jdubyew.bsky.social
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No idea if you'll spot this among the many replies mate, but @bsky.app *does* let you verify your identity so nobody can pretend to be you: bsky.social/about/blog/4...
Basically talk to the LBC IT team. See if they can configure the LBC.co.uk domain to verify you. And other official LBCers. :)
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Feel free to use the label. I just think it's fundamentally a bit weird putting where people went to school next to their work and opinions
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I think journalism should be judged on... The journalism.
Read what is said. Take away whatever you like from it. That's it.
Journalism is practically always written with a bias. I personally always keep that in mind. Dragging schools into that just seems off to me.
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I think labelling the education of journalists doesn't achieve anything beneficial. It just points at the obvious in a slightly creepy way (see: highly educated people tend to find success and power - like most industries - plus don't forget nepotism could influence their reporting).
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I appreciate your constructive response rather than something snide like (almost) everyone else.
I know rich, successful people often know other rich, powerful people. Nepotism is nothing new. Explicitly highlighting journalist education just feels like intellectual virtue signalling to me.
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Yes. Class inequality exists. So what? The sky is also blue.
I still think attaching people's schools above their opinions is creepy. Labelling a journalist's education before what they say seems incredibly snobbish to me.
I get labels are opt-in though. Have fun I guess 🤷
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Let me add as well - I understand a journalist's different educational background can lead to political influence/bias. But I still don't see what bringing up the education of a journalist has to do with what they're saying... Again, that just seems like gross classism to me.
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What does someone's education level have to do with their journalistic output?
Nothing. That's what. I just see classism here. Using a journalist's education - or lack thereof - as an excuse to question whatever it is they're covering. I don't like it one bit.