Things that media is not covering or no longer covering

ONE is the summer, I guess.

September is here and I’ve published 10 Techrights pages in 3 hours, with plenty more to come.

I recognise that many news sites died. Many that used to cover Microsoft layoffs, for instance, no longer do. That leave a a gap for all of us bloggers to fill.

What if the product is misinformation?

atekeeping is the art of hiding particular news, at least in the context of reporting.

These days a lot of the media that we assume exists to inform us is trying to do the exact opposite. It has clients, not audiences, and those clients are typically very rich clients and companies.

We need to ensure more people understand that.

ROSS distortion of facts is possible when the media is not functioning.

It tells us stories like “jobs replaced by AI”.

It says that layoffs are something to do with “AI”, not a failing economy.

It sometimes tells us that people who oppose datacentres aren’t really concerned but are just gullible.

When the media does not function only the liars stand to gain.

Tidying up things ahead of another productive year

reat times come to an end and our vacation is nearly over. Tuesday it’s back to normal.

Yesterday I tidied up around the home and this weekend I’ll prepare stories for September. I still have some physical notebooks with potential future stories. For now they’re in the cabinet.

Why are taxpayers funding the oppressor’s voice?

oday the BBC writes about datacentres, and a sub-heading says “new industrial revolution”. Is that another term for pyramid scheme?

Many of these new datacentres are basically white elephants meant to harm everyone by increasing prices and facilitating tech-colonialism.

Media funded by the pyramid scheme will look down and talk down on people who dare ask questions about the pyramid scheme or oppose the expansion of this scheme.

have learned, over time, after 20+ years of investigative journalism that when people risk their lives (or livelihood) to bring out an important story or critical information you must all along be willing to sacrifice your own life (or livelihood) to protect: 1) the source/s and 2) the information the source/s risked a lot to bring out to light.

In just over two months from now Techrights turns 20 and I believe I kept my committent and stuck to my principles as explained above. It’s not always the easiest thing to do. It is, however, the moral thing to do and the right choice.

T finally rains. Quite a bit, too.

When will we have as much climate change news coverage as we used to?

Rather than the news demanding that we accept the cause of climate change, things like useless data centres (for slop), or otherwise be “cranks”?

“The News used to be Crime,” The Cyber Show writes today. “Pollution. Death. War. Disaster. Crime. Pollution. Death. War. Disaster… And now here’s Kate with the weather… and we’d all stop worrying and smile. Now it’s the other way round.”