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That information is in TFA, but you have to click over to the second page of it to read it. That pisses me off just as much as the taxi companies using protect
by crusso 14y ago
That information is in TFA, but you have to click over to the second page of it to read it. That pisses me off just as much as the taxi companies using protectionist tactics to protect their outdated business model.
Decisions to bury important information like the legal reasons of why the taxi companies are suing is why I think that most media companies are fundamentally broken.
I'm no student of journalism, but shouldn't best practice include guidelines like: "Make the best case for every side of an argument as soon as possible in an article. Do not bury important points that could be made early on in order to force the reader to turn the page or give the impression that one side is being favored."
- mysterywhiteboy 14y agoParagraph 4 on the first page: "The taxi company argues Uber operates a taxi service without bothering with any of the rules and regulations that govern the industry." I too hate the page breaks in order to get more eyes on more adds - but this article seems fairly balanced to me.
- crusso 14y agoGranted, they put that vague line in there on the first page, but really all of the meat that made the taxi companies look like greedy corporatists protecting their turf was on the first page. I still think that slanting articles - whether it's to get ad views or whether it's to express the bias of the reporter/publication is highly unethical and should be called out wherever possible.