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I haven't read all the analyses of the famous NYT article on Scott Alexander, but this is likely to be the best. It's written with calm wisdom and a deep knowledge of both sides. https://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-framers-and-framed-notes-on-slate.html …
His diagnosis is that the article was not a deliberate hit job but something closer to a bug — a bad interaction between the NYT's editorial bias and the sloppiness of the individual reporter writing the story.
Basically the reporter knew his job was to make tech look bad, but when he investigated SSC and the "rationalist community" it turned out to be a bunch of harmless nerds, so he had to make shit up.
But although the SSC article is a bug, it's not a random bug. Like many bugs, it teaches us important things about the system it occurred in. And that we'll see more. The combination of editors' bias and reporters' sloppiness is not a rare one.
Sounds about right — and ironically this displays the level of investigative journalism that should have happened in the first place.
I agree. The part that stood out to me was the reframing of speaking truth to power. I’d considered that shift but not nearly in as clear terms. This behavior in media is not historically unique but its ability to shape perceptions at scale seems unique.
Hanlon’s Razor
It obviously is a hit job. The article's contention that journalists don't do that is obviously incorrect. Maybe it's an assigned hit job, but that's still a hit job.
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