<story><title>What I Didn&apos;t Say</title><url>http://paulgraham.com/wids.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tptacek</author><text>I apologize. I took it on faith that when The Information said they were running a &amp;quot;complete interview&amp;quot; with you, that it was in fact both complete and an actual interview. It seems very clear how this piece misrepresented you; the entire elided question you cite is particularly damning. I retain some of my misgivings (which have much more to do with the industry than with YC), but the &amp;quot;interview&amp;quot; clearly wasn&amp;#x27;t a good lens through which to consider them. I was nevertheless ready to do that too quickly, so the fault is as much mine as the magazine&amp;#x27;s.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>po</author><text>I had high hopes for The Information that their business model would lead to better quality reporting… Their page states:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Information recently sat down with Mr. Graham. We covered a wide range of topics including “mass producing” startups, Mr. Graham’s controversial statements on founder accents, his wife and YC&amp;#x27;s secret weapon Jessica Livingston (link) and some little-known stories about YC alum Airbnb.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theinformation.com/YC-s-Paul-Graham-The-Complete-Interview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theinformation.com&amp;#x2F;YC-s-Paul-Graham-The-Complete...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;…which implies that it was a formal interview. I don&amp;#x27;t have a subscription but something still doesn&amp;#x27;t quite mesh there. If I were PG I would be writing to them to demand that they change that lead-in to the story.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;edit:&lt;/i&gt; Another part of this saga that stands out to me is how very few people commenting on it actually have a subscription to the supposedly first hand source at The Information. It was a bit strange that we had a scandal caused by a news report about a news report that most people don&amp;#x27;t have access to.</text></comment>
<story><title>What I Didn&apos;t Say</title><url>http://paulgraham.com/wids.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tptacek</author><text>I apologize. I took it on faith that when The Information said they were running a &amp;quot;complete interview&amp;quot; with you, that it was in fact both complete and an actual interview. It seems very clear how this piece misrepresented you; the entire elided question you cite is particularly damning. I retain some of my misgivings (which have much more to do with the industry than with YC), but the &amp;quot;interview&amp;quot; clearly wasn&amp;#x27;t a good lens through which to consider them. I was nevertheless ready to do that too quickly, so the fault is as much mine as the magazine&amp;#x27;s.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sillysaurus2</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s a little scary how powerful newspapers are at shaping public opinion.  At least their reputation will be irreversibly damaged by breaking people&amp;#x27;s trust.</text></comment>