@knowtheory and even that is glossing over the tangled relationships between VCs, startups, and media: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2014/11/20/Buzzfeed-Ben-Smith …
@knowtheory we trust the press to be objective and to report with a neutral point of view. That's their job. Anything less is propoganda
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@bascule Yeah, i don't trust the press either to be objective or report with a neutral POV.@jayrosen_nyu calls this "the view from nowhere" -
@bascule Everybody's got *a* viewpoint, and disclosure is important but it's not cut and dry either. -
@knowtheory this deserves a COI disclosure, IMO: http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/19/buzzfeeds-executive-chairman-is-invested-in-ubers-competition/ … -
@bascule Do you think it makes a difference to what the reporting was? Or just as a way to discredit the reporting? -
@knowtheory I think it absolutely makes a difference to what was reported -
@bascule In what material ways? -
@knowtheory I think that all of the ridesharing companies are scumbags and their investors are leveraging the media they own to sling mud -
@bascule Yeah but ride sharing co.s are successful, huge, growing & have a large consumer presence. Shit's gonna get slung no matter what. - 5 more replies
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