The Young Turks and Hasan being some of the largest bubbles is *not great for the left*.
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Gillian Branstetter
Something that's been clear to me for some time is that a lot of progressive advocacy and politics has overindexed on finding just the right combination of words to say while ignoring the fact that no media ecosystem exists where people might actually hear you say them. New from @mmfa.bsky.social
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A) 54% of Americans read at 6th grade level or lower & 24% are illiterate
B) what percentage of the rest wanted to “free Palestine”?
C) Fox News does not need the “leftists” but they don’t hurt either
Which of those circles is dispensing positive messaging for Democrats?
Not the red. Not the blue.
1/3 of the (less numerous) blue bubbles would probably fail the simple question “should we elect more Democrats?”
Problem is, he's a shitbag to boot.
At the VA. On the town square.
It's that wading into these media spaces fucking sucks because a bunch of absolute garbage is pushed to the top and saturates it.
Astroturfing and bitting are massively powerful for pushing terrible slip that people don't actually like.
I think some of the podcasts we do listen to aren't being considered due to the framing of the question.
So yeah the question of the criteria they are using is definitely valid
I'm wondering if there were decisions to exclude law podcasts and podcasts affiliated with television/radio hosts from the dataset.
https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/biggest-podcasts-dethroned-joe-rogan-experience-2043571
I have to admit that Hasan being the face isn't the best.