Molly Whitereally upsetting to see former Wikimedia Foundation director and CEO Katherine Maher getting targeted by the rightwing outrage machine in her new role as NPR CEO. she's wonderful, and NPR is lucky to have her. i hope they stand behind her.
in a better world, this would prompt some self-reflection at the new york times
Weyoun 6@molly0xfff In a world where their job was journalism?
Keen Grasp@weyoun6 @molly0xfff NYT has made it pretty clear that they consider it their main job to sample billionaires’ nuts. Oh and also hurt trans kids if at all possible.
Rexo the Trans Bus 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🚌@molly0xfff that fucker can be infuriating sometimes
Drexer@molly0xfff really depressing to see those supposed bastions of press standards suddenky not applying the minimum requirements for notoriety and relevance that Wikipedia does. Just following the urge to run after the 24-hours news cycle.
Zhi Zhu 🕸️The #NYTimes once published an article saying that #Hitler wasn’t really that bad. He was just using #antisemitism as a way to attract followers & keep them excited about his #political campaign.
The NYTimes more recently published an article saying that #Trump isn’t really that bad. He is just using threats of #violence & #authoritarianism as a way to attract followers & keep them excited about his political campaign.
Old Hippie Ⓥ Resistance!
Weltzeitgeist@molly0xfff 'self-reflection at the New York Times'? Haha, you're funny. :)
Andres@molly0xfff But it's a trash paper, and has been for at least 100 years (when they were propping up and protecting robert moses).
Patrick, Grand Arbiter@molly0xfff In a better world, legacy media would be capable of any self-reflection at all.
Erik@molly0xfff a lot of the analysis in this piece about NPR also applies to the NYT, especially around political coverage. Not surprisingly they have the exact same blind spots
https://slate.com/business/2024/04/npr-diversity-public-broadcasting-radio.html
jmjm@sigmafactor @molly0xfff I just subscribe for the recipes and crosswords.
Coach Pāṇini ®@molly0xfff
“dream about sampling nuts” is a turn of phrase I am not familiar with, have been Extremely Online™ for a while now
“dream about sampling nuts” is a turn of phrase I am not familiar with, have been Extremely Online™ for a while now
Robert Link@molly0xfff Anyone who can call Biden or Harris "far left" shouldn't be let out in public without a keeper. Double for anyone who considers it "left" to note #SleepyDon is a racist.
Darwin Woodka@molly0xfff In a better world papers of record would be owned by the people who read them and not a fucking idiot millionaire or billionaire
Voron@darwinwoodka @molly0xfff this right here 👆
Splitradix@molly0xfff The word "prompt" is unfortunately dead to me now.
Larry Garfield@molly0xfff Someone who acknowledges Trump is a racist is exactly who we do want running media organizations.
Jeff Cutsinger@molly0xfff maybe caving to his framing, but at least one poll shows the majority of Americans agree that Trump is racist. Not what I would call a far left opinion.
TTimo@molly0xfff "Donald Trump is a racist" .. Wow, hard hitting controversial stuff heh?
@molly0xfff 🤷♂️ it’s consolidated ownership in profit driven access media. The editorial choices are driven by the bottom line. Access to news makers (CEOs politicians) keeps labor costs (wages) low, and keeps ad revenue higher.
Reputation among readership/viewership is a bit more mercurial of a calculation
Reputation among readership/viewership is a bit more mercurial of a calculation
Doug SheppardIf Rufo told the Times to start punching itself in the face, the next morning's headline would be "At a New York newspaper, obedience and bloody noses enhance objectivity".
King KaufmanThis will, at best, prompt what journalism failures sometimes do:
1. Seminars, panel discussions and essays in which those who failed say "On reflection, we should have done it differently."
2. Those same people doing the exact same thing the next time.
Journalism is like the Keystone Kops, if the Keystone Kops had sat around between movies going "On reflection, we shouldn't have parked the squad car on the railroad tracks."
jz.tuskIn this world, it is up to us to destroy the NYT.
Glenn@molly0xfff So the statement "Donald Trump is a racist" is controversial? Who knew?
FoolishOwl@molly0xfff If Rufo thinks Kamala Harris fans are the "furthest-left elements" around, he's in for a shock if he looks at the stickers and graffiti on the nearest utility pole.
Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)@molly0xfff No kidding. How is saying "Donald Trump is a racist" anything particularly novel, newsworthy, or even controversial? It's like suggesting "Charles Manson was murder-y" should become the subject of intense debate.
Again for the zillionth time…wtf is going on at the NYT?! 🙁
Princess Unikitty@molly0xfff
The Times is gonna hire the Conservapedia founder as an editor in the name of balance.
The Times is gonna hire the Conservapedia founder as an editor in the name of balance.
Jason BeetsAnyone that Chris Rufo wants fired should receive a raise instead.
Doug 🌈🇨🇦 
@molly0xfff NYT has their own agenda and they manipulate the news to suit it. No one should be reading it.
Kevin Lyda@molly0xfff This is what the NY Times is and has been for decades.
Also, Rufo is pond scum.
@molly0xfff honestly i'm kinda surprised (albeit relieved) they don't target NPR more in general
Q. Edwards@molly0xfff Yeah she is. She got in trouble for telling the truth. Donald Trump is 100% a racist among a laundry list of other awful things.
Jake Miller@molly0xfff Your endorsement greatly reduces my cognitive load for interpreting this story. So, thank you!
Ash_Crow@molly0xfff oooh so that's why someone dug up a five year old Twitter conversation with her to say some random insults? The notification left me puzzled this morning
kiwiben@molly0xfff NPR’s CEO Katherine Maher on the truth:
“Our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that’s getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done.”
Denny VrandečićI hoped you watched the whole talk, where the main argument flows from Wikipedia's rule to not be about "The Truth" but about verifiability. Only this allows the fruitful discussions on Wikipedia.
victor tsaran@molly0xfff @ppatel What do right-wing have against her or just another convenient target?
Pratik Patel@vick21 @molly0xfff Oh it has to do with one of their editors complaining that NPR has a "liberal bias" and the events which followed.
@ppatel @molly0xfff O gee, I see. Same old broken record…
Dan Riley@molly0xfff The Berliner article makes me really angry, it is so full of verifiably objectively factual errors. It all smells of one of Rufo's coordinated operations to gang up on a target, especially a woman with any executive responsibility. See what happened to the university presidents at the congressional hearings.
John Mark 
☑️@molly0xfff I can't wait for the "cancel culture" people to speak up for Maher and how her 1st amendment rights are being infringed.
CassandraVert@molly0xfff
I suppose that's why they're targeting her.
I suppose that's why they're targeting her.
Interpipes 💙@molly0xfff so calling the drumpfkopf - noted racist who told on himself regularly - a racist, is extreme left politics now is it?