Marc FarleyFeb 20, 2023
Dan Gillmor

I keep wondering at what point Big Journalism will awaken to the threat(s) posed by DeSantis, who is a Trump-like power-monger but with more brains.

As Nieman Lab reports, his anti-journalism agenda is deeper and more dangerous, too.

But you can count on the NY Times et al to focus on everything but the danger he poses to democracy. Business as usual political "coverage" prevail for the most part.

So much as stake, and so little media awareness...

https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/02/ron-desantis-is-weaponizing-partisan-media-and-weakening-independent-sources-of-news/

Ron DeSantis is weaponizing partisan media — and weakening independent sources of news

"Part of what makes DeSantis different is how he has paired his efforts to elevate partisan media with public policies meant to destabilize independent media."

Nieman Lab
Feb 19, 2023 at 11:52pmWeb
Show threadMicah WarrenFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor Reporting on what he’s doing without editorializing is much less dangerous than just turning into the Huffington Post which is what sone people seem to expect.
Show threadJohn🥛Feb 20, 2023
@dangillmor corporate media expected only to chase money at this point
Show threadKanaMaunaFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor @johnglass This. We need to stop hoping for the big expose to ride in on a white horse and save us.
Show threadDrew MochakFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor NPR has been covering him in a surprisingly positive light.
Show threadDwight Williams (💉 x9)+😷🇨🇦Feb 20, 2023

@objectinspace @dangillmor #AnticipatoryObedience in action?

Brrr.

Show threadMatthew CooperFeb 20, 2023
@objectinspace @dangillmor Too many in the media didn't like Trump because he said the quiet bit out loud and had no respect for norms, not because of his policy positions. It's why someone like this can come along and do what DeSantis does. He is significantly cleverer than Trump and he's very affective at campaigning and getting things done. It's why I feel he is significantly more dangerous than Trump.
Show threadDrew MochakFeb 20, 2023
@Matt02392 @dangillmor Yes and what strikes me is that they see this as an advantage, they want him to beat Trump so they are happy to do him the solid of platforming him as the reasonable Trump alternative, so he doesn't have to take the shot at Trump directly which is exactly what he wants. Nikki Haley will not get this treatment, she will be expected to hit him and be hit back for it.
Show threadAmanda CarsonFeb 20, 2023
@objectinspace @dangillmor And yet, Republicans will tell you with a straight face, every day, about how NPR is the leftiest left thing in the world.
Show threadMatthew CooperFeb 20, 2023
@arush @objectinspace @dangillmor NPR is like the BBC. Left-wing people over here think the BBC is super right-wing. Right-wing people think it’s mad left-wing. Essentially it is socially liberal but in favour of pretty much the status quo. It’s a socially liberal centrist.
Show threadAmanda CarsonFeb 20, 2023
@Matt02392 @objectinspace @dangillmor Yeah something like that.
Show threadjmhtFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor I fear that they are in fear of him. After all, they feared Trump too and DeSantis is much more dangerous.
Show threadJRFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor Never, dictators sell newspapers, for a while.
Show threadBill Plein🌶Feb 20, 2023

@dangillmor

Replace “face eating leopard” with “journalism killing fascist”

NY Times and others think he’s only going after other journalists and he wouldn’t do anything to them.

Ahem.

Show threadS★m V★rm★Feb 20, 2023
@dangillmor that quote about a person not understanding something if their paycheck depends upon it
Show threadBruce ElrickFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor Big journalism does the bidding of the rich corporate world. That world has congress sewn up so Trump can only provide cover for more crony capitalism. Why would it route around that?
Show threadRobert GreenFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor when it's too late.
Show threadJeffFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor he's stupid don't praise him
Show threadLeianoraFeb 20, 2023
@brooklynmarie @dangillmor I often wonder how German media acted, reacted and what it ignored when it came to the crimes Hitler and his minions were committing.
Show threadbrooklynmarieFeb 20, 2023
@EJGilbert @dangillmor I can tell you how the New York Times reacted, at least. June 1941: https://www.nytimes.com/1941/06/22/archives/the-art-of-propaganda-by-adolf-hitler.html
THE ART OF PROPAGANDA -- By Adolf Hitler

Mein Kampf; excerpts on art of propaganda; por

Show threadMark W. AlexanderFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor Trump taught them nothing.
Show threadJeffFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor Florida wants to leave America
Show threadvyFeb 20, 2023
@dangillmor never. NYT was assuring readers that Mr. Hitler was sure to moderate under pressures of the Chancellors office as late as 1932, so that ship has sailed, been refused entry and has taken its passengers back to get murdered.
Show threadDan k5sFeb 23, 2023
@dangillmor I mean let's be real, they didn't talk about the obvious danger Trump posed for four years, until after his failed coup. They're cowards who allow only the most cluelessly naive takes to be heard.