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   Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 07:40:23 JST Dan Gillmor

   One of Big Journalism's saddest traits is choosing to be helpless in the face of challenges with ready solutions. Two examples:

   1) Political coverage still obsesses on falsely balanced issues and horse races, and continues to normalize extremism, even when our democracy is at stake.

   2) Journalists stay on Twitter, or X or whatever, even though the person controlling it uses the site to amplify extremists, including enemies of democracy (and journalism).

   The (few) exceptions prove the rule.

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     Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 07:40:21 JST Dan Gillmor

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     • Nick Martin

     @nickmartin It should be a turning point for a lot of journalists, but they believe themselves to be hooked.

     ?? Humpleupagus ?? repeated this.
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     Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (zhizhu@newsie.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 07:40:21 JST Zhi Zhu 🕸️

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     • Nick Martin

     @dangillmor @nickmartin

     “Treating truth and lies as worthy of equal consideration makes the media complicit in MAGA deception."
     https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/media-coverage-2024-republican-election-lies/

     See Mastodon thread of article: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/110498505332327306

     #FactualNotNeutral
     #Journalism #Politics #News #Media

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     Nick Martin (nickmartin@masto.ai)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 07:40:22 JST Nick Martin

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     @dangillmor I haven't been on social media much this year due to health reasons, but the news that Twitter is now funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in ad revenue to the kinds of extremists you mention was a deal breaker for me.

     I justified it before because there are still important folks (like the disability community) that are kind of stuck there or haven't found another platform yet. But I'm not going to be a party to financially supporting bigots.

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 07:40:46 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
     Yup. The media is definitely in the bag for Trump. I wish we had more left leaning journalist. That would fix everything. 😒
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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:20:14 JST Alex Gleason

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     • Nick Martin
     • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
     @ZhiZhu @dangillmor @nickmartin My god man, chill out. Are you retarded?
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     Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:23:09 JST Alex Gleason

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     • Nick Martin
     • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
     @graf @nickmartin @dangillmor @ZhiZhu This is all I needed to know.
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     anime graf mays ?️? (graf@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:23:10 JST anime graf mays ?️?

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     • Alex Gleason
     • Nick Martin
     • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
     @alex @nickmartin @dangillmor @ZhiZhu hes on the journalist instance, i think you know the answer to that
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:35:51 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • anime graf mays ?️?
     • Alex Gleason
     • Nick Martin
     • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
     He blocked and reported me too. 😏
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:36:26 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Alex Gleason
     • Nick Martin
     • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
     Yes. He's retarded.
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     Hyperhidrosis :verified: (hyperhidrosis@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:38:20 JST Hyperhidrosis :verified:

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     • anime graf mays ?️?
     • ?? Humpleupagus ??
     • Alex Gleason
     • Nick Martin
     • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
     @Humpleupagus @alex @nickmartin @dangillmor @ZhiZhu @graf kill him in game
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 08:38:20 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • anime graf mays ?️?
     • Alex Gleason
     • Hyperhidrosis :verified:
     • Nick Martin
     • Zhi Zhu 🕸️
     I'm playing the long game. He'll off himself soon enough.
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     teknomunk (teknomunk@apogee.polaris-1.work)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jul-2023 09:27:57 JST teknomunk

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     @dangillmor
     
     When you define everything political as either Democracy (things you agree with) or extremism (everything you don't like) then demand the latter be destroyed by every means necessary, is it any surprise that lots of people end up hating you?
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