The games journalist debate over covering the hack is a look in the mirror

  • vexikron
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    6 months ago

    Instead we get an article here, pontificating on the concept of whether or not its good to report on something that could harm people if its reported on.

    It manages to do all the words and stuff to let you know that basically, they can see arguments both ways, but uh in the end its published so kinda just obviously went one way on all that.

    The function is, I guess, just to indicate that the writer is conflicted and well informed? But its so obvious theyre just writing a bunch of words to hit a word count because uh its published anyway so the author obviously donesnt care that much for half of what they said.

    Then it just ends with like a magical fantasy useless ‘I believe things will get better and we can all be better people’ ending with absolutely no set up or explanation why this might be likely.

    Its honestly a baffling piece of writing.

    All I can actually take away from it is a hack happened, hacking is bad, the author needed to hit a word count, and I probably should have just read the headline.

    I mean here I am commenting on it so thats something, it worked! It got a click rofl!

    And with that I need a cigarette.