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Stef @wikisteff@mastodon.social Christensen
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Ph.D. in AI. Sr. Foresight Analyst, Horizons. Coder, numbers whiz, foresight expert. Sworn to use Evil powers only for Good. He/they. @wikisteff@mastodon.social
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The Times, in particular, is really showing its stripes as the preeminent threat to national security in pursuit of returns to shareholders. The white line is the New York Times stock value, plotted vs the S&P 500 index fund, in blue. Period 1 is 2009-2016; 2 is 2016-2020, 3 is 2021-2024.

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Charts courtesy of @peark.es Other things happened at the same time as these political forces, so you cannot conclude that 45 being president is responsible for 100% of the change in fortunes of the NYT over these periods. Correlation is not causation, but it can point suggestive at it.

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Stef @wikisteff@mastodon.social Christensen
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Ph.D. in AI. Sr. Foresight Analyst, Horizons. Coder, numbers whiz, foresight expert. Sworn to use Evil powers only for Good. He/they. @wikisteff@mastodon.social
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