Media (Traditional and Social Media) Coverage of Politics & Elections

[Callatoroy]

It's abundantly clear that in his second term Trump & Company are actively going to use the government to intimidate and suppress any celebrity or media figure or organization they don't like into silence regarding him or his minions or the activities or policies of his administration. It's literally Viktor Orban's playbook, and it worked for him in Hungary brilliantly, and it has a great chance of working here as well.

That might come to be reality and it might not. We both agree that it would not be a good thing though right?

 

[4thgenheel]

We were in a Lyft today and my wife spotted near the end of the ride that the driver was listening on his ear buds to a youtube video that was entitled the Secret Execution of the Traitor Mark Milley. That optional tip quickly dissapeared.

jfc.

what a lunatic. we are so screwed.

 

[JCTarheel82]

What is the point of "fuck you money" If you never say "fuck you" people who desperately need to hear it?

Turns out "fuck you money" can't buy you a backbone.

 

[nycfan]

 

[Mulberry Heel]

Again, this is all straight out of the Orban playbook in Hungary. Force all media outlets to get government approval for their actions. Except here Miller didn't even have to force Zuckerberg to kneel, he did it voluntarily before Trump 2.0 even took office.

 

[korgguy1971]

Holy shit you and I have found common ground. I couldn't agree more with you on this.

Then you've actually found common ground with, I'd wager, most of the board on this particular subject (of social media & disinformation).

 

[nycfan]

The TikTok ban is exposing a lot of Chinese Anti-American propaganda (that is a lot like Soviet propaganda in that it is not without fertile ground for critiquing the inequities of capitalism but can’t help but bend far over into pro-authoritarian propaganda).

 

[nycfan]

Prior Washington Post tagline: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”

New Washington Post tagline: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

True story.

The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’

This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

www.nytimes.com

Perhaps this is a local dialect thing, but growing up, being accused of “storytelling” was being called out for gross exaggeration or lying (in a way that gave you space to walk it back before shit got real).

 

[finesse]

Prior Washington Post tagline: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”

New Washington Post tagline: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

True story.

The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’

This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

www.nytimes.com

Perhaps this is a local dialect thing, but growing up, being accused of “storytelling” was being called out for gross exaggeration or lying (in a way that gave you space to walk it back before shit got real).

How about fabulist as a replacement for journalist.

 

[StrangePackage]

Prior Washington Post tagline: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”

New Washington Post tagline: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

True story.

The Washington Post’s New Mission: Reach ‘All of America’

This week, The Post began trying out a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”

www.nytimes.com

Perhaps this is a local dialect thing, but growing up, being accused of “storytelling” was being called out for gross exaggeration or lying (in a way that gave you space to walk it back before shit got real).

I guess they thought "Will the last one out turn off the light" was too on the nose.

 

[UNCatTech]

Archibald: Tommy Tuberville’s blunder of Biblical proportions

We could talk of imbeciles, but ... nah.

www.al.com