Hyper Coverage Of AOC’s ‘Um’ Non-Scandal Highlights How The U.S. Press Is Eager To Be Gamed By Bad Actors
I’ve long written about how the U.S. establishment press no longer genuinely serves the public interest. Years of consolidation at the hands of (usually) rich, white, male, Conservative owner…
Geez Tudor Dixon girl go AWAY
So let’s recap: The owner of the Midwesterner, which publishes reams of anti-Democrat and anti-Whitmer content (much of it likely AI-generated), is literally the president of her Republican challenger’s campaign. And they went into business together with Dixon’s husband nearly a decade ago, long before Dixon ran for office.
U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appeared on a panel together at the 62nd Munich Security Conference along with Matthew Whittaker, United States ambassador to NATO. They talked about complicated issues of foreign policy and geo-diplomacy for an hour or so and it was, at the time, seen as an uncontroversial, non-newsworthy conversation. Yet a few days later, the press was full of stories about their slip-ups and lack of knowledge. Emily Horne, a former National Security Council and State Department spokesperson, did a deep dive into what had happened. What she found? Stories from "pink slime" sites — local news publications that are largely funded by right-wing dark money groups — picked up and "laundered" into real news by POLITICO, The New York Times and more. https://flip.it/usYHQu #News #Media #Journalism #MediaIndustry #AOC #GretchenWhitmer #PinkSlime
I hate Substack, but this seems like valuable info re: the sexist AOC attacks.
https://spinclass.substack.com/p/spin-class-case-study-i-caught-politico
via https://bsky.app/profile/newsjennifer.bsky.social/post/3mfkqyrvxak2k
U.S. Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer appeared on a panel together at the 62nd Munich Security Conference along with Matthew Whittaker, United States ambassador to NATO. They talked about complicated issues of foreign policy and geo-diplomacy for an hour or so and it was, at the time, seen as an uncontroversial, non-newsworthy conversation. Yet a few days later, the press was full of stories about their slip-ups and lack of knowledge. Emily Horne, a former National Security Council and State Department spokesperson, did a deep dive into what had happened. What she found? Stories from "pink slime" sites — local news publications that are largely funded by right-wing dark money groups — picked up and "laundered" into real news by POLITICO, The New York Times and more.
#News #Media #Journalism #MediaIndustry #AOC #GretchenWhitmer #PinkSlime
#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert
Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?
List of political disinformation website campaigns in the United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_disinformation_website_campaigns_in_the_United_States
Discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_political_disinformation_website_campaigns_in_the_United_States
WARNING: What’s hiding in your food? 🚨
13 shocking food additives that are banned in many countries—but still legal in your supermarket. From pink slime to growth hormones, this video reveals what to avoid and how to protect your health.
🎥 Watch now: https://youtu.be/TEB0QFdDNtY
#HealthyEating #BannedIngredients #FoodSafety #Nutrition #PinkSlime #VitalAgingWorld
New post.
Versions of both the Jan. 7 City Council agenda, and Jan. 16 Rules Committee agenda were image-only until sometime around 3:30 PM on Jan. 9, with an updated version being published during the drafting of this article.
https://skynet-times.blogspot.com/2025/01/chicopee-begins-optical-character.html
#massachusetts #pinkslime #westernmass #chicopee #pioneervalley #hampdencounty
New post. This is the fourth public pool in Chicopee found to be contaminated with PCBs, which were once used as plasticizers in paint and caulk, before being banned in 1979.
https://skynet-times.blogspot.com/2025/01/chicopee-approves-19-million-renovation.html
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