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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 12

    It starts making sense once you realise that most “tech journalists” are just fashion writers. There are literally only a handful of folks doing any legitimate critical reporting whatsoever. #SurveillanceCapitalism

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      1. Aral Balkan‏ @aral May 12

        (The “it”, in this case, are the vacuous PR pieces I was reading this morning, waxing lyrical about Google’s AI advances in Android while deathly silent on its surveillance-based business model. Like watching the livestock rejoice about factory farming equipment upgrades.)

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      2. Natalie Novick‏ @nnovick May 12
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        Agreed, but its tough for "tech press" who depend on access & squeezed revenue streams that traditional journalism faces. Govts (to an extent) cannot deny political reporters, but certain (public!) critiques by tech journos (working for tech only pubs) get closed doors forever 😔

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      3. Natalie Novick‏ @nnovick May 12
        Replying to @nnovick @aral

        Believe me, many tech journos share your concerns about #SurveillanceCapitalism and voice them privately.. but the industry can be sensitive & has a lot of control. That's why we need you. Also, academics working in this area, we need you (not denying press responsibility too)

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      2. Uladzimir Bialko‏ @UladzimirBialko May 12
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        Can you please share the names of the legitimate reporters? Except for your account, at times, my feed does feel like an echo chamber.

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      3. Niels Egense‏ @NEgense May 12
        Replying to @UladzimirBialko @aral

        On the consumer-hardware-side @GamersNexus tell it like it is, gets shit for it, and still keeps going. So does @paulhardware on the more theoretical and exotic side of tech.

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      2. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)‏ @schestowitz May 12
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        Cloud app devops IoT going forward innovation security buzzwords salad

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      3. Dr. Roy Schestowitz (罗伊)‏ @schestowitz May 12
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        It's not just "tech" journalism but also political journalism (the "mainstream" anyway) Seems the "fashion" right now is Trump-bashing, Russia-blaming, femmewashing etc. Critical skills and questioning of status quo/norm do not get one promoted in salaried 'journalism'

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      1. Richard Werkhoven‏ @rwerkh May 12
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        Yes this is true, but there are some really good and diligent Journos in tech journalism, in fact some of the best. It seems to have both ends of the spectrum.

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      1. Jake Rayson‏ @growdigital May 13
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        “Design as veneer” and now “tech journalism as fashion” 😞 Good job for calling it out tho’!

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