NYT wins Pulitzer for 'iEconomy' investigative series on Apple's supply chain

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  • Reply 20 of 36
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
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  • Reply 22 of 36
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    Delete please. Dup post
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  • Reply 23 of 36
    msimpsonmsimpson Posts: 452member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post



    Tripe passed off as serious journalism. The Pulitzers have become an agenda-driven joke.


     


    Kind of like the Nobel Peace Prize ?

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  • Reply 24 of 36
    gtrgtr Posts: 3,231member
    poke wrote: »
    How to win a Pulitzer:

    - steal underpants
    - cite a compulsive liar as one of your main sources
    - task one of your employees with creating an app to show that nobody can make money from apps; when his app is successful, remove him from the story and publish it without including any details of his project
    - write a story about how Apple's retail employees make less money than AT&T and Verizon employees, but neglect to mention that AT&T and Verizon employees make more money because they're paid by manufacturers to mislead customers into buying things they don't want or need
    - focus all your efforts on one company because you know it'll cause controversy, ignore all their competitors who are doing far worse things
    - make profit!

    Fixed that for you.

    Otherwise, an EXCELLENT post!
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  • Reply 25 of 36
    dasanman69 wrote: »

    Sure it is. It negates the notion that the NYT has an agenda against Apple. Companies that have a big lead in mind share are held to a higher standard.

    Of course it would be. In the bizarro, self-referential world that you populate.
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  • Reply 26 of 36
    msimpson wrote: »
    Kind of like the Nobel Peace Prize ?

    The Nobel Peace Prize has never tried to pass off as being particularly objective. It has always been openly agenda-driven.

    I am sure you're referring to Obama's (and anyone would agree that was laughable), but perhaps there is a broader dig implied about it being too left-wing. If so, know that there have been equally weird ones on the other side: e.g., deKlerk, Kissinger, Begin, Hull.....

    My trouble is with the stuff that tries to pass itself off as something it is not.
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  • Reply 27 of 36
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    Of course it would be. In the bizarro, self-referential world that you populate.

    Sorry if I don't live in a all Apple world but before Apple there was Nike being raked over the coals, and do you think they were the only ones violating labor practices? No but they were singled out.
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  • Reply 28 of 36
    vvswarupvvswarup Posts: 338member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by dasanman69 View Post





    Sorry if I don't live in a all Apple world but before Apple there was Nike being raked over the coals, and do you think they were the only ones violating labor practices? No but they were singled out.


     


    We all know the New York Times has to make money. They write stuff if it will sell. But people who comment on forums don't have that excuse. I laughed my head off every time I read posts by people vowing to never buy another Apple product until all their products were made in the USA, never mind that the computer they typed that on was probably made in the same terrible working conditions that the NYT article describes. I guess I should commend the New York Time for having sound business sense. They played on people's outright refusal to exercise their grey matter and do some critical thinking. 

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  • Reply 29 of 36
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    vvswarup wrote: »
    We all know the New York Times has to make money. They write stuff if it will sell. But people who comment on forums don't have that excuse. I laughed my head off every time I read posts by people vowing to never buy another Apple product until all their products were made in the USA, never mind that the computer they typed that on was probably made in the same terrible working conditions that the NYT article describes. I guess I should commend the New York Time for having sound business sense. They played on people's outright refusal to exercise their grey matter and do some critical thinking. 

    Exactly, who's gonna want to read a exposé on the labor practices of Asus?
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  • Reply 30 of 36
    christophbchristophb Posts: 1,482member
    dasanman69 wrote: »
    Exactly, who's gonna want to read a exposé on the labor practices of Asus?

    Who is Asus¿
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  • Reply 31 of 36
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    christophb wrote: »
    Who is Asus¿

    Exactly
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  • Reply 32 of 36
    bigpicsbigpics Posts: 1,397member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by vvswarup View Post


     


    We all know the New York Times has to make money. They write stuff if it will sell. But people who comment on forums don't have that excuse. I laughed my head off every time I read posts by people vowing to never buy another Apple product until all their products were made in the USA, never mind that the computer they typed that on was probably made in the same terrible working conditions that the NYT article describes. I guess I should commend the New York Time for having sound business sense. They played on people's outright refusal to exercise their grey matter and do some critical thinking. 





    Except they're not making money - partly because of the onslaught on the internet on traditional journalism, and partly because they've come to beat a number of relentless party lines in various departments. 



    I don't know if the Wash Post is making any either - but at least there's still something resembling a curtain between their news and op-ed operations.  With the Times, it all just bleeds together.


     


    Still, when you want to bash a tech company, Apple's always click-bait.  That's why Greenpeace went after them when they were more recyclable than some competitors.  And why some hack comedian pretended to have documented Foxconn abuses at plants assembling Apple products.  And there are numerous other examples.

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  • Reply 33 of 36
    sensisensi Posts: 346member
    Of course jumping on the "Apple is evil" bandwagon will win a Pulitzer. All the lives Apple has destroyed... Can't blame Foxconn, it's Apple's fault always Apple.
    Thanks for the usual hyperbolic drama and staged outrage...
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  • Reply 34 of 36
    im beginning to accept Tim Cook as the next true leader, and first one ever aside from Jobs. so far iv really liked his stands, Steve seems to have succeeded here too!
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  • Reply 35 of 36
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by Sensi View Post

    Thanks for the usual hyperbolic drama and staged outrage...


     


    You realize that's sarcastic, directed at those anti-Apple who would claim the same…

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  • Reply 36 of 36
    Wow, the Pulitzer committee shows their lack of tech savvy to allow such hit pieces by biased people to land on the Gray Lady's pages.

    These are the times when I'm glad I got out of the newspaper gig. This is one of them. It's just embarrassing. And it really does a disservice to the great journalism that has been done and won Pulitzers.
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