At The Hill,
Washington Monthly Executive Editor Gilad Edelman said the perception of Silicon Valley has shifted dramatically among Democrats and Republicans since the 2016 presidential election.
Edelman told Hill.TV that the industry was relatively insulated from criticism and viewed favorably by both parties until President Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton, saying his win "really scrambled a lot these beliefs and intuitions."
"Silicon Valley seems to have gone from an industry with no enemies to an industry with no friends," Edelman said during an interview on "Rising."
"Democrats realized that whatever the CEOs of Google or Facebook might think, these platforms seems to have facilitated Donald Trump's election," he added. "On the right, the fact that Trump could get elected while breaking from some pretty serious orthodoxies — at least superficially on economic matters — meant that maybe there was more room to criticize corporate business practices than conservatives had previously thought."
(Score: 2) by legont on Thursday September 12 2019, @01:03AM (3 children)
Therefore, he should not enjoy a journalist protection. He is basically the same as we here or even as chan8 folks.
Only hard core fact digging journalists should be protected. The rest are regular citizens.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by barbara hudson on Thursday September 12 2019, @03:49AM (2 children)
Really, who would take a job at Facebook or Twitter or Amazon or Google today and publicly admit it? Better to say you're a plumber or electrician. These companies now have as little prestige as used car salesmen.
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @04:15PM
APK made you look a bumbling idiot you are caught lying he started it when you did with you quoted proving that here in the end of it https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=33430&page=1&cid=889582#commentwrap [soylentnews.org] and you were destroyed on technical data regarding C\C++ against Pascal.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @06:01PM
APK made you look a bumbling idiot you are caught lying he started it when you did in you quoted proving it here @ the end https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=33430&page=1&cid=889582#commentwrap + you were destroyed on technical data regarding C\C++ against Pascal.