[HN Gopher] 404 Media Is Partnering with Wired
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       404 Media Is Partnering with Wired
        
       Author : mrzool
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2024-11-04 19:16 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.404media.co)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.404media.co)
        
       | mostlysimilar wrote:
       | 404 is fantastic. I hope they don't catch a case of corporatism
       | from the massive media conglomerate they're partnering with.
        
         | wizzwizz4 wrote:
         | I doubt they will: the journalists involved are quite familiar
         | with such organisations.
        
         | echelon wrote:
         | 404 is deeply pessimistic about everything. They peddle fear,
         | and I can't stomach it.
        
           | ChrisArchitect wrote:
           | Ragebait constantly. 2 stories sounds about right for the
           | number of valuable investigations they turn out in a month.
        
           | gjsman-1000 wrote:
           | > 404 is deeply pessimistic about everything. They peddle
           | fear, and I can't stomach it.
           | 
           | Not a huge surprise - it's former employees of _Vice Media_.
           | The world was better when they went under.
           | 
           | They slowly declined from doing interesting investigations
           | like visiting North Korea (2012), to running articles
           | entitled "All Masculinity is Toxic" (seriously, 2018).
        
           | AlexandrB wrote:
           | To me that kind of seems like the role of journalism -
           | especially in tech. There are plenty of PR departments that
           | will give you an optimistic outlook about any given
           | technology.
           | 
           | The key question is whether the pessimism is reflexive or
           | based on data and investigation.
        
       | arghandugh wrote:
       | It's a bit uncomfortable watching a storied pillar of tech
       | journalism stooping to syndicate to a chum box like Wired.
        
         | andrewflnr wrote:
         | 404 has existed for how long again? A couple years? "Storied
         | pillar" seems melodramatic.
        
           | arghandugh wrote:
           | This was a joke. The kernel of truth that makes it work is
           | that Conde Nast and a succession of bad editorial and
           | managerial decisions took the undisputed standard bearer of
           | popular technology writing and turned into a wasteland of
           | Taboola shit splats. The fact that they need outside help
           | from a tiny private indie to bolster their credibility is
           | funny.
        
       | mmmlinux wrote:
       | Its only a little over a year old. I still remember all the spam
       | that showed up here when it started. I assume getting in with a
       | more major company was always the end goal. Vice gonna Vice I
       | guess.
        
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