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Elon Musk Enters Uncharted Territory with Trump Endorsement

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5 pointskoolba25 comments

Something that has bothered me about Hacker News for years at this point is its complete disdain and disregard for an independent, reputable press.

Journalism isn’t a perfect industry by any means, but it hasn’t been responsible for the wholesale discount sale of America's manufacturing sector, nor has it pushed for the erosion of societal attention and trustworthiness like Social Media, nor has it been at the forefront of abusing gig work to the extremes of major players in the Sharing Economy — yet any center-left, traditional media outlet is met with ad-hominem attacks, logical fallacies, etc. If anything, that industry has been picked clean like vultures by the financial and thought leaders in this industry.

I don't fully understand the dynamic between the west-coast hate for the east-coast press but it seems inconsequential to me because while the truth has costs, weaponized lies can hurt much more.

If you have Trump, Elon and the New York Times in one post you gonna get some hop-ons that normally do not get engaged the same way with other posts, I guess?

Can't a lot of the disdain be attributed to the decline of investigative journalism in favor of opinion reporting?

> broke with tradition set by the leaders of other major social media firms, none of whom have endorsed a presidential candidate.

Just one of the many stories detailing Zuckerberg's efforts:

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/943242106/how-private-money-f...

In a weird bit of circularity, the article you link to references the conspiracy theory you're trying to push:

> In the weeks since the election, allies of Trump have included the Center for Tech and Civic Life's grants in their voter fraud conspiracy theories. They have challenged the legality and neutrality of the grants, claiming that the funding was aimed at boosting Democratic turnout.

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