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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 jmichaelhudsondotnet on Thursday September 12 2019, @04:00AM (1 child)
Were you born yesterday?
This represents a radical shift in the trust these companies were receiving even a year ago.
As someone who has been advocating for this shift, I think it is newsworthy although the timing is arbitrary.
Do you have any interest in this story not being true, perhaps? It seems the 'oh you can trust little old us' people have more than a few minions/fanboys to come to their aid in their moment the second they might be perceived as a victim in any possible way, while they continue to use their monopoly status to act as shadow government institutions.
(Score: 2) by Rupert Pupnick on Thursday September 12 2019, @12:42PM
It seems you're not taking what I wrote at face value.
My criticism is not based on the content of the story. It's based on characterizing the story as news when it's just the citation of the opinion of one man, who happens to be the Washington Monthly Executive Editor, of the political landscape of SV (with some supporting historical evidence). Had Mr. Edelman made a statement that said exactly the opposite, I would offer exactly the same criticism. Instead of positioning Mr. Edelman's opinion as news, he should write an editorial, which because he is an Executive Editor, would have a very high likelihood of getting published.