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I didn't take it that way, I just thought when they were describing WF they didn't mince words, which I appreciate. I didn't see any implication that others are

I didn't take it that way, I just thought when they were describing WF they didn't mince words, which I appreciate. I didn't see any implication that others are better. In some way, saying they all do it would dilute the criticism more.

twblalock 4y ago
Everyone in the media knows that when you single out a particular company, or person, or politician for criticism it makes their competitors look better. Nobody who works at a major news organization is unaware of this.
- chairmanwow1 4y ago
  This is an absurd take. What would you have them do aside from call out a publicly bad actor explicitly? Seems like you are bending over backwards for a bad take.
  - twblalock 4y ago
    In the media you don't get to "just" call someone or a company out. It inevitably makes the readers imagine comparisons in their mind. It is a status play: by lowering the status of one player in an industry, you implicitly raise the the status of the others. Everyone who works in the media industry knows that will happen -- and I know some people who work in that industry. Even teenagers do this on social media all the time, based on an instinctive understanding of social status. Take it or leave it, or even better, provide a rebuttal with real evidence rather than a childish emotional response!
    - rightbyte 4y ago
      > by lowering the status of one player in an industry, you implicitly raise the the status of the others. The relative status ye. But the absolute status of banks as a group decline. E.g. used cars salesmen. A honest one's reputation are ruined from the moment they open the store due to bad actors.
    - mechanical_bear 4y ago
      You didn’t provide any real evidence in your comments, you just made some potentially specious claims, multiple times.
- SapporoChris 4y ago
  I have to disagree. The failure of ones peers does not make a person wise.

twblalock 4y ago

Everyone in the media knows that when you single out a particular company, or person, or politician for criticism it makes their competitors look better. Nobody who works at a major news organization is unaware of this.

chairmanwow1 4y ago
This is an absurd take. What would you have them do aside from call out a publicly bad actor explicitly? Seems like you are bending over backwards for a bad take.
- twblalock 4y ago
  In the media you don't get to "just" call someone or a company out. It inevitably makes the readers imagine comparisons in their mind. It is a status play: by lowering the status of one player in an industry, you implicitly raise the the status of the others. Everyone who works in the media industry knows that will happen -- and I know some people who work in that industry. Even teenagers do this on social media all the time, based on an instinctive understanding of social status. Take it or leave it, or even better, provide a rebuttal with real evidence rather than a childish emotional response!
  - rightbyte 4y ago
    > by lowering the status of one player in an industry, you implicitly raise the the status of the others. The relative status ye. But the absolute status of banks as a group decline. E.g. used cars salesmen. A honest one's reputation are ruined from the moment they open the store due to bad actors.
  - mechanical_bear 4y ago
    You didn’t provide any real evidence in your comments, you just made some potentially specious claims, multiple times.
SapporoChris 4y ago
I have to disagree. The failure of ones peers does not make a person wise.