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Admit it, The Atlantic is just a dumbed down The New Yorker.

by reidjs 4y ago

jhbadger 4y ago
They are very similar publications, but I'm not sure which one is "dumbed down" relative to the other. Instead, there is a lot of variation within each magazine. Some articles are brilliant examples of "long form" journalism which sometimes later get expanded into entire books, others are puff pieces, and yet others (like this article) are somewhere in between.
- 3pt14159 4y ago
  As someone that dated an Atlantic contributor (as well as her being the senior editor over at The Walrus, Canada's answer to The New Yorker) I can very clearly give you an answer here: The Atlantic is great, but it is in no league with The New Yorker. I wouldn't have called it "dumbed down" but it's still not as sharp and that is ok. The world appreciates both.
  - beckingz 4y ago
    Yeah the Atlantic has clearer writing. The New Yorker has 'better' writing, but I can't stand it.
turns0ut 4y ago
They’re like every other media outlet; trying to trigger people into having an opinion that does not matter, because the public having opinions that matter would mean a low effort blogger has to get a job.
systemvoltage 4y ago
You mean, this New Yorker? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32044754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32044754 I completely and categorically disagree. The New Yorker has derailed on many fronts. It has become an ideological hell hole. If you have access to a public library, you can browse pre-2000's New Yorker on archive.org which was a totally different publication all together.
rvz 4y ago
It has been already admitted that the Atlantic is a questionable news source. Obviously they are just as hungry as rats for your clicks onto their ads so they can continue to write up more nonsense like this article. Perhaps there's not enough rats subscribing to the Atlantic today? So it doesn't surprise me to see the comments to this article here and that Atlantic is now turning their attention to doing hit-pieces on squirrels? Oh dear. It really is garbage in, garbage out, for all the rats to read it and give them ad money if you are not paying. No wonder that article is free; and many others.

Admit it, The Atlantic is just a dumbed down The New Yorker.

by reidjs 4y ago

Admit it, The Atlantic is just a dumbed down The New Yorker.

They are very similar publications, but I'm not sure which one is "dumbed down" relative to the other. Instead, there is a lot of variation within each magazine. Some articles are brilliant examples of "long form" journalism which sometimes later get expanded into entire books, others are puff pieces, and yet others (like this article) are somewhere in between.

3pt14159 4y ago
As someone that dated an Atlantic contributor (as well as her being the senior editor over at The Walrus, Canada's answer to The New Yorker) I can very clearly give you an answer here: The Atlantic is great, but it is in no league with The New Yorker. I wouldn't have called it "dumbed down" but it's still not as sharp and that is ok. The world appreciates both.
- beckingz 4y ago
  Yeah the Atlantic has clearer writing. The New Yorker has 'better' writing, but I can't stand it.

turns0ut 4y ago

They’re like every other media outlet; trying to trigger people into having an opinion that does not matter, because the public having opinions that matter would mean a low effort blogger has to get a job.

systemvoltage 4y ago

You mean, this New Yorker? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32044754 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32044754 I completely and categorically disagree. The New Yorker has derailed on many fronts. It has become an ideological hell hole. If you have access to a public library, you can browse pre-2000's New Yorker on archive.org which was a totally different publication all together.

rvz 4y ago

It has been already admitted that the Atlantic is a questionable news source. Obviously they are just as hungry as rats for your clicks onto their ads so they can continue to write up more nonsense like this article. Perhaps there's not enough rats subscribing to the Atlantic today? So it doesn't surprise me to see the comments to this article here and that Atlantic is now turning their attention to doing hit-pieces on squirrels? Oh dear. It really is garbage in, garbage out, for all the rats to read it and give them ad money if you are not paying. No wonder that article is free; and many others.