- ulucs 6y ago
  Someone being consistently incompetent in favor of something is a nice reason to throw out the Hanlon's razor.
- lasagnaphil 6y ago
  I think there is a mixture of both nefariousness and incompetence; one news outlet puts out some misleading information through some shady talk, and then other media websites parrot it without doing any further investigation.
dfraser992 6y ago
I have some amount of sympathy for 'conservatives' now after reading through the lazy and careless reporting about GME. Lots of articles simplifying what is going on, trying to shove it into a 'common sense' or 'conventional wisdom' type of narrative, and just getting the simplest of facts wrong. And the outright propaganda masquerading as 'reporting' - i have seen some things that really ought to have been labeled as opinion pieces in very big block letters. Most "Conservatives" may not be actual conservatives these days, but I get the frustration they have with the MSM that they have been complaining about when even the simplest or basic overview of their position is corrupted thanks to lazy biased journalists... They may be wrong and entirely led by their emotions most of the time (and a lot are now becoming very delusional), but it is gaslighting to deliberately misinterpret someone's emotions or to not and try to understand where they are coming from.

by ulucs 6y ago

tmotwu 6y ago

I'm not really alarmed by the negative perceptions, rather surprised how completely off the mark these takes are, even this one. I think Mark Cuban pointed out how this is a result of the media being lazy rather than nefarious. But this will make me question the News media going forward, not because they might be malicious, but rather how incredibly incompetent they are running stories on such a transparent event. How can we ensure they are diligently reporting on events not as accessible as this?

ulucs 6y ago
Someone being consistently incompetent in favor of something is a nice reason to throw out the Hanlon's razor.
lasagnaphil 6y ago
I think there is a mixture of both nefariousness and incompetence; one news outlet puts out some misleading information through some shady talk, and then other media websites parrot it without doing any further investigation.

dfraser992 6y ago

I have some amount of sympathy for 'conservatives' now after reading through the lazy and careless reporting about GME. Lots of articles simplifying what is going on, trying to shove it into a 'common sense' or 'conventional wisdom' type of narrative, and just getting the simplest of facts wrong. And the outright propaganda masquerading as 'reporting' - i have seen some things that really ought to have been labeled as opinion pieces in very big block letters. Most "Conservatives" may not be actual conservatives these days, but I get the frustration they have with the MSM that they have been complaining about when even the simplest or basic overview of their position is corrupted thanks to lazy biased journalists... They may be wrong and entirely led by their emotions most of the time (and a lot are now becoming very delusional), but it is gaslighting to deliberately misinterpret someone's emotions or to not and try to understand where they are coming from.