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That's pretty rude to the journalist who wrote this article and made this analysis? What makes you think they're a clown or criticize the system "in a controlle

That's pretty rude to the journalist who wrote this article and made this analysis? What makes you think they're a clown or criticize the system "in a controlled way"?

verisimi 1y ago
I think you will have been through a pretty thorough vetting process to get to work there (private schooling, university, connections in the industry, etc)? Or do you think they are there on the merit of their writing?
- antonvs 1y ago
  Nepobabies such as you describe certainly exist and have “unfair” advantages, but it’s not as if all people working at such places are in that category. Merit can certainly also get you there.
  - verisimi 1y ago
    I don't think so. Tech reporter at the WaPo? No way.
    - reaperducer 1y ago
      I don't think so. Tech reporter at the WaPo? No way. Both "I don't think so" and "No Way." Quite an argument.
      - verisimi 1y ago
        We don't get to find out much about these folks - their background. However, for this person, we get given a little bio here: https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2019/12/geoffrey-fowler-tech https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2019/12/geoffrey-fowler-tech What do we read. We was at the Wall Street Journal before the Washington Post. He can ask National Security Agency folk to hack his phone so he can write an article. His (unnamed) father was professor of medicine at University of South Carolina, his (unnamed) mother a librarian. He himself went to Harvard, a Ledecky Fellow. What did he study? Anthropology and Afro-American studies, ffs. Then on to Cambridge, Trinity College. He gets an internship at the WSJ, no Starbucks barista job for him! "His first day of work was September 11, 2001; the paper’s office, located beside the World Trade Center, was severely damaged and filled with ash. Fowler, on his way to work by subway, rushed back home before the towers collapsed." ok... just an average guy, right? Harvard (Anthropology) -> Cambridge (Anthropology) -> WSJ -> WaPo. Doesn't everyone have this sort of career? lol
llllm 1y ago
Subscribe for 30 years and form your own opinion, it’s cosplay journalism. If you insist on thumping your chest about your independence, you become a clown.
- 542354234235 1y ago
  >If you insist on thumping your chest about your independence Isn't that just basic conflict of interest disclosure? If he didn't say anything, that would be deceptive. As it is, I can make up my own mind and be aware of the link. Or should they just never write anything about Amazon? Your take seems to lack any nuance and present a false dichotomy. I can dislike the influence of large corporations over jocularism and also recognize that bias and influence do not mean 100% control over what every journalist writes.

That's pretty rude to the journalist who wrote this article and made this analysis? What makes you think they're a clown or criticize the system "in a controlled way"?

verisimi 1y ago

I think you will have been through a pretty thorough vetting process to get to work there (private schooling, university, connections in the industry, etc)? Or do you think they are there on the merit of their writing?

antonvs 1y ago
Nepobabies such as you describe certainly exist and have “unfair” advantages, but it’s not as if all people working at such places are in that category. Merit can certainly also get you there.
- verisimi 1y ago
  I don't think so. Tech reporter at the WaPo? No way.
  - reaperducer 1y ago
    I don't think so. Tech reporter at the WaPo? No way. Both "I don't think so" and "No Way." Quite an argument.
    - verisimi 1y ago
      We don't get to find out much about these folks - their background. However, for this person, we get given a little bio here: https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2019/12/geoffrey-fowler-tech https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2019/12/geoffrey-fowler-tech What do we read. We was at the Wall Street Journal before the Washington Post. He can ask National Security Agency folk to hack his phone so he can write an article. His (unnamed) father was professor of medicine at University of South Carolina, his (unnamed) mother a librarian. He himself went to Harvard, a Ledecky Fellow. What did he study? Anthropology and Afro-American studies, ffs. Then on to Cambridge, Trinity College. He gets an internship at the WSJ, no Starbucks barista job for him! "His first day of work was September 11, 2001; the paper’s office, located beside the World Trade Center, was severely damaged and filled with ash. Fowler, on his way to work by subway, rushed back home before the towers collapsed." ok... just an average guy, right? Harvard (Anthropology) -> Cambridge (Anthropology) -> WSJ -> WaPo. Doesn't everyone have this sort of career? lol

llllm 1y ago

Subscribe for 30 years and form your own opinion, it’s cosplay journalism. If you insist on thumping your chest about your independence, you become a clown.

542354234235 1y ago
>If you insist on thumping your chest about your independence Isn't that just basic conflict of interest disclosure? If he didn't say anything, that would be deceptive. As it is, I can make up my own mind and be aware of the link. Or should they just never write anything about Amazon? Your take seems to lack any nuance and present a false dichotomy. I can dislike the influence of large corporations over jocularism and also recognize that bias and influence do not mean 100% control over what every journalist writes.