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yeah I was wondering how a small group of say 5-8 teens made it to NYtimes. The paper tries to fool you to think these are just organic encounters that are part of a massive movement(anti-tech) when its really just hand picked people close to a friend of someone that works at the paper. Remember it was discovered this year the editorial desk of the NYtimes has a mandate that all stories must paint tech in a negative light.

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This is common in reporting "human interest" stories. If you know someone who knows someone who knows someone who is up to something unique, is that any different than getting a tip from your community?

This is not a story of consequence but it does speak to an important issue of our day. It's not as though this is the only kind of reporting NY Times does.

> Remember it was discovered this year the editorial desk of the NYtimes has a mandate that all stories must paint tech in a negative light.

That's not at all what happened. There were rumors that tech reporting should be critical[1], instead of gushing and repeating claims from press releases without actually investigating. Real journalism is critical, and critical doesn't mean "bad" or "negative".

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33473275

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