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Journos Meltdown After Being Told 'Learn To Code' In Wake Of Mass Layoffs At HuffPo, Buzzfeed
InformationLiberation ^ | Jan. 24, 2019 | Chris Menahan

Posted on 01/25/2019 6:32:04 AM PST by Subcutaneous Fishstick Blues

After news came out about mass layoffs at HuffPost, Buzzfeed and Gannett -- in the midst of the media's relentless smear-job against the Covington Catholic students -- right-wing Twitter had a field day.

Tons of leftist journalists announced they were laid off on Twitter and the top meme was telling them to "learn to code" -- which is the same advice the media gave middle Americans whose jobs are being taken in traditional industries.



Talia Levin, who was hired by Media Matters last year after being fired by the New Yorker for smearing an ICE agent as a Nazi because she thought a tattoo he had looked like an iron cross, got quite triggered:



Chloe Angyal, best known for penning the inflammatory "Goy Bye!" Huffington Post headline after Steve Bannon was ousted from the White House, was also laid off.

Yes, she has a *literal* PhD in Romantic Comedies.

The editor-in-chief of Jalopnik (which is now owned by the far-left Gizmodo Media Group) was also "trigged":

Smearing a bunch of children and trying to ruin their lives for smiling is "respectable journalism" -- but making fun of journalists for losing their jobs is just a step too far!

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To: AppyPappy
There is a finite group of people who can be happy as a coder. If you don’t like it, you will HATE it

This is quite true, especially when one considers that code cares not a whit about one's "feels." Perhaps these Journalists can take to panhandling. That line of work allows for a lot of human interaction and is a very "outdoorsy" profession. The sticking point is that panhandling IS performance-based, so they may be s**t outta luck.
61 posted on 01/25/2019 7:39:30 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: kosciusko51

Who is their right mind would seek a PhD in romantic Comedies?

Really, seriously W T F?

I hope she has 20 years left on her student loan.
It should hurt to be that stupid.


62 posted on 01/25/2019 7:39:50 AM PST by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: EDINVA

“One of the most FUN threads I’ve read in years!!”

Layback and feel the schadenfreude!


63 posted on 01/25/2019 7:40:14 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: VRWCarea51
Who is their right mind would seek a PhD in romantic Comedies?

The larger question is what educational institution would grant such a worthless piece of paper?
64 posted on 01/25/2019 7:41:55 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I can’t wait to see the resumes on LinkedIn

“Almost got Trump impeached”.


65 posted on 01/25/2019 7:43:40 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Army Air Corps

It’s not worthless if you want to be an English professor. You won’t get paid very much and you will probably get paid by the class.


66 posted on 01/25/2019 7:45:27 AM PST by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Army Air Corps

I write software and neither love it or hate it. I look at it a mental blue collar work that is in demand. Does a plumber love sweating pipe? He doesn’t have to love it to be a successful plumber. Is there joy in getting a program to work? Yes, the feeling lasts about a minute.


67 posted on 01/25/2019 7:45:49 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Subcutaneous Fishstick Blues

Just a guess, but I’m thinking the ‘culture/gender/politics reporter’ would be one who writes meaningless stuff about how 97% of the population are a bunch of big meanies.

If the Dimbulb leftists at HuffPo have no use for these people ...where do these ‘educated journalists’ look for employment?

And that twitter post to that person from Politically_Incorrect is absolutely hilarious!


68 posted on 01/25/2019 7:48:59 AM PST by Heart of Georgia
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To: Subcutaneous Fishstick Blues

What on earth is a ‘latinx voice’?


69 posted on 01/25/2019 7:50:23 AM PST by Heart of Georgia
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To: Army Air Corps; All
The difference is that many newspapers let you know outright where their partisan loyalties were (there was an editorial declaration that a newspaper was aligned with one party or another).

Yes. For most of the history of the Republic, most media was openly partisan.

Only during the Progressive era did the media pretend to be objective.

We are moving back to the healthier partisan media.

70 posted on 01/25/2019 7:50:34 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: central_va
I write software and neither love it or hate it. I look at it a mental blue collar work that is in demand. Does a plumber love sweating pipe? He doesn’t have to love it to be a successful plumber. Is there joy in getting a program to work? Yes, the feeling lasts about a minute.

Then you are one of the Drones.

Me, I *LOVE* it.

I love solving puzzles.

AND THEY PAY ME FOR IT!

71 posted on 01/25/2019 7:50:42 AM PST by Lazamataz (McCain's passing ended up being + 2 net Republican Senators. Him, and Lindsey Graham.)
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To: AppyPappy

Her degree is, supposedly, narrowly focused on Romantic Comedies. Not exactly a demanding field that commands respect in academia (Yes, even in the Ivory Tower, her Ph.D. is akin to being something that you find in a box of Cracker Jacks).


72 posted on 01/25/2019 7:51:14 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Subcutaneous Fishstick Blues

Learn to code.


73 posted on 01/25/2019 7:51:55 AM PST by Lazamataz (McCain's passing ended up being + 2 net Republican Senators. Him, and Lindsey Graham.)
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To: Lazamataz

Would you want to be stuck having to debug code these yahoos write?


74 posted on 01/25/2019 7:52:37 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Lazamataz

I don’t get emotional about earning a living. I get emotional about family, friends and things that are more important.


75 posted on 01/25/2019 7:52:46 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: marktwain

Correct, and I completely agree with your final statement.


76 posted on 01/25/2019 7:53:20 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: central_va
I don’t get emotional about earning a living. I get emotional about family, friends and things that are more important.

My code is my family. My HLD/LLD/PAD/LAD designs are my friends.

I'm getting teary-eyed just thinking about it.

77 posted on 01/25/2019 7:54:27 AM PST by Lazamataz (McCain's passing ended up being + 2 net Republican Senators. Him, and Lindsey Graham.)
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To: dfwgator
Would you want to be stuck having to debug code these yahoos write?

ABSOLUTELY.

Of course, there is the pay-offset of +150% I will need to apply.

78 posted on 01/25/2019 7:55:15 AM PST by Lazamataz (McCain's passing ended up being + 2 net Republican Senators. Him, and Lindsey Graham.)
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To: Lazamataz

Maybe I’ll hire one of them to “write me a new Mini-Van”.


79 posted on 01/25/2019 7:56:22 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: kosciusko51

“You didn’t build that!”


80 posted on 01/25/2019 7:56:32 AM PST by spudville
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