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If all you mentioned was the fact that press doesn't check its facts, you might not have been down-voted. However, you almost encouraged others do that and boas
by yan 18y ago
If all you mentioned was the fact that press doesn't check its facts, you might not have been down-voted. However, you almost encouraged others do that and boasted of yourself doing; that's what got you the down-votes.
- medianama 18y agoI didn't encourage anyone to do that. I just stated the fact to prove that journalists have a very short attention span
- yan 18y ago"In my personal experience, if you want press to write about you/your startup, you'll have to give them interesting stories that their readers like to read." (emphasis mine) Come on. Get over it, learn from it, and just move on.
- medianama 18y agoNow, Why was this comment down voted?
- icey 18y agoBecause nobody likes a whiner.
- tokenadult 18y agoYes, the comment mentioned feeding made-up "facts" to the press, and a lot of the downvotes doubtless were made to show disagreement with that practice. Right now, downvoting means either a) I disagree with the fact (or policy) mentioned in the comment, or b) I think the comment undermines the HN community, and in the case of a comment about lying to the press, both interpretations of the meaning of a downvote might lead to a downvote on such a comment.