Karl BodeJun 24
If I pluck a story at random on the Tesla Robotaxi fail, not a single one mentions that the Trump administration and his courts have taken an absolute hatchet to corporate oversight and consumer protection. Why? It's kind of important context that regulators can't/won't do their jobs anymore?
Show threadKarl BodeJun 24
you can run this experiment with pretty much any story where regulators are involved. The press genuinely isn't interested in the underlying story that historic corruption has hollowed out our already shaky labor, consumer, safety, and environmental regulators like a fucking pumpkin
Show threadKarl BodeJun 24
the press isn't telling the public that federal corporate oversight no longer functions, so most of the public is walking around not really prepared for the concussive, systemic failures that are coming for systems they routinely take for granted
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I think corporate media has been conditioned to do this kind of stuff because it's in the best interest of corporate ownership (who WANTS this butchery of consumer protection). But it also feels like there's a journalistic normalization bias at play, resulting in them acting like business as usual.
Jun 24 at 1:20pmWeb
Show threadKarl BodeJun 24
I'm going to keep harping on this shit until I see some faint awareness of what's coming or we're all swimming in fire