Dan GillmorFeb 21, 2023

If Big Journalism doesn't start treating the Murdoch family's poison-spewing Fox "News" like the rogue propaganda-for-power-and-money outfit that it is, the craft will demonstrate its utter contempt for journalistic ethics.

The Fox-McCarthy partnership is one of the most egregious examples yet -- and simply covering it as just another story is not nearly enough.

The times grow more and more dangerous, and Big Journalism is not up to the job -- yet. https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/20/politics/kevin-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-january-6-footage/index.html

Show threadDan GillmorFeb 21, 2023

What can/should Big Journalism do? For starters:

-- Fox "News" and its employees should be kicked out of any press organization or association in which they hold official status or membership.

-- News organizations that care about journalistic integrity should announce publicly that they will not hire from Fox.

Treating Fox as a legitimate news organization should have ended long ago. Better late than never, but if the craft won't do the right thing now, it never will.

Show threadDan GillmorFeb 21, 2023

Individual journalists can do their part by urging journalism trade organizations and associations in which they are members to ban Fox employees.

If the answer is no (or no answer), journalists should resign from those trade groups -- and say why.

Journalists should also lobby donors to those trade groups to apply pressure to keep Fox out.

Doing nothing is, at this point, more than just acquiescence. It borders on complicity.

Show threadGdetorresFeb 21, 2023
@dangillmor I believe in people, regardless of their filiation. Going against a journalist just because he/she happens to work for x is not legit. Clarisa Ward worked at Fox at some point in her career. Life is not writen in black and white. Sorry
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@dangillmor @gdetorres You said it yourself: “worked.” She doesn’t anymore. This wouldn’t apply to her.
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