Something extraordinarily surreal about watching a thing happen, everyone talking about how the thing happened, there's undeniable video of the thing happening, the people who like the thing are cheering about how much they liked it, and every major media outlet refuses to plainly say it happened. - ThreadSky

andycraig.bsky.social • 38 days ago

Something extraordinarily surreal about watching a thing happen, everyone talking about how the thing happened, there's undeniable video of the thing happening, the people who like the thing are cheering about how much they liked it, and every major media outlet refuses to plainly say it happened.

Reposted from Timothy Burke

American media: What could Elon Musk's hand gesture have meant?

German media: We know exactly what the fuck that meant

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jeremythejedi.bsky.social•38 days ago

kajo503.bsky.social•38 days ago

Either the media goes crazy chasing Trump's squirrels, or they sit back and pretend the squirrel isn't eating all the birdseed and grows to the size of a gorilla.

runningoutwest.bsky.social•38 days ago

They're all paid not to be truthful

huntthesnark.bsky.social•38 days ago

When I studied poststructuralist literary theory as an undergrad in the 90's, the conservative world view decried the entire enterprise as "moral relativism," but they have now enthusiastically embraced and weaponized it.

cuttybrown.bsky.social•38 days ago

Americans are stupid And naive.

sparkygriswold.bsky.social•38 days ago

I feel like I'm losing my goddamn mind. Like, what are we supposed to do? We can't share it on social media (except Bluesky, of course) because they'll bury it. We can't see it in the news (or we get "both sides"). Advocacy groups are looking the other way.

It's being supported in all directions!

tobellz.bsky.social•38 days ago

The press will soon ask, "How did we get here?" They are unlikely to recognize that their meekness is how.

maxwalrus.bsky.social•38 days ago

At least PBS said it

andycraig.bsky.social•38 days ago

"Elon Musk gave a Nazi salute."

You can just write that. In the newspaper. Because it's what happened. It is a true fact and you're allowed to report those.

apearlma.bsky.social•38 days ago

and if you want the "it sure looked like X, but maybe it wasn't?" defense, it can be written "Elon Musk appeared to have made the Nazi salute twice in a row."

onbluskysku.bsky.social•38 days ago

If nothing is true anymore then truth is no defense

rincewind.run•38 days ago

real credibility-destroying moment all around

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