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Does it not seem a bit suspect to read the the NYT reporting on their own lawsuit?

DreaminDani 3y ago
The newsroom is a different part of thr company than the legal department. Plus, sometimes your company does something that's newsworthy! Just like all journalism, there's always implicit bias. No reason to get suspicious about a news organization covering the news.
- AbrahamParangi 3y ago
  If Apple is in a lawsuit I'm not going to go to the Apple media relations page for the story. What about the NYT, also a for-profit company, makes it more principled than Apple, other than that they say they are?
  - muglug 3y ago
    The NY Times company has an analogue to the Apple media relations page: https://investors.nytco.com/news-and-events/press-releases/ https://investors.nytco.com/news-and-events/press-releases/ In most respected media companies there is a really-important-to-journalists-who-work-there firewall between these sorts of corporate battles and the reporting on them.
- travoc 3y ago
  Reading an article where you assume the author is biased is not so bad. What’s bad is finding an alternative source and reading it as if the author IS unbiased.
solardev 3y ago
The NYT also hallucinates from time to time: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-times-reporter-who-resigned-leaves-long-trail-of-deception.html https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-... (That's a story about Jayson Blair, one of their reporters who just plain made up stories and sources for months before getting caught) Edit: Sheesh, even their apology is paywalled. Wiki background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Blair?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Blair?wprov=sfla1
noitpmeder 3y ago
One should always source news from a variety of outlets as to attempt to be cognizant of the biases in play and to see the story from many viewpoints. Would I trust the NYT to be unbiased? No. But is their viewpoint extremely relevant to the subject at hand? Yes.

The newsroom is a different part of thr company than the legal department. Plus, sometimes your company does something that's newsworthy! Just like all journalism, there's always implicit bias. No reason to get suspicious about a news organization covering the news.

AbrahamParangi 3y ago
If Apple is in a lawsuit I'm not going to go to the Apple media relations page for the story. What about the NYT, also a for-profit company, makes it more principled than Apple, other than that they say they are?
- muglug 3y ago
  The NY Times company has an analogue to the Apple media relations page: https://investors.nytco.com/news-and-events/press-releases/ https://investors.nytco.com/news-and-events/press-releases/ In most respected media companies there is a really-important-to-journalists-who-work-there firewall between these sorts of corporate battles and the reporting on them.
travoc 3y ago
Reading an article where you assume the author is biased is not so bad. What’s bad is finding an alternative source and reading it as if the author IS unbiased.

solardev 3y ago

The NYT also hallucinates from time to time: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-times-reporter-who-resigned-leaves-long-trail-of-deception.html https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-... (That's a story about Jayson Blair, one of their reporters who just plain made up stories and sources for months before getting caught) Edit: Sheesh, even their apology is paywalled. Wiki background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Blair?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Blair?wprov=sfla1

noitpmeder 3y ago

One should always source news from a variety of outlets as to attempt to be cognizant of the biases in play and to see the story from many viewpoints. Would I trust the NYT to be unbiased? No. But is their viewpoint extremely relevant to the subject at hand? Yes.