Maria OliviaMar 9
I'm so tired of people saying "both sides are bad." Both sides? One side bombs schools. The other side bombs airports. One side targets hospitals. The other side targets military bases. One side kills children. The other side kills soldiers. These are NOT the same. Stop this false equivalence. Stop pretending Iran is like Israel. Iran defends itself. Israel attacks everyone. There IS a difference. And the world needs to see it. #FalseEquivalence #USEmpire #IsraelTerrorState #IranVsIsrael #NotThe
William Lindsey 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."

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

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
LinkingDot:socialFeb 21
“A lot of it comes from wanting to be perceived as neutral and fair,” she told us. “But when you take the truth and the falsehood and report down the middle, you’re actually not doing the job of journalism.”
#FalseEquivalence #journalism #TrumpLies #MainstreamMedia #AccuracyInReporting
https://open.substack.com/pub/aaronrupar/p/margaret-sullivan-interview-trump-coverage?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=ecpv
Margaret Sullivan on how Trump coverage still falls short

"A different, more skeptical approach is absolutely necessary."

Public Notice
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Feb 13

"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
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Feb 13

"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
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey Feb 13

"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
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William Lindsey Feb 13

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

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
Show threadRamesh #NotGoingBackFeb 7

⬆️ @ml

Not defending #Israel here, but this screenshot perpetuates a #falseEquivalence.

#Ukraine did not launch surprise rocket attacks on #Russia to provoke them in 2014 or 2022. Nor did it take Russians hostage and raped them.

@geliga

PSiReN-X Feb 7

#QuickQuestion: #What's that #Thing that #Happens when a #MiserableMoron and #Perpetual #ReplyGuy #Tags "they/them's" #Unsubstantiated #DataFree #Opinions on to #SomeoneElse's #QuoteToot...

#DontPanic...

#NoOneCares...

#CauseOfDeath: #FalseEquivalence...

#BeingWrong #AllTheTime #MustHurt, no... | #LookNoQuestionMark

🧙🏹🤖​🤖🏹🧙 | 🦹​​🦄​​​🦹 

#CompareAndContrast #UnqualifiedBullshit #ApocryphalMisery #SystemicFailure #CuntardsGunnerCuntard

Show threadWilliam Lindsey Jan 9

"Millions of people watched the video that clearly shows that Good, a 37-year-old mother of three driving an SUV, was not the aggressor.

And yet – because the constantly lying Trump administration is insisting against all evidence that she was -- the coverage treats that like a debatable point.

Why would you trust a news organization that doesn’t have the integrity and the guts to state an obvious truth?"

#ReneeGood #Trump #ICE #murder #MaskedThugs #media #FalseEquivalence #BothSidesism
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