"[Polls] have been weaponized, cheapened, commoditized, and mass-produced to tell the American public what to believe . . . rather than reporting on what the American public actually believes.
Why does the media engage in such amoral and deceptive practices? To reinforce their editorial bias and increase sales."
(“No organization, particularly a newsroom, can succeed unless it is cohesive and aligned … It has become clear that this appointment undermines that goal.”)
Funny — the journalists who spoke up said McDaniel’s departure was required to
🔸preserve their journalistic mission and the network’s credibility,
🔸not out of any need for “alignment.”
We can only hope that NBC and other news organizations take away something more than “don’t hire a MAGA mouthpiece”
A few ideas:
• Create a #mission#statement that affirms your goals are telling the #truth and defending #democracy, which protects the First Amendment — not fake balance. • #Stop#pretending four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump and his movement are presenting #alternative “#policies” as a normal party would. They are fighting for an alternate system: authoritarianism. • Politicians’ outright #lies must be identified, not just labeled as their “response” or “position.” • Instead of obsessing over #polls, devote extensive coverage to #analyzing the Heritage Foundation’s “#Project2025” and Trump’s #fascist#agenda. Feature #historians and political #scientists during news segments (not only on panels) to put Trump’s views and statements in context. • #Don’t excerpt a few words from a Trump rally or speech, dub it an “argument” and #ignore his mental short-circuits and #deteriorating#intellect.
Even great directors can produce the odd turkey. @RollingStone has created a list of 50 truly terrible movies by otherwise excellent filmmakers. But which do you think topped the list? Once you've cast your vote, take a peek at the story and let us know your thoughts. Apologies for shortening the name of Steven Spielberg's 2008 masterpiece — Mastodon wouldn't allow us to give it its full title, which is, of course, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
Welcome to Day 3 of Round 2 of our annual AniMarch Madness Tournament.
New polls drop today (and tomorrow), so make sure to vote for your favorite anime series! Also, be sure to check our blog / all our social accounts to make your voice heard. All votes are compiled to determine which series move on.
Make your voice heard throughout Round 2 of AniMarch Madness! Also, please boost each toot to help get more folks involved! @animeblogging
The Canadian federal election hasn't even been called yet and already an avalanche of daily "polls" show a strong Poilievre win.
Why do the conservative media & con pundits continue to call for PM Trudeau to step aside? Why even bother if Mr. Poilievre is a shoo-in?
"I'm gonna go with the polls are as fake as PP's face tan" 😑
Today is Day 2 of Round 2 of our annual AniMarch Madness Tournament.
We have more polls coming out today and throughout the week, so make sure to vote for your favorite anime series! Also, be sure to check our blog / all our social accounts to make your voice heard. All votes are compiled to determine which series move on.
Make your voice heard throughout Round 2 of AniMarch Madness! Also, please boost each toot to help get more folks involved! @animeblogging
Today is the Day 2 of Round 2 of our annual AniMarch Madness.
We have some exciting and spicy polls coming out this week, so make sure to vote! Also, be sure to check the website and all of our social accounts today to make your voice heard. All votes are compiled to determine which series move on.
Make your voice heard on the first matches of Round 2 of AniMarch Madness! Also, please boost each toot to help get more folks involved!
Are you ready for Round 2 of our AniMarch Madness!
Thank you all for voting last week. We had a few, amazingly close matches decided by single digits across ALL of our social accounts. Make sure you get out the vote for Round 2 soon!
Here's the bracket from the first round completed.
Today is the final day of Round 1 of our annual AniMarch Madness. Today's polls are going up early because someone (our Masto admin, @mdmrn) has some kind of work meeting to get to this morning. Who does that?
Well, have you been enjoying the tournament this week because more polls are incoming!
Please be sure to check the website and all of our social accounts today to make your voice heard. All votes are compiled to determine which series move on.
Make your voice heard on the final matches of Round 1 of AniMarch Madness! Also, please boost each toot to help get more folks involved!
The votes from Day 2 of Round 1 are being counted now from all of our social accounts. Today we continue Round 1 with another exciting set of polls.
Make sure to check the website and all of our social accounts today to make your voice heard. All votes are compiled to determine which series move on.
Make your voice heard, vote now on some great, Day 3 matches, and please boost to get more folks involved!
Did you enjoy the first day of Round 1 yesterday? Well, we're continuing our AniMarch Madness with another set of polls for Round 1.
Make sure to check the website and all of our social accounts today to make your voice heard. All votes are compiled to determine which series move on.
Make your voice heard, vote now on some great, Day 2 matches, and please boost to get more folks involved!
As we discussed last week, our AniMarch Madness Tournament has returned!
Make sure to check the website and all of our social accounts today to make your voice heard. All votes are compiled to determine which series move on.
Our first round of polls begin today in the following toot! Make your voice heard and vote now on some great, Day 1 matches.