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Journalists are part of the problem | @destiny

#Inflation #Journalism #BorderSecurity #PatrickBoyle

“Yesterday saw the last edition of the Guardian-owned Observer. Tomorrow, after more than three decades as a core part of what is a non-profit organisation, it’s being “transferred” into private ownership.

“Transferred” is corporate-speak for “given away”, if you’re wondering.”

—Carole Cadwalladr, now ex-Guardian/Observer journalist.

The Broligarchy are a threat to everything. Fight back. I’ll miss the Guardian, but the ‘new’ version is not the real thing. We lost a great newspaper.

https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/fuckity-bye

#journalism #broligarchy #guardian #Tech #siliconvalley #billionaires #oligarchy #truth

Fuckity bye

RIP, the Guardian-Observer 1993-2025. It was not a natural death.

How to Survive the Broligarchy

rexi 4h ago

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-takes-another-step-toward-enabling-broad-internet-censorship

This bill mandates a notice-and- #takedown system that threatens #freeexpression, #userprivacy, and #dueprocess, without meaningfully addressing the problem it claims to solve. The “takedown” provision applies to a much broader category of content…contains no protections against frivolous or bad-faith takedown requests. Lawful content—including #satire, #journalism, and #politicalspeech—could be wrongly censored.

Congress Takes Another Step Toward Enabling Broad Internet Censorship

Fast tracking a censorship bill is always troubling. TAKE IT DOWN is the wrong approach to helping people whose intimate images are shared without their consent. We can help victims of online harassment without embracing a new regime of online censorship.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Zzyzx/P 4h ago

Yes, #NPR is infuriatingly old-fashioned. Reports #news, provides #analysis, and #informs. An informed population is #empowered. #Congress, do your job and #support public broadcasting.

#government #USPolitics #report #saveUSA #SaveTheRepublic #OpposeFascism #democracy #resist #activism #opposeGOP #journalism

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/22/trump-media-npr-pbs

For Trump, the message is all. No surprise he’s targeting NPR and PBS

Trump’s anti-media diatribes are part of the authoritarian playbook. Congress must reject his planned cuts

The Guardian

Andy Tseng 4h ago

If you haven't been following #TheConversation, what have you been doing? Choose from @theconversation.com, @us.theconversation.com, @aunz.theconversation.com, or @uk.theconversation.com. Learn more about “The Conversation” here: theconversation.com/au/who-we-are #Journalism #AcademicSky

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ApaulD 4h ago

@TheGuardian
“Next week’s Observer will be published by Tortoise Media. Who is Tortoise Media? We still don’t know. Both the Guardian & Tortoise Media refused to disclose its full list of investors and a few weeks ago, Tortoise’s editor and press office declined to answer questions as to whether it has taken Saudi money.”

“(we can’t call it a sale because the Guardian actually gave the organisation away with £5m in loose change)”

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#media #journalism #money
#democracy