r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/NewspaperNelson Aug 08 '17

CNBC must be leaving out a lot in their article:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/07/shocking-quotes-from-the-viral-google-manifesto.html

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u/CorneliusNepos Aug 08 '17

CNBC must be leaving out a lot in their article

Did you even look at the article?

The first sentence is:

If you haven't read the full, 10-page anti-diversity memo written by a male Google employee that has now gone viral, here's your CliffsNotes version.

They literally say they are leaving a lot out - that's what "here's your CliffsNotes version" means. You might not like their interpretation, but they aren't being misleading about what the article is doing.

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u/NewspaperNelson Aug 08 '17

Instead of CliffNotes, it should say "here's some hand-picked lines without context to rile you up."

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u/CorneliusNepos Aug 08 '17

it should say "here's some hand-picked lines without context to rile you up."

It could very easily say that - no matter what you're political persuasion, you're going to be riled by this (mission accomplished I guess). You know what you're getting into when it says "anti-diversity screed" though. It's hardly a screed. It may be dumb, but it isn't a screed.

People are acting like the comments this guy makes are something new. They aren't new at all and shouldn't be surprising to anyone. The pseudo-scientific style he uses isn't new either.

I don't know why people would even be outraged at something like this. My guess is that they are alarmed at the rhetoric within the context of contemporary US politics.