NEnemild·Jul 20, 2018
I write a media literacy guide for engineers:
https://github.com/nemild/hack-an-engineer/blob/master/READM...
The key thing this post is missing, is it talks about this as journalists could do better, as if these issues are simply a moral failing. Instead, the key issue is reader and economic incentives (like how tech journalism monetizes through conferences — and the importance of page views and virality).
Here's Nick Bilton talking about the things that influence tech journalists:
>“It’s a game of access, and if you don’t play it carefully, you may pay sorely. Outlets that write negatively about gadgets often don’t get pre-release versions of the next gadget. Writers who ask probing questions may not get to interview the C.E.O. next time he or she is doing the rounds. If you comply with these rules, you’re rewarded with page views and p
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raise in the tech blogosphere. And then there’s the fact that many of these tech outlets rely so heavily on tech conferences. “If you look at most tech publications, they have major conferences as their revenue,” Jason Calacanis, the blogger and founder of Weblogs, told me. “If you hit too hard, you lose keynotes, ticket buyers, and support in the tech space.”"
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/theranos-silicon-val...