“Don't forget when it comes to things like this…”
Financial news?
“…if in this case IBM ever had an astoundingly good day, CNN would never write an article about it, and you'd never see it on HN.”
You have a private idea about the way the world works, but you’re not sharing a hint of the editorial decisions you believe are in effect.
> “They choose the picture of reality to install in the reader's minds by selectively choosing what news to report on vs. what to ignore”
Failing to express your ideas of why the editorial choices are suspect, I venture to wonder on your concept of communication itself.
All writing is selective—choosing a subject and the interpretive community you are writing for.
Meanwhile, your comment is itself an unsubstantiated warning message to this community.
Hmm. Almost as if the accusation is a confession.
“Don't forget when it comes to things like this…”
Financial news?
“…if in this case IBM ever had an astoundingly good day, CNN would never write an article about it, and you'd never see it on HN.”
You have a private idea about the way the world works, but you’re not sharing a hint of the editorial decisions you believe are in effect.
> “They choose the picture of reality to install in the reader's minds by selectively choosing what news to report on vs. what to ignore”
Failing to express your ideas of why the editorial choices are suspect, I venture to wonder on your concept of communication itself.
All writing is selective—choosing a subject and the interpretive community you are writing for.
Meanwhile, your comment is itself an unsubstantiated warning message to this community.
Hmm. Almost as if the accusation is a confession.