> We've witnessed a halving of journalists since 2008, while the number of corporate communications execs has tripled. In sum, the ratio of bullshit/spin to watchdogs has increased sixfold.
I personally know half a dozen former journalists that recently moved over to PR, but I hadn't realized had much of a sea change it's been over the last decade.
This assumes that journalists are capable of spotting (and willing to) spin / bullshit in the first place.
There has been some very good investigative journalism done in the tech sector. Theranos/Uber/Tumblr comes to mind. Specially from media outlets outside of the SV echo chamber.
News outlets are too dependent on advertising, ratings, and public opinion now.
But the idea that there isn't an increase in the ratio at all is laughable. You'd have to be some type of fascinating conspiracy theorist to believe that none of the Pulitzer-winning stories of the past decade uncovered any type of corruption or wrongdoing.
What's so unique about a tech company that it would be immune to standard journalistic practices? And is We even truly a tech company anyway?
Nope. Just a real estate play trying to be valued at tech level multiples. That's part of reason We's in trouble.
A quick google search shows plenty of news outlets running articles about how you should learn to code.
It's not a dumb myth, it's dumb reporting.