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I agree that the topic you mention is interesting, but the article as posted is practically guaranteed to devolve into political discussion rather than a discussion about the point you bring up.

A better article, IMO, would have noted that the NYT does this consistently and has done so in a way that has harmed all candidates, not to mention non presidential conversation. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9870347 for another example of this practice.

I agree. I was glad this was on hackernews.

This is the point where I draw a reference to 1984 where the main character's job was to do exactly what the New York Times is doing.

The question is, is it done with malice or to further align the article to the viral viewers and hopefully make it even more viral?