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>>Did this even happen? I cannot find any articles in which miners were told to learn to code. Then I guess you really didn't look to hard: https://thehill.co

by ejb999 4y ago

>>Did this even happen? I cannot find any articles in which miners were told to learn to code. Then I guess you really didn't look to hard: https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/476391-biden-tells-coal-miners-to-learn-to-code/ https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/education/47... snip: "During a rally yesterday, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden spoke to a crowd in Derry, N.H., a town that many miners call home. He acknowledged the economic setbacks and job insecurity that coal miners face these days, and gave them some advice: learn to code."

kodah 4y ago
Didn't even know Joe Biden did it, but Hillary Clinton did it too and it's what spawned the "#learn2code" hashtag on Twitter. It just got nastier from there.
lostboomerang 4y ago
Just to add a small sample of mainstream media (Wired, NYT, NPR) running similar articles: https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1090080758126075904 https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/10900807581260759...
paulpauper 4y ago
But that came later .I am referring 2017 when this became a meme. Also Biden is not a journalist.