Tech journalism is interesting! For Cloudflare announcement, all stories just repeat the press release. No questions asked, no investigation done, no research into the current market, no comments from Google, no thoughts from GA users whether it could make them switch... 🤷♂️
@markosaric It's what some like to refer to as client journalism.
@freddy haven't heard that term before! certainly disappointing coverage
> By client journalism I mean journalism as decoration of power, or court reporting. The opposite of independent journalism.
@freddy yeah i assume a lot of them don't get enough time or resources to do well researched pieces so ends up looking like a rewrite of the press release in many cases
@markosaric I've seen the exact same headline on two completely seperate sites. It's absurd.
This is normal standard... unfortunately.
Companies write press releases, give them to newspapers, etc. (sometimes upfront under non disclosure agreement) and the press re-uses more or less of it.
Given the 'unlimited digital pages' to publish without any limitation of actual pages everything is published. There is probably less critical selection nowadays. Plus pressure to be among the first reporting something...you can paint the picture, I guess.
@markosaric also a lot of it is for SEO, of course, but it slightly defeats the point.
I'm tempted to write my own piece on the matter, just because I haven't really seen anyone cover it well.