We are already doing that at MeidasNews, although I suppose you are probably talking about legacy outlets with fewer readers. We have no wealthy investors or backers. We are built from the ground up one person at a time, one podcast at a time, one article at a time. Built quite well too.
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Social media came along and just supercharged the accessibility of the smaller guys who couldn’t get on radio or TV.
MUCH more than that: i'm for journalism (without angle, analysis, bias, motive, or favor) building platforms that serve the PUBLIC well. just imagine: a world where you're presented the news and entrusted to critically think yourself.
Ab-So-Friggin-Lutely
Most (sane) people want FACTS
I'm old enough to remember not only when news was solidly fact-checked, but then dbl-checked before any reporter got on the air
Then, at the end of local news, there *occasionally* a short editorial where opinion was offered as that, an *opinion*
ugh🤢🤮
Like this platform you’re currently enjoying.
We should be able to connect to sources we often reference such as reddit, threads, and any deemed worthy by this media community.
I have wondered the same. The problem, as we know is that the news networks are in it to make money and not for the news. The rest of TV programming was supposed to support the news.
https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/ratings
Akin to choosing a newspaper/s to buy. Not having all of them thrown at you (often with bile).
Choice is democracy.
The future of media is online, interactive content not just staring at a talking head on a screen
It's time to embrace the future of media
Sell out
It perverts the traditional 4th Estate.
Journalism was an altruistic profession, not a road to riches.
We need to find a way to mainline and reward the journalists themselves for honest investigation
We need to empower people by teaching quickly.
- disinformation
- hostile foreign influence
- lies and projection
Do it here, but publish only verified news, via a pre-screen for veracity (versus after-the-fact crowd check).
Could employ lots of writers/fact-checkers.
We need a society we'll educated in truth
I'd imagine with President Elect Musk's new govt position, he'll have to let go of "new media" X. At least, in theory, in a non-corrupt world...
The written word takes space and attention span to deliver information.
Using a platform like this to target eyeballs will be growing for years.
It is a fledgling platform so I think it is not quite ready for monetisation at present.
As it grows those avenues for revenue can be explored. Until then BSky will need support from investors. Why not you?
Can more "objective shared reality" be reinserted for common good?
(Hostile) purchases of conservative AM, FM and local TV.
Takeover one or more con cable news outlets.
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Buy BlueSky?
Somebody on the 'good rich' side has to counter the decades long acquisitions of local and national media by the Right.
I don't want to hear any more about 'fight', it's over unless we break up conservative media.
Maybe even a pay-per-article for legacy media, as i don't need a subscription for an entire newspaper, but do find certain articles interesting to read.
I'm ready for something new by going back to the old. What I mean is going back to the kind of news Boomers grew up on. The kind
Set up a new NPR(TV) in Montreal and go 24/7 with unbiased news and info.
Maybe Gates, Soros, Buffett & yourself and a few others to keep it from becoming a Musk target
Maybe the solution is a variation of CBC/BBC offshore staffed with the best and supported by people like Gates
Now, some of them had an outsized opinion of my desire to read their article, but that’s another story.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/meta-block-news-1.7174031
Zeteo, Young Turks, Al-Jazeera, BBC, CBC, etc...?
to do that; people will sacrifice short term dollars. greed vs democracy.
that being said we need to find a way to fund investigate reporters; commentary isn't enough to save democracy.
And the personalities don't bother hiding their political bias anymore.
Don’t count us out though. We don’t all still use flip phones🤪
Legacy media has catered to that aging population without trying to draw in new veiwership from younger generations. The ratings will tank as they die off and we were never offered to take their place.
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I haven’t trusted you. I wonder why you are pro-democracy. You’re rich. You’ll survive the next 4 years. Many of us won’t. Talk is cheap. Actions say more.
It's a big club & we ain't in it...
He was never going to use his own money anyway, so who would look at Twitter and finance this?!
if cnn was bout money, they’d fill the void. but they are just clicks for the oligarchy too.
I can get reactions on sm.
We are news STARVED
I watch golf and that includes the golf channel so I'm curious of what's going to happen 🤔
but something else I can stop using.
https://youtu.be/ZuVavIvkCBA?si=XZbtibJg26gmrE45&t=37s
They have made it abundantly clear they have nothing of value to add.
I want one person sitting at the newsdesk screaming into the camera that shit is getting real, and
This week, Musk has escalated from targeting government agencies to singling out individuals—sparking his online army of followers to launch blistering critiques of ordinary federal employees.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/musk-unleashes-online-army-on-federal-workers-a-tough-way-to-find-out-she-s-losing-her-job/ar-AA1uA2aK?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=8ebfa517fd1d4912975e80ef1e6c521c&ei=17
As Trump efficiency czar, the billionaire is targeting employees by name on X
Musk’s repost—“So many fake jobs”—garnered 32 million views, triggering an avalanche of memes and ridicule from his followers against the employee, such as,
https://www.wsj.com/tech/musk-unleashes-online-army-on-federal-workers-a-tough-way-to-find-out-shes-losing-her-job-f57a2e94?reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
THIS IS STASI CHIT
These tactics are aimed at sowing terror and fear at federal employees,” said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees,
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/bdcfc777-d335-3e9a-9aaf-4d1e113832e3/musk-unleashes-online-army-on.html
It would also be a great way for jounalists and out-of-work coders to connect and boost each other
How do you reach out to those who didn't vote for Kamala.
Those who stayed at home.
Are they likely to be on Bluesky? Not sure.
Build the stadium, perhaps via a powerful dedicated streaming app, and the people will come.
The Guardian is good. I have yet to have any major problems with them.
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you guys are doing an excellent job …… 😉😎
Cable news is dying. We have to take a different approach. @meidastouch.bsky.social is one of the best!!