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04-20-2017, 04:41 PM
Tech CEOs are looking more and more like politicians
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Last week, Dennis Mitzner, an Israeli tech journalist, published a blog post (https://mitznersblitz.com/2017/04/07/obsession-with-social-issues-has-contaminated-tech-journalism/) on his website claiming an overemphasis on social justice had "contaminated" tech journalism.
He grumbled about how a press visit to a **kia factory had, in his mind, been derailed. Instead of focusing on the company's plans to build a commercial 5G network, the group of journalists fretted over **kia's diversity policy.
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Mitzner used the example to support a flimsy thesis — that journalists overemphasize "hiring policies and aspects that relate to social justice issues at the expense of judging the tech**logy and its impact on society and eco**my." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/20/tech-ceos-are-the-new-politicians/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Last week, Dennis Mitzner, an Israeli tech journalist, published a blog post (https://mitznersblitz.com/2017/04/07/obsession-with-social-issues-has-contaminated-tech-journalism/) on his website claiming an overemphasis on social justice had "contaminated" tech journalism.
He grumbled about how a press visit to a **kia factory had, in his mind, been derailed. Instead of focusing on the company's plans to build a commercial 5G network, the group of journalists fretted over **kia's diversity policy.
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Mitzner used the example to support a flimsy thesis — that journalists overemphasize "hiring policies and aspects that relate to social justice issues at the expense of judging the tech**logy and its impact on society and eco**my." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/20/tech-ceos-are-the-new-politicians/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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