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The news/reporting side of the organization and the Opinion group are very very separate. It's important to look at the news gathering side. Reporters don't ta
by donohoe 6y ago
The news/reporting side of the organization and the Opinion group are very very separate.
It's important to look at the news gathering side. Reporters don't take to being told to 'go easy on this group cos we have business ties' - that usually provides the opposite response.
- kgog 6y agoThis x1000. Although on HN, the core message is "media bad, cos good" so I doubt that people will want to understand how media orgs actually work.
- whimsicalism 6y agoAs someone who was raised in a news media household by two editors, "writers calling the shots" is exactly not how media orgs actually work.
- tsimionescu 6y agoSure, reporters don't like it, but it doesn't matter, because editors decide what ultimately gets printed.