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Wow, another New York Times article that's against West Coast technology companies.

At this point, I don't think the NY Times needs writers, an LLM can easily cover their mandate to disparage tech and anything that rivals the American Northeast as a center of political, cultural or economic power.

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You have the true spirit of philosophy in you -- attack the writer without engaging the content at all.

You raise an interesting question: when do observations about some media outlet's articles indicate more than that outlet is just writing articles?

It's certainly possible for a given media outlet to have a metaphorical axe to grind. It's also possible to read too much into everything. How do we distinguish?

Keeping the spirit of Schopenhaurer v Hegel alive. /s

More seriously, why would journalists spend any time at all giving billionaires gold stars? The core of journalism is to speak truth to power and tech is one of the major powers.

The core of journalism is to simply investigate and report facts to the public. Not to speak truth to power. An activist makes a poor journalist.

Maybe next time focus on disputing the reporting rather than attacking the reporters -- might make your comment seem a bit more credible.

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