IMO title is clickbaity, as there seem to be other contributing factors (like declining viewership and quality).
Apple TV also tends to focus on quality over quantity, which I really like, so I raise my eyebrows a bit less when they cancel something that's only "OK."
On the one hand, there shouldn't be restrictions on the stories you report.
On the other hand, if the result is reporting zero stories, is that better?
I feel like there are more important stories that Stewart could cover, in more depth, than simply raising awareness that Apple has business ties to China. This story will cycle out and become nothing soon enough.
Quitting in protest tells us that Apple's business ties to China are causing Apple to nix the reporting and analysis he wants to do, which would be critical of China in some way. Our experience with John Stewart is that it's likely fair and nuanced. But Apple is concerned about thin skins and rightly so.
I hope we can get the story. It won't go onto XTwitter, for the same China reasons. He'll have to use a national, not international, medium.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 33.4 ms ] thread> [Stewart] grew increasingly frustrated that the company was pushing back on the show's guest list and show subjects, he told staff
I had a lot of respect and admiration for Jon Stewart before this.
Now I have even more.
Apple TV also tends to focus on quality over quantity, which I really like, so I raise my eyebrows a bit less when they cancel something that's only "OK."
Not that this is OK, I just don't like the title.
On the other hand, if the result is reporting zero stories, is that better?
I feel like there are more important stories that Stewart could cover, in more depth, than simply raising awareness that Apple has business ties to China. This story will cycle out and become nothing soon enough.
That's not what Stewart wanted to cover. According to him, he wanted to cover China, period. Did you read the OP?
I hope we can get the story. It won't go onto XTwitter, for the same China reasons. He'll have to use a national, not international, medium.