Erik MoellerDec 16, 2022

I believe that shifting our news and media ecosystem away from the profit model is essential, in order to rebuild trust & reduce systemic biases.

But we can't rely on billionaires and their foundations to fund things. For this to work, we have to support nonprofit media.

For #FollowFriday, I'm doing a longer thread about some nonprofit outlets. If you like their work, please consider supporting them.

(FYI: Mastodon supports temporary muting if you feel I'm spamming your feed.)

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Show threadErik MoellerDec 16, 2022

First up is @ProPublica, for really going all-in on a meaningful presence in the fediverse. (Many of their reporters are here, too.)

You may remember them for their chilling reporting on family separations at the US southern border (content warning: child suffering).

https://www.propublica.org/article/children-separated-from-parents-border-patrol-cbp-trump-immigration-policy

They are not beyond critique (e.g., their recent reporting on the COVID lab leak theory has received significant criticism), but IMO definitely worth a follow.

Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border

ProPublica has obtained audio from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, in which children can be heard wailing as an agent jokes, “We have an orchestra here.”

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@eloquence @ProPublica Yeah, the person who gets it right all the time is a trillionaire from either sports betting or picking stocks. ProPublica is very, very good.
Dec 16, 2022 at 11:13pmWeb