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News Brief: NPR's Amazon Infomercial and the Problem of 'Tech' Journalism (Patreon)

Published:
2018-11-29 16:16:45
Edited:
2018-12-08 14:08:12
Imported:
2026-06

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In this Patreon News Brief we discuss Amazon-sponsored NPR and their recent Amazon puff piece and the problem with "tech journalism" more broadly, which prioritizes sexed-up tech woo woo over human labor and human beings. 

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Relevant Reading 

NPR Infomercial for Its Sponsor Amazon Omits Labor and Environmental Criticisms - Adam Johnson, FAIR  (11/24/18)

Missing wages, grueling shifts, and bottles of urine: The disturbing accounts of Amazon delivery drivers may reveal the true human cost of 'free' shipping - Hayley Peterson, Business Insider (9/11/18)

Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace - Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld, New York Times (8/15/15)

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Andy Jensen

NPR and PBS are now in the same category of "commercial TV" with almost everything else, i.e. the spawn of the devil. BTW, you guys inspired me to order X-mas gifts from a local Oregon company instead of Amazon. Just a little push turned me away from Amazon's convenience, even though I already knew they are also the spawn of the devil.