Ed Zitron

We need context in our news. We need it. We need it now. We need opinion. We need voice. We need character. We need life. Because as long as we follow this bullshit objectivity path, we're screwed. And if you're in the tech industry and hearing this and saying, Oh, the media's too critical of tech. You're flat fucking wrong. Kiss my asshole.

We need context in our news. We need it. We need it now. We need opinion. We need voice. We need character. We need life. Because as long as we follow this bullshit objectivity path, we're screwed. And if you're in the tech industry and hearing this and saying, Oh, the media's too critical of tech. You're flat fucking wrong. Kiss my asshole.

We need context in our news. We need it. We need it now. We need opinion. We need voice. We need character. We need life. Because as long as we follow this bullshit objectivity path, we're screwed. And if you're in the tech industry and hearing this and saying, Oh, the media's too critical of tech. You're flat fucking wrong. Kiss my asshole.

Everything we're seeing happening right now is a direct result of a society that let technology and the ultra-rich run rampant, free of both the governmental guardrails that might have stopped them and the media ecosystem that might have actually held them in check.

Everything we're seeing happening right now is a direct result of a society that let technology and the ultra-rich run rampant, free of both the governmental guardrails that might have stopped them and the media ecosystem that might have actually held them in check.

Everything we're seeing happening right now is a direct result of a society that let technology and the ultra-rich run rampant, free of both the governmental guardrails that might have stopped them and the media ecosystem that might have actually held them in check.

Our default position in interrogating the intentions and actions of the tech industry has become that they will work it out as they continually redefine what work it out means and turn it into make their products worse but more profitable.

Our default position in interrogating the intentions and actions of the tech industry has become that they will work it out as they continually redefine what work it out means and turn it into make their products worse but more profitable.

Our default position in interrogating the intentions and actions of the tech industry has become that they will work it out as they continually redefine what work it out means and turn it into make their products worse but more profitable.

covering Meta, Twitter, Google, OpenAI, and other huge tech companies, as if the products they make are remarkable and perfect, is disrespectful to the reader's intelligence, and a disgusting abdication of responsibility, as their products, even when they're functional, are significantly worse, more annoying, more frustrating, and more convoluted than ever.

covering Meta, Twitter, Google, OpenAI, and other huge tech companies, as if the products they make are remarkable and perfect, is disrespectful to the reader's intelligence, and a disgusting abdication of responsibility, as their products, even when they're functional, are significantly worse, more annoying, more frustrating, and more convoluted than ever.

covering Meta, Twitter, Google, OpenAI, and other huge tech companies, as if the products they make are remarkable and perfect, is disrespectful to the reader's intelligence, and a disgusting abdication of responsibility, as their products, even when they're functional, are significantly worse, more annoying, more frustrating, and more convoluted than ever.

And that's before you get to the ones like Facebook and Instagram that are outright broken. I don't give a shit if these people have raised a lot of money, unless you use that as proof that something is fundamentally wrong with the tech industry.

And that's before you get to the ones like Facebook and Instagram that are outright broken. I don't give a shit if these people have raised a lot of money, unless you use that as proof that something is fundamentally wrong with the tech industry.

And that's before you get to the ones like Facebook and Instagram that are outright broken. I don't give a shit if these people have raised a lot of money, unless you use that as proof that something is fundamentally wrong with the tech industry.

Meta making billions of dollars of profit is a sign that something is wrong with society, not proof that it's a good company or anything that should grant Mark Zuckerberg any kind of special treatment. Shove your chains up your ass, Mark.

Meta making billions of dollars of profit is a sign that something is wrong with society, not proof that it's a good company or anything that should grant Mark Zuckerberg any kind of special treatment. Shove your chains up your ass, Mark.

Meta making billions of dollars of profit is a sign that something is wrong with society, not proof that it's a good company or anything that should grant Mark Zuckerberg any kind of special treatment. Shove your chains up your ass, Mark.

Open AI being worth $157 billion for a company that burns $5 billion or more a year to make a product that destroys our environment for a product yet to find any real meaning isn't a sign that it should get more coverage or be taken more seriously. No, it should be a sign that something is broken, that something is wrong with society.

Open AI being worth $157 billion for a company that burns $5 billion or more a year to make a product that destroys our environment for a product yet to find any real meaning isn't a sign that it should get more coverage or be taken more seriously. No, it should be a sign that something is broken, that something is wrong with society.