From focus on the 'soft voice' of extremist #MikeJohnson to soft-selling #Trump's dictatorial plans to calling killing civilians 'a crater,' something's very wrong with the #media today
It's called cowardice
From Gaza City to Capitol Hill, a cowed media is chronicling the death of democracy in a passive voice
"America is on the brink, so of course the #media doesn't get it. Last week, the disconnect between rising GOP #fascism - on a debate stage, in #Trump's arrest posturing - and journalists covering 'a normal election' was really jarring
Now what?
The media is really not getting it about 2024, GOP authoritarianism and the election"
“Does U.S. want a "well-meaning elderly man," or one who means ill? Would rather have a POTUS who briefly confused Egypt for Mexico, or one who'd start a war on the border?
On the slow train wreck of democracy - it doesn't have to be this way.”
Apparently, the #DailyMail has just launched "Woke Watch", where red faced pillocks send in angry e-mails, complaining about transgender asylum seekers giving their house prices pronoun cancer, or something.
Anyway, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should one e-mail wokewatch@dailymail.co.uk to #Troll, #Shitpost or just plain take the piss. No, that would be WRONG. Oh, for shame!
The Republican Party has become a criminal protection racket, and only Asa Hutchinson (and a wishy washy Chris Christie who helped it GET where it is) wants to take it back.
Folks: We actually don't KNOW whether the GOP is a dying party or a rising single party of an authoritarian state.
Unless and until the traditional press presents those as the stakes, it is very much unclear which it'll end up being. #media#fascism#Republicans
We were just having a normal conversation under the warm Adelaide sun when she said, “I hate Chinese people. Hate them.”
I stared at her, wondering if she realised that I am Chinese.
I rarely write about #politics but I feel it’s important to describe the impact of rising #USChinaTensions on a “normie” member of the #Chinese diaspora. It's this: Sheer, utter frustration and exasperation.
#Google just announced that going forward, any account not logged into for two years gets deleted.
This means huge amounts of rare or unique #video is about to disappear from #YouTube as accounts get flagged as inactive, such as when the user dies. Families' #HomeMovies (often posted by an older relative for their family's benefit), historical footage, rare #television clips, etc. What an incalculable loss to human #history and culture!
If there are videos important to you on someone else's video channel, find a way to download them. And if you have rare #media of historical importance, consider leaving it to institutional #archives or lending it to archives for digital preservation.
After CNN debacle in "town hall" w #Trump no one else has tried to do it. Risk too high.. become common wisdom that u need to tape & edit him. No it's not a momentous change but it does show a bit of learning.
I doubt we'll ever know (same co.) but I'd love to hear what #Maddow
thought about #NBC's interview w Trump.
She is the 1 who said on air: “There’s a cost to us as a news org of knowingly broadcasting untrue things”
Update #3: And it broke again 🧐 I have another idea and meanwhile a static copy. No more updates for this post 😉
Hey #Mastodon & #Fediverse, look what I build: It's an updated table of @tchambers list of journalists in here, that stays up-to-date with data on #Followers and when they were last active:
Yesterday I saw a post on #Threads from a journalist wondering how to do their job without #Twitter. Even to the point they wondered how work was possible without trending topics to look at.
And that’s kinda alarming to be honest. The media has become so dependent on Twitter to find news that they genuinely struggle to find sources and do their job without it.
Deeply unsurprised to see all the reporting of Iran's strikes on Israel as being "unprecedented" and "audacioius" as if they just got bored on a Saturday night and thought fuck it.
In 2022, via the @IrishExaminer, I've been lucky enough to pursue my grá for the chats on a full-time basis.
From Ireland's neurodivergent community, its DIY arts scenes and the Irish language; to astronauts, particle physicists and gosh-dang, mother-heckin' Super Mario.
NPR’s data shows that they lost nothing after being ostracized by the psychotic white billionaire. It counters the idea that leaving Twitter is a loss. Let’s dismiss the idea that we need to be held hostage on any platform.
#BREAKING Judge McAfee says there will be a live YouTube stream — operated by the court — of all #Fulton County hearings & trials related to the #TrumpIndictment, in addition to pool #media coverage #Georgia#legal 1/...
Pay attention to what's happening in this case: the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just essentially ruled that it's fully legal to jail journalists for reporting leaked information, or any information they obtain from government officials without going through "proper channels."
Several of you have suggested that Canada’s Boadcaster, the CBC, should follow the BBC’s lead and set up its own Mastodon server. To further this idea, I’ve written the following letter to CBC President Catherine Tait.
Feel free to use the letter as a template if you would like to do the same. She does not appear to have a public email address, but you can reach her by using the CBC’s contact form: https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/contact-us #Media#Journalism#BBC#CBC#Mastodon
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"Biden has steered the country out of a #recession and #pandemic, gotten through a slew of critical legislation (some bipartisan), avoided a default on the #debt, set the stage for about 14 million new #jobs and overseen a resurgence of manufacturing. Internationally, he has restored the #UnitedStates’ image and solidified and expanded #NATO in defense of #Ukraine.
NYT said that #Trump's projection that #Biden is a threat to democracy is brazen.
Actually, it's superb manipulation of their own failures.
NYT quoted 31 words from Biden about democracy, 66 from Trump lying, PLUS 21 from a MAGAt, 16 from MTG, and 36 from Trump's campaign (they also quoted Josh Shapiro).
Basically, bc NYT couldn't resist disseminating Trump's rants, they gave him a campaign ad to attack democracy. #media
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