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by ryanlol 2443 days ago
The original FT story https://www.ft.com/content/e8a177d4-dfae-11e9-9743-db5a37048...

Frankly, this remark by a zdnet journo was rather bizarre:

>She's a writer for The Financial Times. Please don't let any personal thoughts about that get in the way of her story.
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pjlegato 2443 days ago
Many people with leftist and anti-capitalist political views attach a strong negative bias to anyone who works for an entity they deem supportive of the capitalist economic system, such as major financial media.
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ryanlol 2443 days ago
Well, sure. But that still looks just as out of place as it would in the Daily Mail.

FT is known for excellent journalism, zdnet is known for nonsense stories like https://www.zdnet.com/article/unsecured-mongodb-databases-ex...

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kretor 2443 days ago
But then there's also this -- leftists preferring the Financial Times: https://www.cjr.org/special_report/why-the-left-cant-stand-t...
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fortran77 2443 days ago
FT is fairly left-leaning. More left than I am.
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perl4ever 2442 days ago
Regarding ZDNet:

"ZDNet is a business technology news website published by CBS Interactive, along with TechRepublic. The brand was founded on April 1, 1991, as a general interest technology portal from Ziff Davis and evolved into an enterprise IT-focused online publication owned by CNET Networks."

I'm confused about why one would expect them to have "leftist and anti-capitalist views" extending to general opposition to "the capitalist economic system".

I rather thought most people into enterprise IT were down with the whole corporate capitalist system and stuff.

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