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Wired is pretty bad when it comes to actual journalism. I've noted this elsewhere on HN in the past (and have seen others echo my sentiments) but any time I rea
by wmeredith 13y ago
Wired is pretty bad when it comes to actual journalism. I've noted this elsewhere on HN in the past (and have seen others echo my sentiments) but any time I read one of their stories covering a field where i have a lot of knowledge, they always get basic concepts as well as things like simple domain vernacular wrong. I can only assume this also applies to areas where I have little expertise. The more knowledgeable about tech I become, the more I view Wired as a tabloid/click bait farm.
- canvia 13y agoThey have many different contributing writers. Some are better than others. Same goes for the NYT or any other large journalistic organization.
- rsingel 13y agoReally, Kevin Poulsen is the Wired writer you are going to pick on? He co-created Secure Drop with Aaron Swartz. If your memory doesn't go back that far, there was that cool article the other day about how a hacker reverse-engineered OKCupid. He's written stories that have put pedophiles in jail and exposed the FBI's use of malware on criminal suspects. Someone else can defend Wired in toto these days, but, I will say it'd be hard to choose a less appropriate writer as proof for your first sentence. And, yes, Poulsen was my former boss and editor.
- BlackDeath3 13y agoInterestingly, the post to which you're replying never actually refers to Kevin Poulsen, neither explicitly nor (as far as I'm concerned) implicitly.
- krakensden 13y agoKevin Poulsen's name is on TFA.
- BlackDeath3 13y agoI understand that. Where does the poster ever specifically mention "the fucking article" as the target of their discontent? It's directed at Wired as a whole, is it not?
- wmeredith 13y agoEh, you lay down with dogs you get up with fleas. I didn't even look at the byline. I just knew it was from Wired.