Maybe. I was confused by their last comment that in no way acknowledged the point I made. This specific article is good journalism. But the commenter didn’t not acknowledge that.
If you read this article and thought, “journalistic malpractice”, I think you gotta reset your understanding of what journalism is. They can’t just say “oh, this smells like bullshit so we’re going to write articles about how it’s bullshit”. If that’s what they did, then there is no difference between journalism and lemmy comments.
They have to actually research the facts surrounding the claims like a scientist would. Start from the assumption that what they’re saying is true, then follow the numbers to come to a conclusion. Now the conclusion is not based some feeling, it is based on actual data.
We can now say not only did it smell like bullshit, but thanks to these journalists we can identify exactly how it is bullshit.
Are you talking about this article specifically? It seems like this article is taking the promise Trump made and following all the dollars to prove exactly how that promise was bullshit. This seems like journalism at work.
I get the impression these people thought they were one of the good ones. Conspiracy theorist trumper should be able to be honest with their close friend Elon Musk. What they didn’t realize is that they are just a cog in Musk’s wheel. Any cog showing signs of resistance will just be replaced without a second though.
Yes, pretty dumb all around, but I am glad there are journalists documenting things like this. Musk’s empire needs to come down.
At least we kept the self tying shoes