> But the article conspicuously doesn't cover anything very much at all (the SSC haters I know also noticed a lack of any coverage of specific incidents people

> But the article conspicuously doesn't cover anything very much at all (the SSC haters I know also noticed a lack of any coverage of specific incidents people usually hate rationalists for). The post tried to explain how journalism works. They used examples. But they also pointed out that a lot of people like yourself are demanding something from journalism which is not your right to demand. Journalism is often critical. So what? > It's difficult to believe _nothing_ weird was going on. It is totally believable that the life of a NYT author doesn't resolve around some unknown internet personality like Scott Alexander. This isn't a conspiracy.