[dictum]

Sometimes the desired neutrality, put to practice, is so dull that it fails to reach advocates for either position.

In practice, a biased statement can bring better counterarguments: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

[benjaminjosephw]

> "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

So true! My issue here isn't so much the bias but the poor reporting on what the reporter means by terms like "automating poverty". The difference between algorithms, AI and the organizational processes behind them are significant to the discussion. My view is that tech reporting in the media tends to be so inprecise and unfocused that the quality of discussion suffers as a result.

[im3w1l]

That's only true where and when both sides are able to safely speak and be heard. Hence why it needs the qualifier "on the internet".

In meatspace, and even on many parts of the internet, that just isn't true.

If a newspapers advocates for the devil, that's the only side people will hear.