Opinion
Meyer: Forbes cover on Elizabeth Holmes was propaganda for a political agenda
“The classic Forbes cover with Elizabeth Holmes holding the little vial. That was total propaganda. And in that instance, it was, you know, in service of a political agenda. They wanted to remind us that, that she was the first female self-made billionaire in, …”
Opinion
Meyer: Columbia Journalism School graduates drive the media's extreme negativity
“So the percentage of, you know, Journalists who are coming out of schools like the Columbia Journalism School and these sort of elite graduate programs has gone way up. And I think that that's like clearly one of the root causes of it becoming like extremely m…”
Opinion
Meyer: No one in The New York Times newsroom votes for the political right
“The Times wants to pretend that, you know, anyone thinks that people in their newsroom are voting for the right, and everyone knows that they're not. Everyone knows that there's no chance that they are.”
Opinion
Meyer: Domestic groups attack American civilization more aggressively than foreign adversaries
“I think you always have to be wary about global competitors or whatnot, but sometimes there's a group of people, you know, within, within the country who are more aggressively trying to tear down our civilization than certain foreign powers.”
Insight
Meyer: Living in 90% left-leaning bubbles distorts perception of fairness
“If someone spends enough time in an 80 or 90% left-leaning area, then they'll begin to think that anything other than 80 or 90% left is unfair, and that it's, that the scales are being tilted.”
Opinion
Meyer: Media attacks on tech figures are no longer working
“Today it's become almost a badge of honor because of how ridiculous the attacks have become. It's not just Marc Andreessen. It's not just you. It's not just Elon. It's not just the people with names. You know, they'll, they'll attack anyone that they think the…”
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Meyer: Palmer Luckey has no direct reports at Anduril
“Palmer Luckey is one of the founders of Anderil. Most people are under the impression that Palmer is actually the CEO of Anderil. In fact, it's Brian. And everyone at Onderell is emphatic that Brian is the decision maker, is the executive. We learned in that p…”
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Meyer: Former SF DA Chesa Boudin worked for Venezuela's presidential office
“He had enlisted to work in the presidential office of the Venezuelan dictator and the national media wasn't really paying attention to it.”
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Meyer: AI Slop Will Drive Industry Professionals Toward Human-Curated Journalism
“We think that as that approaches sort of unsustainable levels for people that are looking to do good work, for people that work in industry especially, that they're going to look for curated sources of information and for high quality work that humans are doin…”
Insight
Meyer: Writing Is Thinking, and Should Not Be Delegated to LLMs
“Writing is really just a process of thinking. And unless you're convinced that the LLM is smarter than you, then you should do the hard work of thinking through the ideas.”
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Meyer: Waymo's Biggest Business Will Be Built in Texas
“I think it's super entertaining that, you know, Waymo, which is you know, owned by Google, self-driving cars, it's very much a Bay Area company. But the place where they're doing the best and where they're going to have a massive business is Texas.”
