Daniel Eran Dilger:
A new profile of Apple’s chief executive, titled “Tim Cook, Making Apple his own” actually says little about Cook and virtually nothing noteworthy about how he is leading Apple. Instead, the New York Times simply recounts more predictions of doom for the company in a piece filled with fictions and fallacy.
Another Apple hit-piece from the New York Times, but without anything to really say. Tim Cook and Apple are coming off one of the most successful WWDCs in its history, but the Times has decided to make shit up because Tim wouldn’t give them an interview. Apple is fighting to change entire industries, while the New York Times fights for relevancy—Apple is doing the better job.
I think doom is probably coming to the NYT first.
The New York Times will be around decades after Apple’s lustre has gone away. It will line the bottom of birdcages, as it has for years.
Glad that Jim D also highlighted this story. The NY Times has become utterly ridiculous in its reporting about Apple.
Now, if you believe everything else the New York Times tells you… maybe it’s time to start thinking twice, eh?
So was it a mistake for Jony Ive to give them quotes? Or did he not know what they were going to be used for?
Two things you can be sure the NYT will publish: security leaks and anti-Apple hit pieces.
SO why does Apple keep inviting Brian X. Chen to WWDC
and why do fellow mac journalists keep talking to him.
In other news nytimes was removed from Safari bookmarks.
I am sure that will scare nyt.
The lamest of inferences, in a complete lame article was the reference that Microsoft employees have donated over $1billion since 1983 while Apple employees donated $50 million last year. Uh, doing the math makes Apple substantially ahead of Microsoft; on pace for $1.5 billion in 30 years even if that stays static.
It wouldn’t be a bad thing if the piece was at all written like journalism. Instead, we get chalk mark in a rainstorm journalism.
Apple may have some bad things going for it as a corporation (as all corporations do when taking a snapshot0> This piece elucidated none of them. Maybe these guys were on holiday from the National Enquirer.
Exactly, Jim. The New York Times is the real “haunted empire.”
All those ghosts from journalism past pulling them back into the 19th century, all those ghosts from journalism present rolling their eyes at their shameless click-baiting, all those ghosts from journalism future taunting the Gray Lady for her inability to advance into the 21st century with any success.
Good luck with that new executive editor. Maybe he “gets” the internet. Maybe not, judging by the “front page” mentality of “we know the best stories for everyone, and they’re on the front page, and that’s our way of doing things and it always has been.”
Somebody please make a Safari extension that can hide articles like this NYT piece before I read them. Not just Apple-is-doomed articles, but trashy tabloid journalism no matter what the topic.
I read the NY Times article and didn’t find it so bad. Not a great article, mind you. Just an ensemble of quotes which barely fit together. The article itself barely drew any conclusions. So, in this instance, it’s hardly fair to jump down the throats of Brian X Chen et al. Furthermore, they added another piece with quotes only from Jony Ive, which was very much Apple’s side of the story.