Reboot KidJan 25
Mike Sheward

Dear Journalists,

If a government official gives a statement that is easily disproven by multiple angles of high quality video, it is ok, encouraged even, to call them out on it in real time. That's called doing a journalism.

Secondly, although you all work for different media outlets, there is no reason why you can't sort of 'team up' and keep pressing the issue rather than letting them wriggle out by completely changing the line of questioning. This is also known as doing a Journalism.

Thanks!

Jan 24 at 10:55pmWeb
Show threadschamspeareJan 25

@SecureOwl Exactly. They step on each other's questions. Aimless questioning that lets Trump and others skirt around them.

They are so flat-footed, so dopey. Totally unprepared to represent the truth when the truth is direly needed.

Show threadRitalin InviteesJan 25

@SecureOwl
Dear Mike,

We checked with management and apparently they don't pay us to "do a Journalism." You must be thinking of someone else.

Regards,
Journalists

Show threadÖlbaumJan 25
@intransitivelie @SecureOwl If you’re not being paid to do a journalism, then you’re not journalists, so stop usurping the name and shut up.
Show threadRitalin InviteesJan 25

@oscherler
You may be shocked to learn what "journalism" actually entails. Here's a hint: selling papers.

I'm not trying to be nasty, but expecting journalism to stop being what it has always been and start speaking truth to power is a bit like expecting the police to stop being what they've always been and start serving and protecting.

Show threadrooney (not the famous one)Jan 26

@intransitivelie @oscherler Some journalists would also beg to differ with you:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/trump-administration-alex-pretti-shooting-statements

It can happen, when people choose to make it happen.

Trump officials continue to push lies after fatal shooting of Alex Pretti

Trump and team seem to prioritize vilifying victims of their immigration operations, regardless of conflicting evidence

The Guardian
Show threadRitalin InviteesJan 26
@harmoniousanger @oscherler
The point of journalism has always been to sell papers. Sometimes that aligns with seeking the truth, but even a stopped watch is right twice a day. Any time a journalist seeks the truth, they're either acting against the orders of management or management has decided that this particular truth will sell papers. 🤷‍♀️
Show threadDying World 🔥🌎🔥Jan 25
@SecureOwl all US mainstream media is state media at this point
Show threadnoplasticshowerJan 25
@SecureOwl also, the fourth estate is dead and buried
Show threadMirishuliJan 25
@SecureOwl Lordy, We need Sam Donaldson tonight. And Dan Rather. Sigh.
Show threadJeanJan 25
@MiriShuli @SecureOwl And Jack Anderson.
Show threadWorldTravelerAll7Jan 25

@SecureOwl

never expect corporate owned media to ask the right questions. it's not in their interest & they're not smart enough.

& if it's a #Cancervative govt official, nothing they say has value anyway.

i thought only late night monologue writers & podcasters watch them now😅

Show threadHyperbolix Prudens 🎹🖌️⌨️Jan 25
@SecureOwl You mean the employees of media companies, owned by the same people who boldly supported political campaigns and sat behind the president at his inauguration ceremony? The employees fearing to be thrown out of the press conference each time they open their mouths and lose their jobs?
As people won't pay for independent media, they rather consume the stream of nonsense coming from billionaire owned megaphones - Critical questioning left the room, and it is not likely to return.
Show threadIrenes (many)Jan 25

@SecureOwl one of the astonishing things that really caught us off guard when we immigrated was the discovery that journalists outside the US do call politicians out in real time like that

we had spent our entire lives up to that point in a bubble of extreme access journalism and thought it was normal

Show threadDmitry BorodaenkoJan 25
@SecureOwl The only time I saw journalists from different media outlets team up like that was when they teamed up to pressure Joe Biden into dropping out of the 2024 election. That was not journalism.