Mastodawn

#Trump #media #LegacyMedia #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #lies #disinformation #FalseEquivalence #BothSidesism #normalization

Feb 27

Dan Froomkin on how legacy media journalists know full well the truth about Trump, but hide the truth with mendacious headlines and weasel words, and by providing no context for readers to understand important stories. The upshot:

"They normalize lunacy and lying and criminal conduct."

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/at-the-times-and-the-post-solid-reporting

At the Times and the Post, solid reporting with a mealy-mouthed presentation

Our top journalists collect the goods on Trump, but use weasel words when they write

Press Watch

089chris Feb 25

@tagesschau

Sogar bei so einem eindeutigen Thema, dass man mit wissenschaftlichen Fakten und finanziellen Kalkulationen analysieren kann, verstecken sich die Berufs-Feiglinge und Nicht-Journalisten der #Tagesschau lieber hinter dümmlichem #Bothsidesism und #FalseBalance.

Hört endlich auf, populistische Unterhaltung und private Meinungen von Nichtfachleuten als #Journalismus zu verkaufen.

#Trump #RFKJr #MAGA #vaccines #media #BothSidesism

Feb 15

"Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust."

~ NY Times Pitchbot

https://bsky.app/profile/nytpitchbot.bsky.social/post/3mes3zp6yq22f

NY Times Pitchbot (@nytpitchbot.bsky.social)

Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Bluesky Social

"The moment you put someone on screen, you aren’t just hearing them out. You’re granting them legitimacy. You’re telling viewers, even subtly, 'This person’s worldview belongs in the same room as facts.'”

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/4

"And it’s keeping professional bad-faith performers on payroll because executives think 'loud and wrong' is compelling television. …

Oxygen journalism depends on one huge lie: that platforming is neutral.

It isn’t."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/3

"It’s the constant platforming of 'debates' over things we already know—like climate change & vaccine efficacy—as if the only reason the public is confused is because they haven’t heard the 'other side' enough times. It’s treating issues that should never have been up for negotiation in the first place—like the humanity of Black people (my people)—as if they’re just another spicy panel topic."

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/2

https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/oxygen-journalism-why-both-sides

"Oxygen journalism is when corporate media breathes life into narratives that should’ve died on contact with reality. It’s the decision to treat attention like it’s harmless, like it’s just 'coverage,' when in practice it becomes a ventilator for lies, bad faith, and manufactured controversy."

~ Kristoffer Ealy

#media #CorporateMedia #LegacyMedia #BothSidesism #FalseEquivalence #Trump #BariWeiss #CBS #fascism
/1

Oxygen Journalism: Why 'Both Sides' Is Killing the News

Corporate media keeps mistaking “debate” for journalism—and the loudest liars keep winning just by getting a seat at the table.

Lincoln Square