our lazy, consolidated press loves to call the dismantling of essential cornerstones of a functioning society (consumer protection, labor rights, whatever) a "blow to democrats," even if the policy shift harms everyone and the reforms have broad, bipartisan support - ThreadSky

karlbode.com • 62 days ago

our lazy, consolidated press loves to call the dismantling of essential cornerstones of a functioning society (consumer protection, labor rights, whatever) a "blow to democrats," even if the policy shift harms everyone and the reforms have broad, bipartisan support

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karlbode.com•62 days ago

Meanwhile that same coverage very rarely suggests that Republicans have any agency. They almost never have to meaningfully own their unpopular, harmful policies in the press, whether that's gutting consumer protection or fighting pollution standards in a way that's causing the planet to boil

karlbode.com•62 days ago

try to find a single bit of mainstream media coverage of the LA wildfires that so much as even suggests climate change EXISTS, much less that corrupt Republicans (with the help of some corrupt Dems, granted) played a starring role in helping the fossil fuel industry set the planet on fucking fire

karlbode.com•62 days ago

anyhoo I wrote about a lot of this here, ICYMI

https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/01/02/americas-right-wing-propaganda-problem-might-be-terminal/

jonizook1.bsky.social•62 days ago

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mkbinpa.bsky.social•62 days ago

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gardenfool.bsky.social•62 days ago

Last night on CBS national news, a reporter in LA mentioned climate change at the very end of his coverage. I had been listening for it. Surprising.

feralhattie.bsky.social•62 days ago

gendering of the two political parties in a patriarchy was bound to result in the dad party being forced to occasionally hit the mom party, you know, for the good of the country. etc

daniele-gaither.bsky.social•62 days ago

Consolidated. That’s the word I’ve been looking for.

bitspersecond.bsky.social•62 days ago

Since this is a win for one set of lobbyists over another (with regular people caught in the middle), I’m predicting the social media giants will enter the broadband space in some way rather than risk being separated from their product (people). The new administration isn’t going to oppose that.

ncsudem.bsky.social•62 days ago

Describing it as transparency is peak doublespeak. How absurd. Wolff, like most MSM, neglected to ask the follow-up. How is a private phone call transparent?

jerbrad28.bsky.social•62 days ago

I remember in my 2004 law school Media Law class my professor asked, “Anybody see a problem with media consolidation?” I - an older, 2nd career student, was the ONLY ONE who raised my hand.

karlbode.com•62 days ago

and still it's just NOT discussed as an important policy. Completely forgotten about in the Big Tech AI Crypto hype era. But it really does matter. And we're seeing why. Painfully.

imdumfounded.bsky.social•62 days ago

Destroying America is a "blow to Democrats". It drives me nut when they do this, but it isn't lazy, it's intentional.

steveramosaloha.bsky.social•62 days ago

Climate change is damage to the entire planet!

jeffholcomb.bsky.social•62 days ago

Agreed. We establish social contracts for good reasons. A rejection of those norms by a minority with the capacity to spread disinformation is an attack on those contracts.

kitchengigolo.bsky.social•62 days ago

It's as dumb as the "Own the Libs" ethos but with fewer excuses for being so ignorant and evil.

gaius.bsky.social•62 days ago

Also has the effect of making Republicans instantly support it

karlbode.com•62 days ago

yes, also the inverse

"oh, I guess I should oppose that then!"

zugernat.bsky.social•62 days ago

What kind of lifestyle do these people lead that they can be so far removed from reality?

revwendyv.bsky.social•62 days ago

It’s so insane. It’s a blow to democracy - which will affect everyone, even the autocrat lovers.

karlbode.com•62 days ago

well and you know it's not just net neutrality. They're taking direct aim at the entirety of coherent federal consumer protection. And they're going to succeed.

dankine.bsky.social•62 days ago

They don't want democracy.

el-condor-pasa.bsky.social•62 days ago

It truly amazing how everything has been framed.

dopplerinc.bsky.social•62 days ago

I which we discover we are the other. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Niemöller

poormarlowe.bsky.social•62 days ago

It's an Orwellian neologism that means: "harm is being done to people for profit, or perhaps just malice—by political conservatives."

The basic fact to see here is the villains have power over the headline writers.

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