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I think I recall Chomsky saying something along the lines that the financial press is the most reliable because it isn't in their economic interest to mislead t
by pauldelany 5y ago
I think I recall Chomsky saying something along the lines that the financial press is the most reliable because it isn't in their economic interest to mislead their audience.
- pid-1 5y agoOne of the most eye opening experiences I've had related to press was working in a hedge fund and being able to access paid political research reports. No BS, no childish manipulation, just crude analysis of a bunch of people competing for power.
- amvalo 5y agoDo you remember what they were called?
- arjunrc 5y agoI am interested in this as well. The regular media can be monotonous or driven by agendas. Would be great to find content created by folks paid to write unbiased, say it like it is.
- polycaster 5y agoAfaik that‘s what Stratfor does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratfor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratfor They provide a free weekly newsletter as well.
- kybernetyk 5y agoProbably a Bloomberg terminal.
- urthor 5y agoBloomberg terminal bundles a lot of mid tier analysts, but all the market leading analyst firms sell their copy for FAR more than what Bloomberg will pay. The analysis industry is fascinating, you're essentially paying gobsmacking amounts of money to a single journalist to follow 1 stock.
- WC3w6pXxgGd 5y agoThat's fascinating. Can you expand upon that?
- philosopher1234 5y agoIt isn’t? Isn’t it in their interest to mislead their audience such that their audience puts their vast wealth towards causes the FT editors like?
- NilsIRL 5y agoI think this is the relevant clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsESsHZNoO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsESsHZNoO4