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A friend of mine recently observed how the NYT and other big papers, in their straight reporting, will rush directly to cover the "controversy" of any given iss
by TillE 3y ago
A friend of mine recently observed how the NYT and other big papers, in their straight reporting, will rush directly to cover the "controversy" of any given issue while barely covering the details of the actual facts at hand.
So brevity is part of it, but I think a lot of people just prefer to engage in abstract philosophizing. It's more fun I guess, harder to argue with.
- pessimizer 3y agoIn that case, it's more that they want to spread an opinion that they don't want to associate with the paper, because they'd have to defend or prove it. On the other hand, instead of publishing negative news about things they support, they'll publish indignant reactions to the spread of the negative news story. Doing this pushes the actual specifics of the story to the tenth paragraph of the first article they've covered it in.