This is an important thread where @mattyglesias is being admirably both descriptive and candid about the nature of tech journalism for the past 4-5 years, and why you're seeing such a bitter backlash by techies against 'the media'.
While it seems it's a war that media 'won' in that there's very much been a vibe shift (in the public discourse at least) against tech, it's one that ultimately demolished tech journalism as a player in tech life. Nobody gives a shit about the journos anymore...at all.
When's the last time a tech journalist actually broke a big story? Or landed some punch that actually upset a company or entrepreneur? When's the last time tech journalists did much of anything except talmudically debate the tweets of techies otherwise indifferent to them?
It used to be there was this push-and-pull with journalism, such that makers and scribblers circulated in the same symbiotic circles, with execs granting interviews that were spicy but cordial, and employees leaking stuff, and everyone went to the same parties and events.
That's all gone now. The journalists who weren't complete morons bailed to VC or comms, and techies realized they didn't need to keep a portfolio of friendly journalists around (nor worry about the avowedly hostile ones). The scribblers became superfluous.
Which is why 'journalism' now is at best a leaked screenshot, and snarky commentary about technology the writer barely understands. Those who actually want to read about tech read @benthompson or various Substackers. NYT tech section? Don't think I've seen it in years.
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