@bascule I suspect that "real" tech journalism may be so difficult as to be impossible.
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@bascule Since so much of the conversations around startups are aspirational & pitch-based. Hard to do external confirmation of anything1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@knowtheory reporters can at least disclose COIs. That's journalistic ethics 1011 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@bascule Like how does Buzzfeed actually benefit from hits on one of their (loosely put) sibling investments?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@knowtheory we trust the press to be objective and to report with a neutral point of view. That's their job. Anything less is propoganda1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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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"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@bascule Everybody's got *a* viewpoint, and disclosure is important but it's not cut and dry either.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@knowtheory this deserves a COI disclosure, IMO: http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/19/buzzfeeds-executive-chairman-is-invested-in-ubers-competition/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
.@knowtheory this is an important point: if journalists don't disclose COIs they reduce their own credibility
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