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 threadBouriquetFeb 21, 2023
@dangillmor basically the question of:
When does a news media organization cease to focus on news and become an opinion media organization?
With “news” in their name, many viewers are not capable of discerning the difference.
Strip that word from their name, substitute “opinions” or perhaps “fabrications” or simply “lies”
Show threadYosemite Sam

@bouriquet @dangillmor

The only sensible response in this thread.
All others in this thread and that means every one besides this one infringe on 1A with their solutions or agreements with the original post

This person gets it
That's worth a follow right there

Feb 24, 2023 at 4:54pmWeb