"Last month, The Economist and The Atlantic published long features purporting to explore the phenomena of “Left-Wing Illiberalism” and “New Puritanism,” respectively. While both stories display the superficial features of investigative journalism, a deep dive reveals the same motivated reasoning, nonexistent evidence and indefensible editorial standards that misinformed the public about frivolous lawsuits."
David Zucker reflects on "Airplane!" in 2021 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28914433 - Oct 2021 (204 comments)