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Jeremy Arnold
Personal blog · savingjournalism.substack.comwritingpolitics
Jeremy Arnold writes The Save Journalism Committee, a personal blog at savingjournalism.substack.com about writing and politics. Since 2020, 23 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “I Talked to Elon Musk about Journalism and the Blood Emeralds Story”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-06-21, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (12) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Jeremy Arnold's Substack for his interview with Elon Musk, which is cited on the emerald-mine story, and for posts on an internet-mob attack. Mostly cited as sources; one commenter disputes it.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 12 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Documenting problems. Outlining solutions. Rewarding corrections.
Most-linked posts?
- I Talked to Elon Musk about Journalism and the Blood Emeralds Story4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-03-09
- VCBrags, Pasquale, Mitchell, and Bhoka: A Roundup (2020)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2021-05-26
- ProPublica's tax story2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-06-08
- /p/i-talked-to-elon-musk-about-journalism?s=r2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-04-25
- Taylor Lorenz, an AG Sulzberger Production2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-08
- What happens when the NYT and New Yorker make mistakes2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-02-08
- What Journalists Say When No One Is Watching2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-07-12
What Hacker News says?
As soon as someone repeats the old canard about the cash from his dad's emerald mines, I know to disregard everything else that they have to say. First of all there are a lot of questions about whether that story is true. And even if it was, it isn't material to Elon's success: https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-mus... Second, what makes Elon truly remarkable is what he accomplished AFTER he ma…
Comment linking /p/i-talked-to-elon-musk-about-journalism?s=r
on “Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources”Submitted What happens when the NYT and New Yorker make mistakes as a story · 333 points
HN discussionAccording to others, that story is severely embellished: https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-mus...
Comment linking /p/i-talked-to-elon-musk-about-journalism?s=r
on “Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold”Submitted ProPublica's tax story as a story · 267 points
HN discussionThere's quite a bit of irony in the number of HN commenters who are prepared to side with the OP instantly & without any apparent consideration as an innocent victim of... people online instantly & without apparent consideration siding with accusers. His story didn't quite add up to me - no explanation, even speculative, of why several people in his life, who he thought he was friends with, might suddenly decide to…
Comment linking /p/vcbrags-pasquale-mitchell-and-bhoka
on “Life after an internet mob attack”Submitted VCBrags did one last thing before deleting their account as a story · 6 points
HN discussionHey dang. I think this post need to be taken down. I've followed this drama before and after reading a lot from both sides, it's pretty clear in my eyes that there is an ongoing harassment campaign from Pasquale. I was really shocked to see this getting so highly voted on HN. I think this post covers a lot of what is happening - https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/vcbrags-pasquale-mit...
Comment linking /p/vcbrags-pasquale-mitchell-and-bhoka
on “Life after an internet mob attack”Submitted The vengeful elephant and journalism's clickshare problem as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI don’t have any strong opinions about this ordeal, but the linked ‘receipts’ seemed a bit one-sided to me. Here’s one of the tweets he mentions without a link: https://twitter.com/boop/status/1332815338820472833?s=21 @boob also calls to light this write up seemingly with more context: https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/vcbrags-pasquale-mit...
Comment linking /p/vcbrags-pasquale-mitchell-and-bhoka
on “Life after an internet mob attack”Submitted I Talked to Elon Musk about Journalism and the Blood Emeralds Story as a story · 3 points
HN discussionBecause we tax income, rather than wealth? This is true for most of the OECD. None of this has changed, and it's true for any ultra-wealthy person who wishes to actually consume against their wealth. By definition, the ultra-wealthy defer their consumption for the sake of investment. If they never ever choose to liquidate their wealth, then it's little more than a life high score. One can certainly consume right now…
Comment linking /p/propublicas-bombshell-bullshit-tax
on “Peter Thiel turned a Roth IRA into a $5B tax-free piggy bank”Submitted What Journalists Say When No One Is Watching as a story · 3 points
HN discussionHere's a tweet from Elon: "... There’s no evidence whatsoever of an “emerald mine”" https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1375212880790913025 and more detailed article: https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-mus...
Comment linking /p/i-talked-to-elon-musk-about-journalism
on “Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across the US”Submitted I Talked to Elon Musk about Journalism and the Blood Emeralds Story as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1375214071809642496 https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/i-talked-to-elon-mus... This is what I could find with a quick search regarding what Elon himself claims. I had a skim and it doesn’t seem to necessarily contradict the article I linked or my summary (perhaps depending on your definition of ”good money”). There probably was an emerald mine, and yeah it probably didn’t yie…
Comment linking /p/i-talked-to-elon-musk-about-journalism
on “Amazon builds property empire, quietly buying land across the US”Submitted Taylor Lorenz, an AG Sulzberger Production as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWhat exactly is the "Save Journalism Committee," and what's it's agenda? The link "What is the Save Journalism Commitee" at the bottom of their pages brings you to this nothingburger: https://savingjournalism.substack.com/about , https://archive.is/pY8rd . The author's Quora profile describes him as a "Messaging Consultant" ( https://www.quora.com/profile/Jeremy-Arnold-4 , https://archive.is/ch3uz ), which sounds li…
Comment linking /about
on “What happens when the NYT and New Yorker make mistakes”Submitted What Anti-Tech Bias Looks Like as a story · 2 points
HN discussionDoes anyone know who the author, "Jeremy Arnold" is, and what the "Save Journalism Committee" is and who backs them? Their about page doesn't say who they are: https://savingjournalism.substack.com/p/what-this-newsletter... Also, why should I or do you trust them over ProPublica? These ranting-style articles are written as if the author possesses the Truth , but analogous to the XKCD about technical standards, all w…
Comment linking /p/what-this-newsletter-is-about
on “ProPublica's tax story”Submitted Taylor Lorenz, an AG Sulzberger Production as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> I made reference to exactly this if you read carefully. I actually think this rejection is an inflection point in his behavior. He ought to have been more gracious and received the rejection without hurt to his ego (and reacting as he did). I think since then he’s wrongly viewed that event as ‘No good deed goes unpunished’ and become more and more defiant in his attitude. Regarding this I think it's also worth a d…
Comment linking /p/the-real-thai-cave-rescue-pt-1-elon
on “Starlink offering free internet access for 30 days for Hurricane Helene victims”Submitted The explanation machine is broken. Let's replace it as a story · 2 points
HN discussion"The octopus is oppressing America, and it is destroying America. In the New York Times the country seems literally on the brink of anarchy and war, all in service, to the power of the New York Times. Look what is happening! When times are good and people are happy and fulfilled and successful the New York Times is an irrelevant bore. When the world is ending as they would have you believe (it is not) they become mo…
Comment linking /p/how-newspapers-handle-corrections
on “Cancel The New York Times”Submitted What Journalists Say When No One Is Watching as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted VCBrags, Pasquale, Mitchell, and Bhoka: A Roundup (2020) as a story · 1 points
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