1/A quick thread about anti-tech sentiment in the media. Some folks, like my friend Balaji, believe that the media has intentionally pushed an anti-tech narrative in order to get pageviews...https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1248957097229737985 …
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2/My tech reporter friends have vigorously denied that anti-tech bias exists in the media. They rightfully point out that if you go to the tech section of any major media outlet, almost all of what you'll see is neutral, almost bland reporting about new tech stuff.
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3/I mean, let's go to Vox's Technology section. https://www.vox.com/technology With the possible exception of one story about news on Facebook, everything here is either pro-tech or just neutral, factual stuff people might want to know.pic.twitter.com/AZPEDO2JT1
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4/There have been a lot of tech bubble predictions that didn't come true. https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-bubble-predictions-since-2004-2015-2 … But predicting bubbles that fail to materialize is more or less a universal human behavior (along with failing to see actual bubbles when they happen).
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5/As for clickbait, I think the degree to which journalists write things for clicks is overrated. At hardscrabble digital media content mills, yes. But not at the NYT or whatever. (In fact, Bloomberg doesn't even tell me my traffic, in order to discourage clickbait!)
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6/But having said all this, I do think there is something to the "anti-tech media" narrative. It's just a lot more subtle than people think. Basically: I think writers view themselves as society's watchdog, and go looking for problems to write about.
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