Jay RosenNov 23, 2022

True:

"Mainstream journalists, who are endlessly harangued for their alleged liberal bias, jump at opportunities to strut their evenhandedness, even when it backfires on them." https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/22/midterms-mainstream-media-stand-by-red-wave/

That's from the Washington Post's media columnist, Erik Wemple:

What Wemple describes is a major factor. I've been writing about it for years. It helps explain yesterday's staggering "they both lie" tweet from Ashley Parker comparing Biden's mendacity to Trump's.

#journalism #journalists

News outlets stand by their midterm debacle

What do news organizations have to say about pre-election reports that painted a grim picture for Democrats?

The Washington Post
Show threadLars JohannesNov 23, 2022
@jayrosen_nyu That's why I find it so weird that journos feel insulted if they don't get the same deferential treatment on Mastodon that they got on Twitter. Their crappy takes are often what feeds the enragement machine over there and that's why many got blue checks, not the quality of their work.
Show threadJay RosenNov 23, 2022
@larsjohannes I'm not familiar with what you call their deferential treatment on Twitter. What are you referencing there? Quite a lot of criticism comes their way on Twitter.
Show threadLars JohannesNov 23, 2022
@jayrosen_nyu I mean deferential treatment by Twitter itself. Granting of blue checks and amplifying of voices through the algorithm, relatively high burden (compared to normal people) for account suspensions, etc.
Show threadJay RosenNov 23, 2022
@larsjohannes This is very similar to the views Musk holds.
Show threadLars Johannes
@jayrosen_nyu Musk thinks that Twitter is bad because it constantly pushes lazy hot takes and both siding narratives in everybody’s face to drive emotional engagement? Well, I guess the man can’t always be wrong.
Nov 23, 2022 at 5:58pmWeb