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#uspol #USPolitics #cartoon #comic #TimWalz #media #journalism #rural
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John Stoehr turns a cold eye on media malfeasance in letting Trump off the hook again and again and sanewashing his nonsense babble, since
"If he’s unfit to communicate, he’s unfit to serve."
And the media have an obligation to tell us this, not to function as "Trump’s assisted living program" and impose coherence, order, and meaning on meaningless spates of words.
John Stoehr
https://www.editorialboard.com/the-press-corps-is-trumps-assisted-living-program/
Edited 303d ago
👀 Per Mary Trump of unfortunate birth.
Apparently, he was trying to connect his #lies about high bacon prices with his lies about wind energy. He keeps telling these easily debunked lies because, as Daniel Dale, chronicler of #Donalds mendacity, pointed out, “By virtue of shameless perseverance, [Donald] often manages to outlast most of the media’s willingness to correct any particular #falsehood.” In other words, while Donald never gets tired of lying, the #media gets tired of doing its job.
Okay, Fedizens, it’s time for periscope down. Working on collateral pieces/sponsorships for the self care summit we’ll be holding next year. Super stoked for this. If you know of anyone who has interest in sponsoring, PM me or email info at mollycantrellkraig dot co (not com). Sponsor categories:
• Mindfulness or #MentalHealth app
• Financial literacy
• Health care, fitness, dance, yoga etc
• #Vegan or #vegetarian products
• Painting/gardening/hobbies
• Personal care
Edited 300d ago
Now that’s a lede
“In Kamala Harris’s big general-election debate four years ago, she faced off against an opponent with a fly on his head.
In her immeasurably bigger debate on Tuesday night, she confronted an opponent with bats inside his.”
Opinion | Donald Trump Made a Raving, Rambling Fool of Himself in That Debate
#politics #media #journalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/opinion/trump-harris-debate.html
Pundits and journos want policy details from Harris because they’re looking for flaws in an otherwise flawless campaign rollout so they can have more drama.
So they say the lack of detail is a big problem and then find swing state voters who heard that and echo it back to them for new stories.
This is how a lot of sausage gets made.
#HarrisWalz2024 #Election2024 #trump #media
An excellent takedown of the ongoing media coverage of Trump, Vance, fascism, and blood libel, by @jeffjarvis
"You hide behind your impotent fact-checking, never seeing — though frequently warned — that in the ways you debunk their lies, you spread them, and by pedantically nitpicking the other side in your misguided search for balance you create false equivalence. This is how they exploit you."
After all the #MarkRobinson, #Rufo, #Nuzzi and #RFKJr news broke, a late-night filing revealed that 3 witnesses gave sworn testimony that “#MattGaetz attended a drug-fueled sex party in 2017 with the 17-year-old girl at the center of the alleged sex trafficking scandal.”
Thursday was quite a news day.
#media
https://www.notus.org/florida/new-court-filings-matt-gaetz-dorworth-sex-party
My first podcast! Okay, the primary brain behind this is actually my old friend and occasional partner in crime Ratha Lai of Critical Impact Consulting. In the first episode of "Spin Doctors" we look at #debate preparation and strategy through the lens of the recent #Harris-#Trump cataclysm. Watch for future episodes in the coming weeks! #media #communications #USPol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfG6Cq-FGEQ
Edited 294d ago
"After the June debate that so clearly exposed Joe Biden’s cognitive decline, news coverage questioning his competence to hold office for another term was seemingly never-ending, and for good reason. The end result, of course, was that Biden took himself out of the race and endorsed Kamala Harris.
Now Trump has had a debate that raises serious questions about his competence."
~ Dan Froomkin
#Trump #age #MentalDecline #media #sanewashing
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https://criticalread.substack.com/p/trumps-mental-capacity-is-now-topic
Edited 297d ago
📣 It's been a while since we've federated a batch of publishers — so to make up for it, here are 250, and they're big ones.
Today, we're bringing names like @abc, @RollingStone, @forbes, @BleacherReport, @NationalGeographic and @newyorktimes to the fediverse. They join the 174 profiles we've already federated, which include everyone from @19thnews to @Vox
Here's a blogpost with more details on this latest batch of publications that cover news, business, cooking, home design, politics, sports, science and more. Follow their Magazine feeds if you're only interested in one topic, or their whole profiles if you want the lot. The spreadsheet below lists out all federated accounts.
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-federates-250-publishers/
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU
#Flipboard #Federation #SpreadMastodon #ActivityPub #Media #Publishers #Journalism #News #Politics #Sports #Entertainment #Food #Lifestyle #Science
You may have heard that @Flipboard brought 250 publishers to the Fediverse this week. Here are just a few news outlets you might want to follow:
You can follow their entire profile, or just follow the topical Magazines that you're interested in. For example, if you want world news, follow @world-news-CBSNews. Or if you want Canadian news, follow @canada-cbcnews
#FollowFriday #News #Media #Flipboard #Journalism #Fediverse
Edited 283d ago
Excited to learn that our side project "News source bias and sentiment on social media" has been accepted for publication in #PLoS_One !
Here's a link to a preprint version -- key points follow in the next post ( #affectivescience , #psychology , #media , #news 1/3) :
Edited 289d ago
⛔️⚠️AFU military command refute ongoing Western and Ukrainian media pro-Russian disinformation campaign: No battles are occurring anywhere in Dnipropetrovsk region (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4011863-ukrainian-military-no-battles-in-dnipropetrovsk-region.html #Ukraine #Mastodon #NYT #KyivIndependent #WashingtonPost #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
⛔️🇺🇸Russian asset Hegseth and Republicans intentionally paused defensive aide to Ukraine to protect civilians despite Pentagon finding aid wouldn't hurt US readiness, NBC reports (more) https://kyivindependent.com/hegseth-paused-ukraine-weapons-despite-pentagon-findings-aid-wouldnt-hurt-us-readiness-nbc-reports-06-2025/ #Ukraine #Mastodon #Brussels #SHAPE #Germany #France #Italy #OSCE #PACE #CoE #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionofUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState #TrumpIsARussianAsset
Top Execs Exit #Trump Media Amid Allegations of CEO’s Mismanagement and Retaliation
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Several people involved with the former president’s company, operator of #TruthSocial, believe the departures were retaliation following internal complaints about CEO Devin Nunes to the company board.
#News #DonaldTrump #DevinNunes #TrumpMedia #Business #SocialMedia #Tech #Media
If the press treated Trump’s Nazism like they did Biden’s age, I’m not sure he’d be competitive.
“It has been a month since Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, injected Springfield into the election by spreading baseless rumors about Haitians abducting and eating pets...Ku Klux Klan fliers have popped up around town. A neo-Nazi group waved swastikas in front of the home of the mayor"
#trump #media #Election2024 #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/haitians-springfield-ohio-pets.html
Edited 269d ago
Margaret Sullivan offers insightful commentary on what was colossally wrong with the New York Times' choice to juxtapose clashing headlines about Kamala Harris and Trump on its site recently — and what's very wrong with the corporate media's continued both-sidesism as they report on this presidential election.
She writes:
#KamalaHarris #Trump #NewYorkTimes #media
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https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/about-those-new-york-times-headlines
a quick note on #polls #polling in the #uselection #election2024 #us #usa #america #election
#trump ahead:
"it's not worth it, i'm not #voting"
trump and #harris tied:
"oh bother, why is it so close, this is depressing, i'm not going to #vote"
harris ahead:
"oh they have the #votes, they don't need me, i'm not showing up"
no, no, no, no, no
it doesn't matter what the bullshit out there in the #media
you vote
period
only one #poll counts, and it is november 5
VOTE!
Edited 267d ago
"Vice President Kamala Harris will sit down with Fox News' Bret Baier Wednesday as she steps out of the comfort of what has so far been a relatively friendly series of interviews since she became the Democratic nominee this summer."
From @abc: "With three weeks until Election Day, Harris' interview with Baier will mark her first sit-down with Fox News -- and her first interview with a conservative news outlet since she became the Democratic nominee."
For ongoing coverage, follow @2024-white-house-ElectionCentral
#Harris #FoxNews #USPolitics #Politics #Election #Media #KamalaHarris
Who’s Mailing the #Catholic Tribune? It’s Not the Church, It’s Partisan Media.
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ProPublica has traced these mass-mailed newspapers to a “pink slime” news network known for #misinformation and its ties to right-wing super PACs funded by the #billionaire founder of shipping supply giant #Uline.
#News #Rightwing #Media #Journalism #Uihlein #Election #Propaganda
This #GivingTuesday, make a difference by supporting local and independent journalism. Subscribe and donate to these publications, all of which have an active presence on Mastodon, to help them keep publishing the stories that keep America's communities informed and democracy strong. 🧵 1/2
@404mediaco
@bolts
@damemagazine
@gbhnews
@KnowableMag
@ProPublica
@restofworld
@SFPublicPress
@TexasObserver
@thecontinent
@TheConversationUS
@themarkup
@thetransmitter
@thetyee
@thexylom
@timkmak
@TucsonSentinel
#Newstodon #GivingTuesday #News #Media #Journalism #LocalNews #IndependentMedia #IndependentNews
Edited 216d ago
I’ve seen dozens of stories pointing out that Trump’s tariffs would raise the price of imported goods but few that mention how countervailing duties would also make our exports uncompetitive.
Some companies might move their factories here but industries that export would be fucked. Is this too hard to explain?
#Election2024 #trump #media #tariffs #evonomy
#FossilFuel Interests Are Working to Kill #Solar in One #Ohio County. The Hometown #Newspaper Is Helping.
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A retired #gas industry executive, a shadowy “grassroots” group and a controversial #media company are spreading #misinformation while turning residents against a proposed solar farm — and each other.
#News #Journalism #CleanEnergy #Agriculture #Oil #Koch #Climate #Energy #Politics #Government
“In a dire Trumpian future, you’re almost certainly not going to have an end to elections. They still have elections in Hungary, Turkey, even Russia. What you’d have is stuff like this, states acting as what amounts to an active belligerent in the political process by mobilizing state power.”
“It’s already happening in Florida.”
#fascism #media #Election2024 #trump #desantis
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/desantis-threatening-jail-time-for-running-abortion-rights-ads-in-florida
Edited 272d ago