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   scott f (scott@carfree.city)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 11:19:58 JST scott f

   lol, are the ones that turned out not to be true blanked out?

   I saw this making the rounds but couldn't find anything to confirm that the New York Times' "CEO" (it appears to have no role with that title) was a Trump donor. You all need to be a little more thoughtful about boosting stuff that sounds truthy but isn't true.

   alt: screenshot of tweet claiming several media CEOs donated to Trump, but two of them have been drawn over

   https://mastodon.online/@BenCisco/112747542585449229

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     Phil in SF (kingrat@sfba.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2024 11:19:58 JST Phil in SF

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     @scott he's got a followup saying he edited the image because it wasn't true. i doubt he followed up to fact check the remainder either.

     a lot of those news companies are shitty, but not necessarily in the mustache-twirling way that indicates