Molly WhiteJun 11

When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need to silence truth-tellers if we've already decided truth is meaningless.

https://www.citationneeded.news/it-matters-i-care/

It matters. I care.

When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need to silence truth-tellers if we've already decided truth is meaningless.

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Show threadZhi Zhu 🕸️Jun 11

"Without a commitment to documenting truth, all that’s left is #propaganda... Major news outlets have bowed to #Trump rather than defend their reporting...

They uncritically repeat govt statements that plainly don’t reflect reality. In so doing, they’re not just betraying their fundamental purpose and abandoning their essential role in #democracy. They’re helping ensure a world where truth becomes whatever power says it is"
- @molly0xfff

https://www.citationneeded.news/it-matters-i-care/

#Press #Media #News #USA

Show threadGrassroots JoeJun 11

@ZhiZhu @molly0xfff

"When journalists abandon truth-telling and readers stop demanding it, we accept things as they are."

I suspect the only way for readers to demand it is to cancel their subscriptions, stop reading the lies, and flock to independent media that does their job as journalists.

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@joeinwynnewood @ZhiZhu @molly0xfff

This is true. Any journalism outfit owned by billionaires CANNOT be fixed.

The only thing to do is ignore them and turn to better media.

Jun 12 at 12:17amWeb