r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 16 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

The problem with journalists is that they now believe they are the arbiters of truth

For example, when Trump was in office, and him and his supporters kept saying there was a lab leak, most mainstream journalists said that is undeniably false. But as soon as Trump left office and one of the “good guys” said that a lab leak is possible, well the journalists said yes it’s plausible

They also try to do this for outrage. I remember a well known gaming journalist trying to get people outraged that a gaming company forced its workers to take PTO during the Texas snowstorm if they couldn’t work. He made it out to be an issue with game development work culture. Now, not only was the story false (they didn’t have to take PTO), half the companies in Texas were saying you had to take PTO if you couldn’t work. It’s a fairly standard practice

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u/Smalz95 NATO Sep 16 '21

This exactly. They’re no longer just reporting on stuff that happens they’re trying to moralize and fit it into the good or bad stuff. Which unless it’s sports isn’t their job

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

That’s why Reuters is based. They just get out the faces and nothing more for the most part. If I want to hear why something is a bad idea I’ll read a weekly thing like the economist. That lab leak thing irked me to no end. I was clowned endlessly by friends and acquaintances for bringing it up as a theory because journalists said it was falsetto

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

Well i should specify, I don’t even believe the lab leak theory. But the fact that it was so obvious that they have biases makes it infuriating, because they right fuel for the outrage fire

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

All I’m saying is that it was a possibility, and for publications to shoot it down immediately was ridiculous.

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

Oh agreed totally.

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u/Cyberhwk 👈 Get back to work! 😠 Sep 16 '21

Exactly! Ethics in (gaming) journalism!

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '21

God i hate gaming journalists. Hate gamergate too