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Karl Bode
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Karl Bode writes The Fine Print*, a personal blog at karlbode.com about politics and business. Since 2026, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often ““CEO said a thing” journalism”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-28, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (8) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Karl Bode's site for his "CEO Said A Thing!" piece, a label they apply to journalism that reports executives' claims, and for his other tech and media commentary, including radio.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 8 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
A newsletter by Karl Bode covering tech, media, politics, and consumer rights.
Most-linked posts?
- “CEO said a thing” journalism7 people · 7 mentions · first linked 2026-03-30
- The Lies They're Telling Towns and Tribes About the Benefits of AI Data Centers2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-13
What Hacker News says?
"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/
Comment linking /ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/
on “IBM CEO says open weight models are now good and cheap on-prem”Submitted “CEO said a thing” journalism as a story · 105 points
HN discussionGreat article but I think the better one is linked at the bottom of the page. I'll paste it here for convenience: https://karlbode.com/the-hulk-hates-fascist-media-consolidat...
Comment linking /the-hulk-hates-fascist-media-consolidation/
on “Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation”Submitted Never Forget How Eagerly Apple and Google Coddled Fascism as a story · 51 points
HN discussionhttps://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/
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on “"Welcome to the AGI era," OpenAI says as GPT-6 Astra debuts”Submitted Apple CEO Tim Cook's Legacy Is Dull Products and Spineless Capitulation as a story · 44 points
HN discussionI want to say thank you, so much because, it feels like radio & these people who worked to create these enjoyable spaces, filled with such life: it feels like that is so rapidly becoming such a lost art. And it just feels like theres so little we leave to the future to remember this by. That as things get bleaker and worse, there's so few artifacts to point to like this that tell the good tale. Elsewhere in this thr…
Comment linking /local-u-s-tv-news-will-soon-be-entirely-right-wing-propaganda/
on “It's a shame what's happened to radio”Submitted Musk's Fake Flying Car and 'CEO Said a Thing ' Journalism as a story · 24 points
HN discussion"CEO said a thing" journalism, discussed on HN very recently: https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47577735
Comment linking /ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/
on “Jack Dorsey says Block employees now bring prototypes, not slides, to meetings”Submitted Google AI Search Refuses to Say Who Won the 2020 Election as a story · 17 points
HN discussionSome important matters pop up. No spoiler, I am interested in these. 1. With a vast proliferation of code generated, there are limits to code review, presuming that humans do code review. IMO, even without AI-generated code, this is already a major failing. Microsoft, Apple, Oracle and countless others ship buggy code, creating the current situation of daily exploits, and a general distrust of software products. Ope…
Comment linking /ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/
on “The Ultimate Question: What Does the Endgame Look Like?”Submitted AI Doomsday Bullshit Is Getting Tired as a story · 9 points
HN discussionCEO said a thing. https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/
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on “CEO of largest public hospital says he's ready to replace radiologists with AI”Submitted AI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out of Control as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI figured this was “CEO said a thing” journalism [1], but buried in the last paragraph is a real scorcher: > “Undeniable proof that confidently uninformed hospital administrators are a danger to patients: easily duped by AI companies that are nowhere near capable of providing patient care,” [Radiologist Dr.] Suhail told Radiology Business. “Any attempt to implement AI-only reads would immediately result in patient h…
Comment linking /ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/
on “CEO of largest public hospital says he's ready to replace radiologists with AI”Submitted Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phoney Supergenius Mythology as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The AI Hype Reckoning Is Upon Us as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted SpaceX IPO Is a Giant Unworkable Con as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Lies They're Telling Towns and Tribes About the Benefits of AI Data Centers as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Lies They're Telling Towns and Tribes About the Benefits of AI Data Centers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Midterm media bedwetting over socialism has begun as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Software Is Not Sentient as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Tim Cook Is an Embarrassing Coward as a story · 1 points
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