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The truth is that "there's no story". Because somebody (everybody?) is stonewalling. Paul Carr provides a good summary of what (impaired) journalistic-like in

The truth is that "there's no story". Because somebody (everybody?) is stonewalling. Paul Carr provides a good summary of what (impaired) journalistic-like investigation has been done so far. I don't follow Carr, but glanced around the guardian.co.uk page and noticed that the 3rd "most followed stories" was, "Woman may have kept mother's body in freezer for 20 years." Ah. Well, I guess Guardian is not exactly targeting HN readers.

intranation 17y ago
The Guardian is one of the UK's biggest newspapers, and is generally known for being tech savvy. This is a decent "elevator pitch" summing up of the story for the Guardian's typical audience.
- danw 17y ago
  The Guardian is a good source and certainly understand tech the best of UK newspapers (they have an api, post the raw data used in articles, host barcamps/hackdays, etc). Carr on the other hand is know for bitter opinion pieces, such as this one about the Le Web conference http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/10/startups-internet http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/10/startups-in...
  - olifante 17y ago
    That piece Carr wrote about Le Web was a hack job -- yet another manifestation of the undying British national habit of badmouthing the French on every possible occasion. Done by professional comedians once in a while it's fun. Done by an entire nation it's disgusting. Compared to Carr's, Michael Arrington's article on Le Web seemed like a balanced critique, and that's saying something.
    - Jem 17y ago
      > Done by an entire nation it's disgusting. One piece of journalism does not equal the opinion of an entire nation.
  - martey 17y ago
    Incidentally, in this same column, Carr linked to an earlier piece - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/28/not-safe-for-work-techcrunch-arrington http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/28/not-safe-fo... - where he basically apologized for trashing Le Web, and bemoaned the culture of schadenfreude and cynicism that causes his negative columns to be more popular than his positive ones.

intranation 17y ago

The Guardian is one of the UK's biggest newspapers, and is generally known for being tech savvy. This is a decent "elevator pitch" summing up of the story for the Guardian's typical audience.

danw 17y ago
The Guardian is a good source and certainly understand tech the best of UK newspapers (they have an api, post the raw data used in articles, host barcamps/hackdays, etc). Carr on the other hand is know for bitter opinion pieces, such as this one about the Le Web conference http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/10/startups-internet http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/10/startups-in...
- olifante 17y ago
  That piece Carr wrote about Le Web was a hack job -- yet another manifestation of the undying British national habit of badmouthing the French on every possible occasion. Done by professional comedians once in a while it's fun. Done by an entire nation it's disgusting. Compared to Carr's, Michael Arrington's article on Le Web seemed like a balanced critique, and that's saying something.
  - Jem 17y ago
    > Done by an entire nation it's disgusting. One piece of journalism does not equal the opinion of an entire nation.
- martey 17y ago
  Incidentally, in this same column, Carr linked to an earlier piece - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/28/not-safe-for-work-techcrunch-arrington http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/28/not-safe-fo... - where he basically apologized for trashing Le Web, and bemoaned the culture of schadenfreude and cynicism that causes his negative columns to be more popular than his positive ones.