Troubling: how can we expect critical reporting on tech issues affecting our rights/freedoms when “journalists” don’t even grok the basics?
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“Wow, 256, so strange and mystical…” Yeah, pal, meanwhile their parent company is in the process of gathering dirt on the world population.
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Dear tech journalists, Your job isn’t to write up press releases & stare in awe at the magical flashing lights; it’s to report critically.
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Or, y’know, to practice *journalism* not awenalism.
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@aral Wait, you mean that shit's divisible by 8 *for a good reason?!* :O -
@kr0_0gs Madness!
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@aral in our hackerspace, 256 and 1024 are considered round numbers :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral@nicklockwood I speak as a former journalism major.
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@aral@nicklockwood Journalism survivors are narcissists who have not figured out how to make better money yet.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral@nicklockwood It's hard to give a fuck when you're earning minimum wage and worried that 50 other "qualified" people want your job.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral@absalomedia put a HEX on that journalist.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral@billynomates hmm. Think whoa dude!! Bill & Ted.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral@billynomates Indie was a wonderfully refreshing paper when it arrived c.30 years ago (err...before you were born?). Pity it's slid.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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