"Flood the zone" is aimed exactly at this capacity. - ThreadSky

jayrosen.bsky.social • 2 days ago

"Flood the zone" is aimed exactly at this capacity.

I'm not saying journalists should never interview admitted propagandists. There are journalistic reasons to do so. But if we do, we must be prepared to -- in fact it is our duty to -- challenge vociferously all unsubstantiated claims. Otherwise, we ourselves become propagandists.

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secretoriginz.bsky.social•2 days ago

laureanne.bsky.social•2 days ago

Mindlessly amplifying often alarmist propaganda / click bait is not #journalism. It’s spreading propaganda. “ #Journalists “ like @acyn.bsky.social @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social help Trump.

grsmn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Absolutely.

Journalists need to be critical filters.

Or they are merely stenographers.

grsmn.bsky.social•2 days ago

By filter i mean filter the information, call out the bs.

Not filter out the guest just cause the guest is a zone flooder

everydayhuman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Baffled with bullshit!

followthetruth.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's been 2 hours since the PA State Police have reported that the incident at the Governor's Mansion is attempted murder, and still the news media is reporting it as an "arson attack!" The media could also say it's a possible hate crime. The governor and his family had just celebrated their seder.

kidsandpets.bsky.social•2 days ago

Excellent!

stevebrant.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is she referring to Bill Maher interviewing Trump? 🙄🤮

braddeltan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is there a system where the journalist, or the producer, can just cut off the mic of the propagandist the instant they start lying? And they announce at the beginning of the interview that's what they'll do? And then they actually do it. Like, VERY liberally?

braddeltan.bsky.social•2 days ago

I imagine the propagandists would quickly refuse to appear on such shows but that's kind of the point. You market it as "the Truth Zone" and when they refuse to be interviewed on it, you shamelessly promote that the propagandist cannot handle the truth.

jayrosen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ever been to a political event where the incumbent didn't show up and the organizers put an empty chair on stage? It's effective for about ten minutes. May be deserved for much longer than that. In the gap between those things we reason.

grsmn.bsky.social•2 days ago

I recall Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair. That got some traction.

Could be just a one time stunt though.

braddeltan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Indeed, and not in a good way...

grsmn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh that stunt was def a stain..

braddeltan.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's a good point, but logically if a news outlet "commit to the bit" (so to speak) long enough, eventually it would circle back to effectiveness again.

The rub then would be: how long would it last the second time?

horatiorama.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

facistantii.bsky.social•2 days ago

The flooding is intentional for sure but the media is a business to make profit and that it is what drives them towards the propaganda "monkeys". They are now only useful tools for the White House ' squatters just like the newspaper tabloids were and still are.

winfriedvanderveen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Always showing ‘both sides’ does the same.

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