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It's the equivalent of not writing about Boeing until the day a 737 MAX crashes right in front of your newpaper offices.

newzisforsukas 2y ago
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lastofthemojito 2y ago
It feels more like writing about Boeing and then writing about Boeing again after the crash, considering the Times has been writing about cyber security and American vulnerability for a while: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/technology/cyber-hackers-usa.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/technology/cyber-hackers-... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/business/computer-flaws.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/business/computer-flaws.h... https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/europe/nations-buying-as-hackers-sell-computer-flaws.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/europe/nations-buyi... etc
SoftTalker 2y ago
Readers wouldn't have cared nearly as much. NYT: Boeing is run by bean-counters and isn't taking engineering seriously anymore. Boeing: That's not true. Our aircraft fly thousands of times a day, every day, and are very safe. Who would find that very interesting, absent any relevant, dramatic current events?
- pixl97 2y ago
  Exactly, the problem with for profit media is it requires the attention of it's audience. Everyone bitches about regulation and taxes, for reasons real and imagined, but applying laws and rules to businesses before something happens is the point of them.
  - pintxo 2y ago
    How is that a problem of media? Isn’t it more of a problem of the population at large?
  - warkdarrior 2y ago
    Any media that does not have the attention of its audience is pretty pointless, no?
- chipdart 2y ago
  > Readers wouldn't have cared nearly as much. This bears repeating. If you complain about a risk before a disaster structs, you're fearmongerng. If you complain about a risk after disaster structs, you're flogging a dead horse.
  - MiguelX413 2y ago
    *strikes
gist 2y ago
> It's the equivalent of not writing about Boeing until the day a 737 MAX crashes right in front of your newpaper offices. In order to write about Boeing they'd have to have an angle and resources to go on a fishing hunt to create an interesting story for people to read and talk about.

newzisforsukas 2y ago

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lastofthemojito 2y ago

It feels more like writing about Boeing and then writing about Boeing again after the crash, considering the Times has been writing about cyber security and American vulnerability for a while: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/technology/cyber-hackers-usa.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/06/technology/cyber-hackers-... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/business/computer-flaws.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/business/computer-flaws.h... https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/europe/nations-buying-as-hackers-sell-computer-flaws.html https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/europe/nations-buyi... etc

SoftTalker 2y ago

Readers wouldn't have cared nearly as much. NYT: Boeing is run by bean-counters and isn't taking engineering seriously anymore. Boeing: That's not true. Our aircraft fly thousands of times a day, every day, and are very safe. Who would find that very interesting, absent any relevant, dramatic current events?

pixl97 2y ago
Exactly, the problem with for profit media is it requires the attention of it's audience. Everyone bitches about regulation and taxes, for reasons real and imagined, but applying laws and rules to businesses before something happens is the point of them.
- pintxo 2y ago
  How is that a problem of media? Isn’t it more of a problem of the population at large?
- warkdarrior 2y ago
  Any media that does not have the attention of its audience is pretty pointless, no?
chipdart 2y ago
> Readers wouldn't have cared nearly as much. This bears repeating. If you complain about a risk before a disaster structs, you're fearmongerng. If you complain about a risk after disaster structs, you're flogging a dead horse.
- MiguelX413 2y ago
  *strikes

gist 2y ago

> It's the equivalent of not writing about Boeing until the day a 737 MAX crashes right in front of your newpaper offices. In order to write about Boeing they'd have to have an angle and resources to go on a fishing hunt to create an interesting story for people to read and talk about.