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Doesn't it seem a bit suspicious when newspapers keep going after tech companies, who just happen to be their main competitors for advertising dollars? I'm not
by apsec112 12y ago
Doesn't it seem a bit suspicious when newspapers keep going after tech companies, who just happen to be their main competitors for advertising dollars?
I'm not saying the articles are false (most of them, anyway). I'm sure Google did lobby the FTC, and there really were (very small) protests about tech buses, and Apple really did collude to hold down wages, and so on. But somehow, when a tech company does something bad, it always winds up on the national news, while the thousands of other companies doing similar things are quietly ignored.
"Remember the exercises in critical reading you did in school, where you had to look at a piece of writing and step back and ask whether the author was telling the whole truth? If you really want to be a critical reader, it turns out you have to step back one step further, and ask not just whether the author is telling the truth, but why he's writing about this subject at all." - http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- Hytosys 12y agoI have a bone to pick with that quote. Wondering why the author is writing about the subject at all is just a heuristic (inaccurate and prejudice at times, though always thought-provoking) for whether the author is telling the truth. Am I conflating "critical reader" with "critical learner"?
- pmorici 12y agoProbably has more to do with the fact that tech companies in general actively try to portray a progressive, benevolent do good image of themselves. Because of that, when they run amuck it's more news worthy or at least more salacious than when your typical scummy corporation does the same.
- bbbtech 12y agomaking your corporate slogan "don't be evil" invites a closer inspection
- bsdetector 12y agoNo more suspicious than using a Paul Graham quote on Paul Graham's discussion board to bolster your opinion.
- rayiner 12y agoOil company lobbies Washington isn't exactly news is it?