DrAsymmetricPhD (she/her)Dec 31, 2022
Ian Rose
Instead of tooting the Washington Post article about how the North Shore Leader broke the Santos story (as I've seen twice on my feed today), how about we link to the actual North Shore Leader? Support your local news, and when a scoop like this happens, support the small papers, local to you or not, that break them: https://www.theleaderonline.com/single-post/the-leader-told-you-so-us-rep-elect-george-santos-is-a-fraud-and-wanted-criminal
The Leader Told You So: US Rep-Elect George Santos is a Fraud - and Wanted Criminal

By Niall Fitzgerald In a story first broken by the North Shore Leader over four months ago, the national media has suddenly discovered that US Congressman-elect George Santos (R-Queens / Nassau) - dubbed "George Scam-tos" by many local political observers - is a deepfake liar who has falsified his background, assets, and contacts. He is fact a wanted petty criminal in Brazil. The New York Times published a lengthy expose on Santos this week detailing that virtually everything Santos has said, f

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Dec 30, 2022 at 10:54pmWeb
Show threadDoug BostromDec 30, 2022

@ianrosewrites

Is it my imagination, or do newspapers also suffer from "not invented here?"

Show threadIan RoseDec 30, 2022
@Doug_Bostrom There's a mix of that and just outright stealing. A ton of stories get broken by local papers and then copied by bigger outlets without citation. That's the side of the local news implosion that doesn't get enough coverage - it hurts the big boys too, in the long run.
Show threadDoug BostromDec 30, 2022

@ianrosewrites

Somehow I thought the industry more scrupulous than that.

There's a fellow who does a vlog "Super Yacht News" which (for reasons too complicated to explain here) I follow. He's enjoyed a tremendous lift in viewership thanks to closely following various arrests/seizures of Russian oligarchs' yachts.

He's also bitterly complained about his investigatory findings on oligarchic toys being obviously lifted and employed in various familiar newspapers-- with no attribution.

Show threadIan RoseDec 30, 2022
@Doug_Bostrom In my (limited) experience, most people in journalism are extremely scrupulous. They're also under enormous pressure, both financially and in terms of time. The incentives are so broken - like so many things, it's a systemic problem that ends up being no one individual's fault.
Show threadDoug BostromDec 30, 2022

@ianrosewrites

Complaining about teachers and our "failing" educational system? Pay more money to teachers and the system fix our own failing.

Ditto journalism. Subscribe, contribute money to nonprofit-- whatever it takes. Don't complain-- improve!

If we've learned --one-- thing from the unfolding disaster of changing publisher ownership, it's that we can free journalism from the yoke of profit-seeking. Family concerns with family members on scene perhaps as an exception, journalism...

Show threadDoug BostromDec 30, 2022

@ianrosewrites

... is like any other utility service: to the extent money is siphoned from the purpose of claimed objectives, consumers of the utility are directly harmed.

If informing the public is the goal, parasites are antithetical to that purpose. Equity capital ownership has made this crystal clear, and seems to be spawning sensible alternatives as an unintended consquence.

But local journals are a hard nut to crack. So much expense concentrated on small shoulders.

Show threadPhoenixSerenityDec 31, 2022
@Doug_Bostrom @ianrosewrites MSM has no scruples.
Show threadRoseFromNJ/PhillyDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites @Doug_Bostrom I Agree!!!
Show threadnaturepokerDec 31, 2022

@Doug_Bostrom @ianrosewrites IMHO - for this particular case I'm sure NYT was already working from the opposition research released from the Dem side, as was, likely, North Shore Leader.

Still doesn't excuse NYT completely ignoring who broke the story first though. I'm almost 100% certain NYT knew and didn't care.

Show threadDr. Dan KillamDec 30, 2022
@ianrosewrites that's gonna be an awkward swearing-in ceremony
Show threadEggDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites fantastic
Show threadQuick Weasel 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Dec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites I'm on LI. Every time I see a new article, there's some new LIE that he's made. The one pissing me off the most is his mother dying on 9/11 which was fabricated whole cloth by Santos.
Show threadKenDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites I love local news and everything you wrote is absolutely true. The question I have is, “Why didn’t this story come PRE-election?”
Show threadAgoraDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites I loathe this MF #santos
Show threadAprilShowers99452871Dec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites Thank you! Exactly right. If you are lucky enough to have a home town newspaper, subscribe to save local information. This is a perfect example of how important local journalism is. Too bad nobody listened, even the damn locals!
Show threadPhoenixSerenityDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites BIG YES!
Show threadglennmagusharveyDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites And in a similar vein, I'll add a reminder that people should link not the Twitter tweets that link to news articles but just link the articles themselves.
Show threadsortiusDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites what a wild ride. The fact conservatism is captured by these people who are willing to say and do anything to get into power says something about conservatism
Show threadZelmo ZiggyDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites My “local news” is owned by McClatchy.
Show threadIan RoseDec 31, 2022
@ZZiggy Yeah, a lot of times, the biggest local paper is owned by an awful hedge fund / corp that has its own problems. Even then, I think there are advantages to them over just nationalized news, but is there nothing smaller in your market? No alt-weeklies? If there aren't, it's an opportunity for someone. Ultimately, I think papers can be like bookstores - a lot of small local ones are doing better than the narrative suggests, but they have to provide something a big chain doesn't. Good luck.
Show threadMauraDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites
This low lifeneeds to be indited
Show threadmiriam heddyDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites The Managing Editor of the Northshore Leader (who broke the #GeorgeSantos story) works for Ted Cruz. The GOP likely knew all about it.
Show threadCarlosDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites absolutely agree. People need to read. So this guy is Trump 2.0 in every sense, down to the Russian springboard.
Show threadrooted_&_tootedDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites god what a fucking piece of scum. I hope he rots in prison for a long time
Show threadLAF and LOVEDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites THIS.
Show threadmichiDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites Nice! Local news needs more love.
Show threadGwyddnogaranhirDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites and we thought Johnson was bad…..
Show threadBonnie HonigDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites brilliantly written too: “More disturbing are the connections that Santos does have”…
Show threadFelixBCDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites Good on them for reporting, but that article desperately needs competent editing, and the site looks awful. I wouldn’t link to it as a trustworthy source based on reading that article.
Show threadBathsheba BlueDec 31, 2022

@ianrosewrites
There was a NYT journalist on Chris Hayes’ show last night taking credit for breaking the story. ! She never mentioned the north shore leader.

I’ve heard the NYT does this routinely.

Show threadGrover T. BicknellDec 31, 2022
@ianrosewrites The loss is profound. Here's someone who talks about it--because he has lived it:
https://montco.today/2022/04/overworked-evan-brandt-pottstown-mercury/
'60 Minutes' Highlights Pottstown's 'Last Reporter Standing' as It Chronicles the Demise of Local News

Evan Brandt, the last reporter of the Pottstown Mercury, is overworked as he continues to try to cover community news with few resources.

MONTCO.Today
Show threadVincent Dec 31, 2022

@ianrosewrites @LilyMasonPhD

Damn. Lying should be very expensive.

Show threadFishMom2022Jan 1, 2023
@ianrosewrites also...fuck pay walls!