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Miriam Boosh"He doesn't "say" he was elected. He was elected. Prior to his election the mayors just appointed their successors and never ran elections. He found this out, got an election ran, won, and now the city council refuses to swear him in."
Kim Possible@Miriamm what terrible framing by CBS news editors. They should have to change that wording immediately.
Jargoggles@kimlockhartga @Miriamm
It reminds me of that "Officers kill man with no active warrants at wrong house" headline from a while back.
It reminds me of that "Officers kill man with no active warrants at wrong house" headline from a while back.
Mxhrad@jargoggles @kimlockhartga @Miriamm
That's better than what I would expect. The media is more likely to say "Discharged weapon kills ..." instead of putting any reponsibility on the police.
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Willow (she/her)@kimlockhartga @Miriamm I mean they also capitalize white so... the framing doesn't surprise me.
Shadyboots@Miriamm Alabama for the most part is 100 years behind modern society
msgbi@Miriamm always reset @charles_ex
JD@Miriamm network news is usually shit.
WraithGear@Miriamm also, his name would be a nice addition.
Chris (He/Him)@WraithGear @Miriamm That's what I was just about to say. Unreal.
Pascale MTL@WraithGear @Miriamm Amen! I was hoping someone would point it out. Such reductive language. 🤢
Holir_@Miriamm Between the photo, lack of name, & poorly titling-- this feels like a low effort spam ad or sidebar of a parody site.
AI make this one?
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Steffen Christensen@Miriamm This is atrocious. I guess they are hiding behind the "says he was elected" because the previous mayor claims he executed a coup reelection to hold on to power, but that excuses nothing in the headline.
In the alleged play of events held by the old town council, our unnamed hero is an ex-mayor at least.
Crappy work. I wonder if they are letting AIs write headlines these days?
Ember! 🦴@Wikisteff @Miriamm AI did not make this. this was entirely intentional.
Formerly disgruntled in Oregon@Miriamm “Both sides” media = white supremacist Nazi garbage
furtive_operas@Miriamm America is a very familiar and yet very strange place
Dana das Grau 🧙🏻🧝♂️
Anton Piatek@DanadasGrau @Miriamm crap title, but the coverage really shows how far they went to prevent him from holding office
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David Bruchmann@davidbruchmann @Miriamm you might wanna correct it again and change that “j” to a “y”
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"A Black man who says he was elected mayor of a rural Alabama town but has been kept from taking office by White leaders of the town has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit."
Article Thumbnail: a Black man in blue shirt, white suit jacket and pants stands in a park
Article preview text: "Black man who says he was elected mayor of Alabama town alleges that White leaders are ke...'
@Miriamm thank you. CBS really misleads with that title.
GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)@Miriamm Image description:
CBS News:
A Black man who says he was elected mayor of a rural Alabama town but has been kept from taking office by White leaders of the town has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.
CBS News:
A Black man who says he was elected mayor of a rural Alabama town but has been kept from taking office by White leaders of the town has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌@Miriamm How can it be the Alabamian coat of arms still displays the Confederate war flag & the words "Audemus jura nostra defendere" meaning
"We dare defend our rights".
Created by never-abolitionist Alabamian racist Marie Bankhead Owen (9/1/1869 – 3/1/1958).
#DrainRacism #Alabama #Confedereds #BanTheGOP #Insurrection #Rebellion
Edelruth, PBS Passport HolderI'm glad that he is suing them.
Maurice Milligan@Miriamm Ah! Just a little bit of everyday fascism from your friendly mainstream media.
It's even worse. This was CBS's first headline. Making this a "he said, she said" is nothing but pro-white supremacy. CBS knows exactly what they're doing. It's a fucking outrage. #racism
Peter Brown@Miriamm a black man with no name
SLCW💥@Miriamm I'm sure it's just a coincidence that he's black. Those southern, white good ol' boys would never engage in a pathetic attempt to prevent a duly-elected black man from taking office. 🙄
Sharon Gibson Morgan@Miriamm @CBSNews makes it sound as if Patrick Braxton is some delusional resident who believes he's the mayor. No, @CBSNews, Braxton was elected to the position and the racists on all-white town council and the white former mayor refuse to acknowledge Braxton's win and act accordingly. https://tinyl.io/90zK
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RelleHere's better journalism- https://eji.org/news/white-minority-locks-out-first-black-mayor-of-newbern-alabama/
Doug Baker - Elbows Up! 🇨🇦
Illyana 🏳️⚧️@Miriamm Also their choice of photo is adding to their made-up ambiguity of that headline. Looking around at something, no one standing near him. Paired with that headline, it makes him look lost and confused. No way they couldn't have chosen a better photo, right? 🙄
SatelliteOfLoveits that softening of facts alot of media stylesetting do
Rob HoneycuttThe article itself is very detailed and informative.
EVHaste@Miriamm Bookmarking this for a piece I'm working on in journalism and ethics. Thanks for sharing!
EARieman@Miriamm
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spherulitic@Miriamm CBS is racist. This headline is misleading in a way that’s straight up racist.
Fjord In Progress@Miriamm The Guardian’s article is much better.
The election was in 2020. After exhausting all administrative law procedures, against the exiting, entrenched power holders (literal descendants of the plantation owners / colonizers) for obstructing the induction of the legally elected mayor, Patrick Braxton… finally, in 2023, he filed suit in federal court.
“The need [for justice] is greater than the threat I’ve been under.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/black-mayor-alabama-town-locked-out
