Right, Twitter is the only trustworthy channel for News.
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This is me not taking the bait.
The Blue Owl
Endangerous Herbivore
I'm sorry to disagree, but this bothers me deeply. Professional journalism is one of the last lines of defence we have left in a world drowned in an ocean of actual fake news propagated by various nefarious agents via social media.
Yes, plenty of mainstream outlets publish or broadcast heavily slanted coverage that furthers the interests of their paymasters, and it's true there are many journalists out there who sold out a long time ago (virtually all the WSJ editorial writers, and every single opinion maker at Fox, for instance). And yes, most pick click-bait titles and engage in sensationalism in a desperate attempt to get viewers (mainly because the new economics of Internet advertising is threatening to obliterate the professional news business).
But real journalists do exist at every such organization, especially on the news side, and their already very hard job is made almost hopeless by the current "all-news-is-fake" narrative, pushed by rulers like Putin (covertly) or Trump (overtly), a narrative designed to make people not know what to believe anymore, and become ever more angry and cynical.
CNN is not "fake news". Neither is WSJ, the NYT, or Bloomberg. That doesn't mean you have to accept everything they say unquestionably; it means you have to learn who the bad actors are and avoid them. For every Sean Hannity there is a Shepard Smith. Don't let the professional news industry die because it's fashionable to be mistrustful of "the man", because then all we'll have left will be the unseen Twitter outrage manipulators turning us against each other and transforming the whole world into a huge, perpetual bar fight, while the crooks laugh all the way to the bank.
ValueAnalyst
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This post will make me laugh for the rest of my life
Can we be friends, please?
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mickificki
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My last post on this (sorry mods): completely disagree that all we'll have left is twitter. If the fake news like wsj, nyt, bloomberg, especially CNN AND FOX NEWS fold, then the smaller more news-oriented REAL journalists who report without ideological tinting of their stories, will prosper.
This isn't a thing. It never was and never will be. Twitter is too prone to wildfire falsehoods, useless noise, and personal curation.
Everyone has a slant. But at least the larger orgs, mostly, have seasoned people that respect editorial oversight and multiple sourcing. Blanket statements like 'fake news' just perpetuate the degradation of the 4th estate.
There are fake stories. Respectable orgs retract them and fire people responsible for them. 'Fake news' has become a catch-all for people that can't parse information themselves or to deflect information that doesn't jive with their world view.
You have the worst profile picture ever! It makes everything you say seem like it is coming from a snarky a hole. You could say "Congratulations on the birth of your first son!" to someone, and my gut reaction would be "f that guy." Find a better picture to use!
Off Shore
Off Topic Member
Yeah, but does it make me a retail mullet?
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
Possible Semi test mule video. Certainly takes off rather quietly.
MartinAustin
Active Member
Can we keep the Tesla posts to a minimum please, I thought this was a discussion forum about journalists and fake news
Just suddenly accrued to me that Tesla is using Samsung's cells for Australia TE project may be a deal with getting incentives from the South Korea government for their cars.
I will shortly post something on the macro thread about news. It happens one of my close friends, a colleague, is well-recognized scholar of journalism with some conclusions that might be interesting to the less anal retentive. Be happy its a good day. My wife is in the upper Bollinger band of mood and mine is soaring with TSLA movement. Also a good bm today which we oldsters appreciate among the small victories of life.
Are you that’s what’s going on accounting-wise? If true what icing, they enable autopilot and on top of that margins suddenly get boosted!?
Likely. It could also be about keeping Panasonic in check, lest they start Mobileeye type shenanigans.
Reciprocity
Active Member
I think many are missing the biggest news from this post. Over 1/3 of the 90,000 owners has purchased FSD and probably closer to 40%. That is unbelievable and shows you people really are ready for their cars to drive them around.
larmor
Active Member
This metric is what gave value to recent acquisitions of self driving tech by traditional companies.
Some little off topic: what is the time frame between an announcement of a stock split and the actual split?
Dennisj00
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I have a ranger coming tomorrow morning to do the parking pin recall and change the badge 60>75.
$0 in maintenance in 14 months.
$0 in maintenance in 14 months.
racer26
Active Member
It definitely is. There is a line in there about deferred revenue. You can't claim revenue for a product that hasn't yet been delivered.
MitchJi
Trying to learn kindness, patience & forgiveness
Sure:
Tesla attempts Model 3 production ramp up after working through early manufacturing problems
Among the early production issues, Tesla had to replace battery packs on Model 3 produced in July due to corrections on welds and it also had to replace ground terminal bolts on Model 3 produced in August.
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