Big Journalism and its hangers-on still believe Twitter (now called X by its sociopath owner) is where they have to be. And as he launches insult after insult to the press and what it does, they just stay there and support him. Today's case in point:
It's clearly a combination of cowardice and calculation on the part of news orgs and the people who run them. Journalistic integrity doesn't even begin to factor into it. Which is sad, if not pathetic.
@dangillmor "Journalistic integrity" is a concept created by business owners a few generations ago to keep newspaper staff in line. It was then adapted for use by magazines and TV. I was taught it at Medill in 1977-78.
It's not a rule. It's a choice. It can be a pie crust promise. And it doesn't apply at all to publishers.
If you look at his actions through the fascist paradigm, it makes sense. Fascism rejects modernity (the Enlightenment), so it's inherently irrational.
They also have a deeply authoritarian worldview, and that worldview is itself authoritarian. So, they attempt to live as though their worldview is true despite the contradictions of reality.
In fairness, twitter is the ideal vehicle for Maggie The Plumber Haberman to reveal her latest insights into the contents of Trump’s toilette
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It's an effect of capitalism. Capitalism is about centralizing money and power (to allegedly improve production.) The mindset is centralization, and news media is centralized there.
FOSS (Free & Open Source Software), like Mastodon, is decentralized in nature, and it seems to confuse business types.
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