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> "This was first reported by Waypoint, which has since pulled its two articles on the subject without explanation. The articles' author, Ana Valens, has allege
by perihelions 1y ago
> "This was first reported by Waypoint, which has since pulled its two articles on the subject without explanation. The articles' author, Ana Valens, has alleged that Vice's parent company, Savage Ventures, removed the articles due to concerns over their controversial content rather than any error in the reporting."
"Vice" shut down last year[0]; its brand was recently purchased and is now run by a hedge fund based in Nashville. I think this incident very clearly sums up the difference between what's news journalism, and what's a vapid content farm operated by financebros.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39476074 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39476074 ("Vice website is shutting down (writing.exchange)"—459 comments)
- mardifoufs 1y agoI mean, Vice was more or less founded by the most stereotypical "dudebros" so I'm not sure if that's actually a good example of that
- bitwize 1y agoAna Valens, also of "cis woman breeding farm" fame, is really not one who should be complaining about censorship. Far as she's concerned, when they go after her gooner games it's just a matter of the wrong people being censored. No bad tactics, only bad targets, amirite?
- reactordev 1y agoOne would argue, are there any "news" organizations left? Or are they all operating from a content farm operated by financebros position? Can you name me one news organization that isn't owned by a parent company that has vested interests in specific stories and outcomes?
- ascorbic 1y agoThe Guardian is owned by an independent trust: https://www.theguardian.com/about https://www.theguardian.com/about
- bitwize 1y agoAl Jazeera?
- drngdds 1y ago404 Media is owned by its reporters
- NietzscheanNull 1y agoChannel 5 with Andrew Callaghan. Can't recommend it enough.
- miltonlost 1y agoProPublica generally.
- i_am_proteus 1y agoChristian Science Monitor (nonprofit run, the religion really is siloed to the "Christian Science Perspective" section and the reporting is good and as independent as it comes)
- mvdtnz 1y agoThere are lots of news organisations not owned by parent companies with vested interests. RNZ in New Zealand, ABC in Australia, CBC in Canada and BBC in UK to name just a handful.
- mastercheph 1y ago*or state owned media organizations.
- larodi 1y agoWondering the same for a while. And does paying for news provide any guarantees…?
- carefulfungi 1y agohttps://www.trustworthymedia.org/list-of-independent-media/ https://www.trustworthymedia.org/list-of-independent-media/