I spent so many years covering propaganda anticipating this exact moment and so many of my peers bought the paid-for contrarian line that even covering disinformation was somehow, itself, censorship.
Now we're at the event horizon. Celebration is protest is riot is justification for a police state.
Now we're at the event horizon. Celebration is protest is riot is justification for a police state.
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David Dayen
This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
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R: "They are eating the dogs..." (present, on-going)
D: "Don't give them pretext to do..." (future, coming)
It has not led to better things, it’s led to more polarization
Journalists aren't pushing back anymore. They used to have their own opinions and weren't afraid to share them. Now they're all cowards to ad revenue.
When there were like 3 TV channels you weren’t exactly getting a wide range of opinions.
I agree with you that there is a problem; but a big part of it actually kind of the opposite, how how to monetize it, especially in depth journalism
In the same way if you keep getting good products from a brand, you are more likely to see them as a badge of quality, and try their other products. Same as if you keep getting bad products from a brand
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lrbelwpzb22p
Great sentence!
Trump and Musk are kind of the exact thing they were worried about.
“Let’s destroy everything and it will probably be worse”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oAPjTHA19Kw&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD
Capitulation Network News.
So... a publication to promote good sources of information and journalism... called The Turnip?
Oh
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Building something better means letting go of a past that was not that rosy. Start anew with our learnings. It can be so much more.
The term "Yellow Journalism" originated from the late 1800s. These problems are by no means new.
Another thing to actively work arm-in-glove with propaganda, especially in our hyper-connected high-information ecosystem now.
Screaming into the void but it’s the gears up top that turn the statements, we can’t reach them.
And so you end up with this America.
https://bsky.app/profile/kaitensatsuma.bsky.social/post/3lrddovlqvk2w
The Secretary of Defense, declaring that people waving flags on TV are “illegal invaders”
How he can tell someone’s Citizenship status from a video… is beyond me.
I mean unless he’s just a fragile little man or using extreme Johnny Walker Judgement
If we can't vote, can't protest, and can't rely on our elected officials, what tools do we have?
https://bsky.app/profile/ecarney.bsky.social/post/3lizrqqbdbk2g
You still haven't addressed why you were constantly defending them from criticism.
There’s something about them that is different from the protesters, but I can’t white put my finger on it.