[cbtacy]

Former NYT writer here.... NYT, as far as I know, has always had a "top-down" directive that coverage be critical. That's, you know, the job of journalism and all. Non-critical pieces are opinion, not reporting.

[loeg]

You're using critical in a different sense than the linked tweet. The claim being made is:

> There was a top-down decision that tech could not be covered positively, even when there was a true, newsworthy and positive story.

[kodyo]

Most of us normies had been operating under the impression that the job of journalists was to report facts about notable events.

[luckylion]

"And make sure to shit on tech, because everything else would be opinion, not reporting"?

[lscdlscd]

Pretty much every major tech company is either inherently or in practice worth shitting on.

[rutierut]

This is exactly that attitude. It's both awesome that I can facetime my dying grandma in HD and Apple is deliberately non-conforming with it's messages and charging port behavior. Tech isn't bad per se. Some things are super dangerous. Some things are literally awesome.