GregDec 18, 2022
Dan Gillmor

Bad news:

Big Journalism -- in its typical bended-knee-to-power fashion -- made only the meekest protests to Musk while continuing to boost his increasingly odious "service".

This is a victory for a man who holds honest journalism in contempt, and another blow to freedom of expression.

(Kudos to the WashPost for letting its journalists tell the world how hypocritical their business is.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/17/musk-twitter-journalist-suspension-media-react/
#journalism #birdsite

Musk unsuspends some reporters on Twitter. But their companies never left.

Elon Musk's suspension of journalists from Twitter was viewed as hostile to free speech. But media has always had a conflicted relationship with Twitter.

The Washington Post
Dec 18, 2022 at 10:06pmWeb
Show threadPeter PrincipleDec 18, 2022

@dangillmor

"Kudos to the WashPost for letting its journalists tell the world how hypocritical their business is."

It's pretty bad when we have to rely on one mega billionaire owned media outlet to even mildly stand up to another mega billionaire owned media outlet.

Show threadDan GillmorDec 18, 2022
@jobsboils I agree with that.
Show threadOldeHippi 🦋🎨🙏🌺Dec 18, 2022

@dangillmor

He's a tease...... He flirts with abuse.

Leave Twitter. It's not Twitter anymore.

Show threadDaniel BlancheDec 18, 2022
@dangillmor
Show threadConanDec 18, 2022
@dangillmor
Journalism funded by advertising, hard problem
Show threadprivacyfocusedDec 18, 2022
@dangillmor unfortunately, i don’t see WashPo holding the moral authority or ability to dutifully play the role we entrusted in the fourth estate, that they once did. this is being supported by the significant drop in readership & subscribers, of which i once considered myself.
Show threadJohn GordonDec 19, 2022
@dangillmor I was surprised by the complete lack of spine. Kudos to Musk for exposing them.
Show threadBill JanssenDec 19, 2022

@dangillmor
It probably has nothing to do with the all-hands at which the Bezos-owned Post announced lay-offs...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/17/washpost-layoffs-newsroom-fredryan/

#journalism

Holiday gloom at The Washington Post

An upbeat staff meeting turns sour with the announcement of impending layoffs.

The Washington Post
Show threadManquemanDec 19, 2022
@dangillmor
You know who else has contempt for honest journalism (I know you do): the mainstream press in the areas of
Politics
Economy
Race
National security
All we get in those areas are overwhelmingly propaganda, fantasies, fiction. It’s not like facts and truths are unknown. The media just don’t care. Or worse.