"If some of this looks to you like crossing the line from journalism into activism, you’re right. We cannot be neutral about this, by definition. A free press that doesn’t agitate for democracy is an oxymoron." - @glichfield.bsky.social
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-media-becomes-an-activist-for-democracy/
https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/the-media-becomes-an-activist-for-democracy/
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They’ve been right wing activists of late by normalizing crime, corruption, and the compromise of our institutions.
Meanwhile, fawning coverage and papering over his wanton criminality is just seen as offering a different perspective.
It’s all b.s. and Americans are sick of it.
And the difference is that they MUST advocate for democracy - not for Democrats or any political party, but for the concept of freedom from tyranny.
But too many journalists accept bullshit at face value & give it equal standing as facts & information. They are (un?)witting propagandists.
It's the UTTER FAILURE of the press to RIP the twice-impeached imbecilic petulant toddler to SHREDS, for his insane words AND his deeds, combined with their SANEWASHING and NORMALIZING his CRIMINALITY, that got us here in the first place.
MSM always seems to give Reps the benefit of the doubt while holding the Dems feet to the fire.
Just look at the last 4 yrs. They shit on Biden every chance they got all while sane-washing Trump.
The requirement, which I notice you follow, should be transparency.
Free press and active civic engagement are crucial to resisting authoritarian overreach! Exposing abuses through investigative journalism is a proven tool to change public opinion against authoritarianism while apathy & fear has proven to be enabling (which is why that's all King Maga does).
Forwarding to all my activists followers.
Wake up America!
How can we make the American voter actual believe a vote matters ?
How can we convince voters that real change can become a reality ?
Close to 90 million people chose not to vote in the 2024 election.
How can advocates for democracy convince them that voting matters?
Here are some issues.
The system is undemocratic!
You try to bring comfort to the uncomfortable and make the comfortable uncomfortable.
Journalists can still make the difference they supposedly got in the game to make.
All it takes is integrity.
Theatre artist here and we often use these quotes about our work.
Our media failed out country and now we have a dictator.
Whatever happen to straight news reporting, raw news?
Elections aren't rigged, but the system is an elite power game with a fig leaf of universal suffrage
This is why saying that democracy was under threat didn’t work
Media need to address this
Real journalism is pushed to bottom of the queue.
Americas has no clue about whats happening in their own city councils anymore.
I don't even know where to get my news from anymore. I just listen to music radio now.
You may also like this
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6f4nmmqkyhw2isl4ngubzjn5/lists/3lbx3nbl5i227
Newspapers like NYTIMES and WaPo should lower the paywall
Before the election I regularly wrote to the NYTIMES begging them to lower the paywall - so *all* Americans could benefit
Now I read on Substack
https://alphahistory.com/coldwar/edward-r-murrow-on-mccarthy-1954/
The problem is today the media is so fractured that one voice will never break through. It has to be all voices speaking truth both good & bad. Calling lies lies & corruption corruption.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6f4nmmqkyhw2isl4ngubzjn5/lists/3lclgzdvyai26
Valuable: Objectivity.
We made a grave, possibly fatal, error in granting the weapon of neutrality to bad-faith actors, allowing them to conflate absence of context with objectivity.
And this trashy concept gave birth to Fox News . And now every other network has taken Fox’s lead.
Because, most people gave up reading real journalism because there were no more journalists.
Shit was being churned out
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It died after it gave birth to the anti- war movement, the pentagon papers , watergate , the environmental movement.
The establishment saw this as a threat to their agenda and way of life . So they killed it , by telling us
We...r...fked..if we let him take office!!!
I don't want 3 protest either,but my calling is getting strong
You’ve succeeded while American justice has casually watched fascism come to roost.
You can seriously challenge him. It’ll be harder to do after 1/20 but still possible.
Sure detractors will call it “lawfare” but it’s the law and shouldn’t be ignored like this. Please, Marc
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045009/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_park%2520row
Part 1
She risked her life to tell the truth to the Russian people about Ukraine. That is activism and at a time when our democracy is teetering, we need activism from our press.
I simply cannot accept that there are, on every story, two equal and logical sides to an argument.
—Edward R. Murrow
Biden was quiet and uneventful.
That's why they got special constututional protection.
Also, contest the fking election already. Fight
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ARE YOU SHITTING ME? They just spent 9 years destroying it for Trump and the Republicans, and they're just getting started.
#MediaBecomesAdvocate
For #Democracy
Thank You!⚡️⚡️⚡️
YES!
French Revolution with Guns