Parent said: ""This article was completely unfair. Here's the last third of the Times article: "But there is another side to the Valley"" You said: "but that

Parent said: ""This article was completely unfair. Here's the last third of the Times article: "But there is another side to the Valley"" You said: "but that part of the article felt a bit less authentic to me" You are both right. That's know as the "to be sure" part. NYT does that as do other "responsible" media. The idea is to be circumspect and present an opposing side to be complete. So someone can't say the article is biased and people (like Arrington) can't easily take pot shots. Do a search for "nyt "to be sure"" for just the last 24 hours and you will see some examples. Here is an example from http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/ http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/ "The summary statistic that comes from this data is the gross domestic product. It has its faults, to be sure, but it is the best single figure we have to tell us how well we are doing, economically."