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ars is part of a $2.5B media empire (advance publications). read any of their covid coverage, and it's pretty baldly fearmongering for clicks. they're not in th

• SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
  "read any of their covid coverage" - whose - advanced publications as a body, or Ars? Because yet again, what someone else writes isn't Ars's problem. > they're not in this business for commonwealth, objective truth-seeking. This is an attempted attack on motives, and again, not on any real substance.
  • clairity 4y ago
    and somehow > "Ars Technica is pretty good, partly because so many of their writers are experts with advanced degrees." passes the test for "real substance"? read both, and any other favored news service. read a small sample of their coverage and their self-serving motives jump right out of the page and slaps you silly like a rubber chicken. it's that obvious. and it is their problem, by association, since you're trying to make a (unsubstantiated) claim on reputation.
    • SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
      GP made an argument regarding Ars being staffed by experts. You've said nothing at all specific to Ars and instead tried to imply a bunch of guilt by association, so absolutely the original post had considerably more substance than, if I can paraphrase, "lots of the media lies therefore Ars does too" and "they are a business".
      • clairity 4y ago
        there is no argument there. just an unsupported assertion. just like your comment.
        • SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
          Sorry, I guess I've been giving your tangential assertions too much benefit as well then.