Nick Statt
On The Verge since Jun 01, 2015
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About Nick Statt
San Francisco-based reporter at The Verge covering Silicon Valley, gaming, AI, and other neat things.
Nick Statt
On The Verge since Jun 01, 2015
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An error on our part. Thanks for the catch.
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While you do bring up legitimate points about the nature of this kind of anonymous sourcing, I think that pressure to deliver exclusive reporting, scoops, etc. is a larger driver of how political journalism operates than narrative-pushing.
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It’s hard to say, because fake news is a term now heavily diluted just in the past two weeks. I tend to think fake news is stories that are false and deliberately so, to mislead people, drive an agenda, or — more commonly — because they generate clicks and are penned by content farms that exist solely to make money from advertising.
This however is a different animal. Anonymous sources with their own intent can generate headlines, yes. But I don’t think news organizations who print/publish those quotes/information are doing so with the idea that it could be false. That’s what I think differentiates this kind of reporting from true fake news. It is, after all, a news story when the White House says something, regardless of whether that something is in fact true or may be credible. Our job is just to point out that, yes, there should be some skepticism.
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Amazon has its own video service and exclusives, which Apple wants to do and yet hasn’t. Roku sells more devices, which Apple wants to do but can’t. AT&T/Sony/Dish all have live TV apps, which Apple wants to offer but won’t because it can’t get the deals it wants. It’s behind in all three of these areas and while other companies are forging ahead. If Apple can’t do one of these things better than the competition, or unite these services, it’s going to fail in TV over and over again.
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Personal top 10 for me:
1. Final Fantasy XV
2. Overwatch
3. Dark Souls 3
4. Dishonored 2
5. Pokémon Sun/Moon
6. Hitman
7. Inside
8. Firewatch
9. Uncharted 4
10. No Man’s SkyIt was hard to cut a game like BF1, which I find it to be a technical masterpiece. Also to leave out games like Deus Ex and The Last Guardian, which I haven’t had time to play! Hyper Light Drifter is another I need to play.
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You could make the argument that its relevance in music has been waning for years, for many of the same streaming-related reasons that it lost ground to Amazon and Roku.
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Very true on the momentum and ticket sales, and from what I’ve seen, I’m inclined to agree that it will be a success. But there is the possibility that we could have a Suicide Squad or Batman v Superman on our hands, and that’s what Disney/Lucasfilm fears. It could make money, but I feel like Lucasfilm in particular deeply cares about resonating with fans and retaining the Star Wars look and feel as it branches out and experiments. That means making something great, with good reviews and a lasting impact on the canon. Not that Rogue One won’t fulfill this role, but it has a lot riding on it.
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The clear criticism you can levy here is that this is a PR move. And, to be fair, of course it is. But it also happens to be a net benefit for the green energy industry, and the planet. At a certain point, you have to call a spade a spade, regardless of who did it first or how the message is framed.
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