Another NYT reporter for the block list
3/ I think the fact that you cannot point out someone is twisting someone else's argument without being seen as 'defending' that person can partly why journalistic rigor is nosediving at the moment, including in the New York Times.
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) February 13, 2021
4/ You often lack access to a reporter's process. But certain hints can provide a useful sense of how diligent they were in their reporting and how much you should trust them.
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) February 13, 2021
If they couldn't get the argument of a memo that is freely available online correct, well...
Those two tweets come from a thread looking at one particular series of false claims a recent New York Times article made, but it's not the only distortions the piece makes. I've decided to follow Antonio's suggestion here:
Cade Metz's doxxing of Scott Alexander/SSC finally came out, and it's even more of an underhanded hit piece of him and his tech readership than was feared. It's such shit I won't link to it, but encourage anyone interested to read and compare the NYT map to the SV territory.
— Antonio García Martínez (@antoniogm) February 13, 2021
I'm still not sure it's worth following through with mass-blocking of NYT reporters as I think there are still interesting ones remaining working there. That said, it's not a very credible organization anymore.