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I like Ars still. Hard to avoid “politics” not bumping into technology these days. I would argue that at times if you see a lot of politics in tech articles,
by duxup 2y ago
I like Ars still.
Hard to avoid “politics” not bumping into technology these days.
I would argue that at times if you see a lot of politics in tech articles, there may be good reason for it.
- PaulHoule 2y agoOne one hand Ars runs a lot of articles like https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/bird-flu-continues-spread-as-trumps-pandemic-experts-are-mia/ https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/bird-flu-continues-sp... and https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/us-tries-to-keep-doge-and-musk-work-secret-in-appeal-of-court-ordered-discovery/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/us-tries-to-keep... and https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/how-jeff-bezos-made-peace-with-donald-trump/ https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/how-jeff-bezos-made-pe... but it's also got Eric Berger who is in danger of becoming a Musk groupie because of his admiration for Musk's spaceflight accomplishments (he interviewed Musk extensively for a book for one thing) but also writes things like https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/can-nasa-remain-nonpartisan-when-basic-spaceflight-truths-are-shredded/ https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/03/can-nasa-remain-nonpar...
- ThrowawayR2 2y agoYes, you see them do it because it engages people like you, giving them more ad impressions. The engaged people then try to spread it, giving them even more ad impressions. They're being taken advantage of and they fail to realize it. We think of the heyday of yellow journalism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism "...that use eye-catching headlines and sensationalized exaggerations for increased sales.") as something from the bygone era of Hearst but, nope, it's alive and well and kicking into overdrive today.