• Ulrich@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    …what does a “hunch” have to do with anything? Or objective reporting? I haven’t accused anyone of not being objective.

    • alphabethunter@lemmy.world
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      23 hours ago

      Creature, just take the L and accept you’re being dense and pedantic. Yes, it’s news, obviously. Is it surprising news? Not that much if you have a brain, but not everyone is that savvy to be capable of correlating cause and future consequence. The fact that a laptop manufacturer has already stated they’re going to raise prices is news because: 1. It’s to tell the stupid people who thought (believed in Trump*) that the increase wouldn’t end up being paid by the consumers; and 2. Raises questions about how fast these companies are already planning to fuck the consumers over before the tariffs even hit. Both are perfectly newsworthy.

    • Jerkface (any/all)
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      1 day ago

      It’s the difference between knowing, and not knowing. You “knew” it would go up exactly 10% (somehow), but you didn’t actually know until you had reporting to that effect. But you’re all like, “No, don’t tell me, I would rather live in a state of eternal suspense.”