You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

ChristianKl comments on Harper's Magazine article on LW/MIRI/CFAR and Ethereum - Less Wrong Discussion

44 Post author: gwern 12 December 2014 08:34PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Article Navigation

Comments (153)
Tags: media lesswrong miri cfar community

Comments (153)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Punoxysm 13 December 2014 12:42:22AM *  7 points [-]

So would you suggest we only read PR-firm-generated articles to get the "real story"?

More direct answer: Not talking to journalists allows them to represent you however they want, along with the "refused to comment". Talking at least gets your own words in.

I also don't see anything clearly unethical in this article's journalism.

Comment author: ChristianKl 13 December 2014 07:43:32PM *  5 points [-]

Not talking to journalists allows them to represent you however they want, along with the "refused to comment".

In a case like LW there's also enough material online that a journalist can simply quote you if he wants to do so.

The worst mainstream media article in which I'm quoted didn't have the journalist who wrote the article speaking to me.

Powered by Reddit Powered by Reddit