<story><title>I’m Not “Black Enough” for Inc. Magazine</title><url>https://facesoffounders.org/im-not-black-enough-for-inc-magazine-337569d54a6b</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>BadassFractal</author><text>The guy doesn&amp;#x27;t fit the narrative that&amp;#x27;s currently oh-so-trendy, thus he is not deemed valuable to the media. Makes you realize how much intentional selective bias there is in these publications&amp;#x27; portrayals of the world.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Can we cause outrage with this? Nope? Ok, discard this dude, find someone who supports our hypothesis so we get more page views&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Remember, the media are not in the business of keeping the public informed, they&amp;#x27;re first and foremost interested in putting bread on their own tables, like any other business out there. They like having a job, and these days, given how high our tolerance for absurdity has become, their job requires they come up with the most dramatic and outrageous content they can in order to keep people hooked.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>TorKlingberg</author><text>On the other hand, this article is on HN because it fits an other narrative. There is never just one &amp;quot;the narrative&amp;quot;. There are always two or more competing narratives and people publish, share and upvote stories that fit the one they prefer.</text></comment>
<story><title>I’m Not “Black Enough” for Inc. Magazine</title><url>https://facesoffounders.org/im-not-black-enough-for-inc-magazine-337569d54a6b</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>BadassFractal</author><text>The guy doesn&amp;#x27;t fit the narrative that&amp;#x27;s currently oh-so-trendy, thus he is not deemed valuable to the media. Makes you realize how much intentional selective bias there is in these publications&amp;#x27; portrayals of the world.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Can we cause outrage with this? Nope? Ok, discard this dude, find someone who supports our hypothesis so we get more page views&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Remember, the media are not in the business of keeping the public informed, they&amp;#x27;re first and foremost interested in putting bread on their own tables, like any other business out there. They like having a job, and these days, given how high our tolerance for absurdity has become, their job requires they come up with the most dramatic and outrageous content they can in order to keep people hooked.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tomlock</author><text>Similarly - when reading an article that has a single-line quote from a magazine - people can read all sorts of nefarious motivations into it which conveniently fit their worldview.</text></comment>