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So @TheGuardian is now posting stories with AI slop pasted in?
That's what this reads like to me:
Specifically, check out the para after "The rate in Glasgow had been edging towards 30%, and exceeded that in the latest week after several years of lower office attendance." ,
which reads like a straight copy/paste of some ChadGPT output 'facts'.
#AISlop #AI #Journalism #Writing #News #NewsPapers #TheGuardian
Under the Trump administration, two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor.
In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%.
Read our full investigation: https://www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-cfpb-experian-transunion?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Data #Finance #PersonalFinance #Credit #Trump #DataViz #Research #Journalism
RE: https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks/116471283173674476
Do American schoolkids get a ballroom to protect them or is just dying Peados?
It's a fucking magic trick...
#WHCD #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsDinner #Journalism #Press #USPol #USPolitics
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@charlesgaba.com
2,000 professional journalists literally on the scene when it happened
and no one knows what is actually going on?
# Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social - 51m
So just to recap, in the last minute CSPAN says it was a false alarm, CNN
says the shooter was killed in the lobby, and the pool report says he's in
custody, do | have that right?
01:52 - 26 Apr 2026 @ Everybody can reply
278 reposts 23 quotes 11K likes](/proxy/post_attachment/1046313/e73dedb058.png "{ Charles Gaba [5]
@charlesgaba.com
2,000 professional journalists literally on the scene when it happened
and no one knows what is actually going on?
# Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social - 51m
So just to recap, in the last minute CSPAN says it was a false alarm, CNN
says the shooter was killed in the lobby, and the pool report says he's in
custody, do | have that right?
01:52 - 26 Apr 2026 @ Everybody can reply
278 reposts 23 quotes 11K likes")
RE: https://journa.host/@Chrisblue/116461172752777070
I am thoroughly enjoying this story and watching this clown get his ass handed to him
RE: https://mastodon.social/@invadersil/116324993175863094
TWO THINGS:
1. it’s shocking how well written this terms of service document is. #Microslop uses plain language and proper emphatic formatting to identify what’s important.
2. this was updated on October 24, 2025. since then NOT ONE TECH JOURNALIST has read it; because, not one tech "journalist" has reported that #Copilot IS MEANT AS #ENTERTAINMENT.
Fourth Estate my ass.
Satya Nadella gifted Sam Altman a billion of Windoze money for a lap dance?
c’mon #tech #journalism. DO YOUR JOBS!
The federal government is charging a skyrocketing number of migrants with trespassing in military zones.
But the boundaries can be hard to pinpoint — even for investigative reporters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/military-zones-border-migrants-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #Military #Defense #Border #Law #Government #Journalism
The entire (consistently updated) list of Palestinian journalists and media workers murdered in Gaza since the genocide started.
#Gaza #genocide #Palestine #Israel #Zionism #journalism #media
The Battle of Waterloo was fought #OTD, 18 June, 1815. Walter Scott visited the battlefield shortly after; his 1816 book PAUL’S LETTERS TO HIS KINSFOLK contains one of the earliest accounts of the aftermath, & is an important early example of war journalism
1/3
https://theconversation.com/walter-scott-war-journalism-from-the-waterloo-battlefield-43304
#Scottish #literature #Waterloo #history #19thcentury #journalism #WalterScott
A sad day for more than 120 #AssociatedPress employees as the organization announced that it is having to close down its newspaper-focused business, which represents only 10% of its revenue and is shrinking. More buyouts are expected.
The general public does not seem to value information quality, and at this point only governments will be able to sustain quality #journalism. https://apnews.com/article/news-industry-buyouts-ap-newspapers-dd790effc6a385514b3323560161ea4f
Judge Rebukes #Hegseth, Says #Pentagon Violated #CourtOrder
A Washington federal judge found the Pentagon violated a court order by reinstating restrictions on #press #access in an opinion that sharply criticized #Defense Sec Pete Hegseth for curtailing #FreeSpeech rights with the nation at #war.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #FourthEstate #Trump #dictatorship #fascism #propaganda
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/pentagons-revised-press-policy-violates-court-order-judge-says
Edited 154d ago
#StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic.
“The legacy of this show needs to be that we remember it as the show that was canceled because a presidential administration wanted it off the air,” says Heather Hendershot, a professor of #communication studies & #journalism at Northwestern University.
#law #democracy #FreeSpeech #FreePress #media #authoritarianism
https://apnews.com/article/colbert-final-show-late-night-cbs-13d6bbf9fe8ed40d72aed0c02d158377
I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X.
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Sebastian Gorka accused a ProPublica reporter of writing a “putrid piece of hackery” about him. Here’s how basic beat reporting led to a broader story about the state of the U.S. counterterrorism mission at a critical moment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sebastian-gorka-counterterrorism-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Government #USPolitics #Security #Journalism
Leaving X.
German parties leaving, collectively, is more than a symbolic exit. It is a chance to reassess how and where political communication happens.
A platform’s relevance is not inherent. It is constructed through user behavior. And when influential users walk, the relevance begins to erode.
World’s most powerful are suing media outlets before stories are even published, says editor - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/06/worlds-most-powerful-are-suing-media-outlets-before-stories-are-even-published-says-editor "Editor-in-chief of Wall Street Journal says those with deep pockets are launching legal challenges as a PR strategy" #journalism
Why can writers not seem to quit Substack? Maggie Mertens writes for the Scratch newsletter (hosted and distributed on @ghost) about why she and others feel locked in to the problematic platform, and talks to some who have successfully switched.
#BariWeiss, the editor in chief of #CBSNews, signaled a new direction for the nation’s top news program Thursday, replacing the executive producer of “#60Minutes” with #NickBilton, a longtime #tech #journalist & #documentarian who has NEVER worked in traditional broadcast #news.
Bilton, 49, is a former NYT technology columnist & a #filmmaker who has directed & produced documentaries on business & technology for #HBO & #Netflix.
#journalism #FourthEstate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/business/media/nick-bilton-60-minutes-bari-weiss.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
RE: https://masto.ai/@transworld/116625169682033568
This article is talking about the UK press; I wonder if the results would be the same for the press here in the USA.
Note that The Guardian, which does such good work in many fields, is not good at all when it comes to trans issues.
Introducing the July/August 2026 issue of Texas Observer magazine, with cover story by @josephinelee, and art by Clay Rodery.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116645486985827346
An #article shining light behind the #press release of a company
@_elena analyses #wsocial with exactly the right questions - " the 5 Ws of news reporting: who, what, where, when and why"
This is the kind of #journalism I am often missing these days - not just telling you what is in a companies press release but questioning everything - following the data & therefore the money
Thank you #ElenaRossini & thanks to @hannes99 for bringing it to my #attention
“Hello?” a voice said on the other end of the line. This time, the president had picked up.
“I’m writing a story about a big supporter of yours in the oil industry, Jeff Hildebrand,” I said. “Can I ask what you think about him?”
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-called-trump-hildebrand?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
NPR laid off about 4 percent of its content division, including 10 journalists and some veteran reporters.
""People love science," NPR Science Correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce, who was laid off Wednesday, said in an interview for this story. "It's such a break from the political and economic and often grim news to have something more inspiring and curiosity driven. I thought it was a great blessing to have the opportunity to give that to people."
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/27/nx-s1-5836624/npr-layoffs-job-cuts
#Pentagon bans #journalists from #PressOffice, designating it a classified space [so it’s clearly no longer a #press office]
The change creates a new barrier compared with previous admins, under which the office was an open room where reporters could stop by the desks of #military public affairs officials without escorts.
#Trump #Hegseth #fascism #censorship #journalism #FourthEstate #law #FreePress #democracy #transparency
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/01/pentagon-bans-journalists-press-office-designating-it-classified-space/
#CBSNews fired veteran “#60Minutes” correspondent #ScottPelley was #fired hours after a contentious meeting with management in response to his criticism of the newsmagazine’s new leadership.
“Despite yesterday’s misconduct, I had hoped that in sitting down with you today we could find a path forward together. You made clear that you are not interested in such a path,” newly appointed “60 Minutes” executive producer #NickBilton wrote to Pelley Tuesday evening.
#journalism
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/media/scott-pelley-60-minutes-cbs-meeting-bari-weiss-cibrowski-bilton