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beef-o-lipso t1_jdv3zca wrote

Reply to comment by HTC864 in Big Tech is making its stuff slower and stupider — on purpose by treetyoselfcarol

Yes. It's called opinion. See the heading Discourse|Tech at the very top set off by blue, bold type? That tell you it's not news.

So don't expect the same rigor^1 from opinion pieces as you'd expect from content labeled News.

If it were presented as News, the demand for rigor is higher. Of course, good writing and good rhetoric says the author should back their claims, but there is less need to.

  1. I am not stating an opinion on the rigor or lack of rigor Business Insider adheres to.
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iPeculiarly t1_jdv92qf wrote

I'm not sure your logic follows

If it was presented as "news" it would be more rigorous?

Explain fox news. It's literally presented as news.

Also, fyi you are the one that called it news, OP called it an article

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ShenmeNamaeSollich t1_jdvm9qq wrote

Fox News lawyers literally claimed “no reasonable person” should take Tucker Carlson as news, and won their case because the judge agreed his reputation as a lying exaggerating shithead should be enough for people to realize he’s a lying shithead. But that judge clearly overestimated the intelligence of Fox News’ audience.

Also, apparently legal precedent now says as long as you’re such a huge bloviating piece of shit that everyone “reasonable” knows you as such, you can get away with lying on air to millions of people, so they’re not going to stop - they now have a clear incentive to be even worse and keep pushing boundaries that appeal to the dumbest & least reasonable people out there.

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beef-o-lipso t1_jdv9y7e wrote

Based on down votes, it's not tech that's getting slower and stupider...

Jesus, some of you suck.

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