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My comment is mostly about journalistic tone and standards since others have already brought up other concerns. Does this opening passage seem professional to a

by atonse 2y ago

My comment is mostly about journalistic tone and standards since others have already brought up other concerns. Does this opening passage seem professional to anyone? I just found it distracting enough before getting to the controversial parts. > Palantir, the software company cofounded by Peter Thiel, is part of an effort by Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to build a new “mega API” for accessing Internal Revenue Service records, IRS sources tell WIRED. 1. Did Palantir get a contract to do so? Normally the wording would be Palantir was awarded the contract. 2. Is it relevant that Thiel co-founded it, rather than also mentioning Karp? Is it to stuff as many boogey men into the lede? 3. Any talk about how Palantir is EVERYWHERE in the National Security circles of the US Gov? I think Palantir started as an analysis tool for money movement. So is it that crazy? 4. Isn’t DOGE the official name? What’s with prefixing it with “so-called”?

zzrrt 2y ago
> 2. Is it relevant that Thiel co-founded it, rather than also mentioning Karp? Is it to stuff as many boogey men into the lede? Maybe it's just my bubble, but I "know" Thiel, and I know he's connected to Vance and Musk, and I don't know anything about Karp, so the relevancy decision makes sense to me. Karp is mentioned as being CEO later in the article. I have now googled him enough to know he's left-wing, so I see where you're going, but still feel he's not relevant enough to merit more mention. > 4. Isn’t DOGE the official name? What’s with prefixing it with “so-called”? It could just be a dig, but maybe more likely a reference to the legal concept that it's not a cabinet-level department and that its legally-correct(?) names are U.S. DOGE Service and U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#Legal_status https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Effic...).
- antifa 2y ago
  most likely the "so called" dig refers to the fact that Elon is attempting to bypass congress to enforce austerity and hand out contracts to his companies, which has nothing to do with government efficiency.

by atonse 2y ago

zzrrt 2y ago

> 2. Is it relevant that Thiel co-founded it, rather than also mentioning Karp? Is it to stuff as many boogey men into the lede? Maybe it's just my bubble, but I "know" Thiel, and I know he's connected to Vance and Musk, and I don't know anything about Karp, so the relevancy decision makes sense to me. Karp is mentioned as being CEO later in the article. I have now googled him enough to know he's left-wing, so I see where you're going, but still feel he's not relevant enough to merit more mention. > 4. Isn’t DOGE the official name? What’s with prefixing it with “so-called”? It could just be a dig, but maybe more likely a reference to the legal concept that it's not a cabinet-level department and that its legally-correct(?) names are U.S. DOGE Service and U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#Legal_status https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Effic...).

antifa 2y ago
most likely the "so called" dig refers to the fact that Elon is attempting to bypass congress to enforce austerity and hand out contracts to his companies, which has nothing to do with government efficiency.