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    1. I think something weird happened to media reporting in general (no specific person here) when it also became technology reporting.
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    Since 00s, Media journalists went from being the most qualified to cover their beat, to being maybe 50% qualified to understand everything.
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      That's not to say they aren't doing excellent work on specific parts of their beat. But a ton that is 'media news' that goes unreported.
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        Everything digital advertising until like a few years ago, is a big example. If reporting on stock is media reporting, then isn't core biz?
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          It's the classic business journalism problem though. The people most qualified to report on it can be way better compensated elsewhere.
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            And so we have the real estate market crash. And so we will have a media co crash. Because the watchdog was looking in the wrong places.
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              :/
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                In retrospect the 'we're a tech company' movement in media orgs may have had a lot to do with an attempt to get the right beat covering them
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                  I mean... if Kinja had been a product by a startup and not a media company it would have been a totally different narrative.
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                    Same with if Medium had been created at the NYT instead of as a startup I think.


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