Conor DoyleJul 11, 2023
Dave Pell

This just in:

Prime Day is not a news story and linking to affiliate deals is not journalism.

Jul 11, 2023 at 2:59pmIvory for Mac
Show threadDoc Chaotic 🇺🇦🖖Jul 11, 2023
@davepell Amen.
Show threadMelissa Ratisher ⓋJul 11, 2023
@davepell SERIOUSLY.
Show threadRagnell the Mildly UnpleasantJul 11, 2023
@davepell This is what happens when you take the Optimus out of Prime Day.
Show threadPeter ButlerJul 11, 2023

@ragnell @davepell

Actually, he’s an Amazon exclusive, 30% off for Prime Day 😜

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Heroic-Optimus-Action-Figure/dp/B077YYP739

Show threadVirginia HollowayJul 11, 2023
@davepell Looking at you @nytimes @wirecutter
Show threadDarwin WoodkaJul 11, 2023

@VirginiaHolloway @davepell @nytimes @[email protected]

@popsci too

Show threadJim Jul 12, 2023

@darwinwoodka @VirginiaHolloway @davepell @nytimes @wirecutter @popsci

Don’t forget @cnn

Show threadDarwin WoodkaJul 11, 2023
@davepell I'm muting all the idiot sites promoting it too
Show threadLeeJul 11, 2023
@davepell Dude they spend £90 a year for that shite and half of them have a smart doorbell 😂🙈
Show threadDreaming of dad jazz.Jul 11, 2023

@davepell

Conversely accounts of companies abusing their monopoly powers are news stories...

🤔

Show threadPeachMcDJul 11, 2023

@davepell

Independent bookstore site pushing back! Great day to use it   

https://bookshop.org/

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

Show threadMichaelJul 11, 2023
@davepell @TPOHolmes Likewise, the opening of yet another installment of the interminable Mission Impossible franchise does not need more free publicity from a supposed “news” source.
Show threadhapbtJul 12, 2023
@davepell lol my local news did this today like it’s Christmas 2.0 or something
Show threadKevin P. FlemingJul 12, 2023
@davepell Is it more or less newsworthy than the annual release of Starbucks holiday cups? TV 'journalism' is usually all over that.
Show threadLiteralGrillJul 12, 2023
@davepell Yeah... This is a REALLY torturous day to be in a news room. I am very sick of what journalism is becoming.
Show threadSophia NyxJul 12, 2023
@davepell facts
Show threadDavid CohenJul 12, 2023
@davepell Windows Central - 13 Prime Day “stories” on their front page before they get to coverage of the Microsoft FTC win, which is squarely in their beat.
Show threadBruce SiceloffJul 12, 2023

@davepell
My hometown paper’s app had this as its lead story for the past 2 days. Not journalism.

https://www.newsobserver.com/shopping/article277024928.html

Amazon Prime Day, Day 2: More of the best deals available

For more great content like this subscribe to the News & Observer app here: https://www.newsobserver.com/subscribe

Show threadMaier AmsdenJul 12, 2023
@davepell Newsvertisements are a manifestation of our failing news media.
Show threadOutOfExile_IDR § Voice ®™️Jul 12, 2023
@davepell
Finally, the voice of reason.
Show threadRed_Shirt_no2Jul 12, 2023
@davepell
We should replace it with a second Buy Nothing Day