[madeuptempacct]

I just want to point out that this is an exceptionally well-researched and cited article, didn't expect that (which is funny - I just realized I set a lower standard for mainstream media than the tech blog posts I read that people write in their free time).

[sitkack]

I am sure the author appreciates that back-handed complement, I appreciate that you reinforce the facade of programmer arrogance in tech-pop.

[canhascodez]

I'm told that there's a great deal of automatically generated sports reporting. Good reporting is actually much rarer these days, because no one online wants to pay for it. Recent years have also seen the rise of Buzzfeed and Breitbart. The journalists seem to think that there's a journalism crisis. I might suggest that you have been confining yourself to high-quality news sources, to where you don't see that this is a problem, but I don't think many of those exist. If you have strong feelings about the image of programming in tech-pop, you may reflect upon the varying levels at which people might value such a thing, and try to be constructive in your criticism.

[fjsolwmv]

BuzzFeed News is one of the best journalism projects today. BuzzFeed buzz feed is infotainment that makes no pretensions.

[taneq]

(In response to your aside - if someone's writing about something in their free time they probably care about it so expecting a higher standard than you'd expect for someone grinding out a dime does make sense.)

[baxtr]

I’m not a fan of standard media, but I think that’s an unfair assumption. The least it is too general. I’m sure there are many journalists who care deeply about topics they write about.

[taneq]

Maybe my phrasing was imprecise - I didn't mean they don't care about it at all, just that after the initial rush has worn off, often you do your job because you have to, while you work on your personal projects only when you're impassioned.

[prolikewh0a]

Where is the evidence that it's actually happening?

[cycrutchfield]

It’s a newspaper not a scientific journal. What makes you think they would have access to any evidence? They are merely summarizing the research that others have done.

[kurthr]

Since the article title says Theory and the described effects happened in the past, what specific evidence would you accept?

Do you expect that evidence to be forthcoming in any eventuality?

Does that mean that this topic should never be discussed?