CM HarringtonMay 20

#uspol #gopshit
What really fucking gets me is in 2026 journalists have learned NOTHING since 2016 about how to report objective facts, and not just parrot trump talking points without an ounce of easily supported skepticism.

For example, right now, everyone’s framing of these GOP primaries are all ‘trump has iron grip over GOP’ because of the wins of trump backed candidates.

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#uspol #gopshit

But when one candidate spends an unlimited hojillion more dollars than the other, that’s gonna sway a lot of folk simply through media saturation.

But they all frame it like he’s some big strategist kingmaker.

May 20 at 3:44pmWeb
Show threadyteticMay 20
@octothorpe we should really reframe reporters as actors who will do or say whatever they think will get them the most attention. Events of the day are merely source material for their self-promotion.
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@ytetic I mean, you’re probably right, but also, it’s not the way it was (ahem)… and I’d like to go back to that, tbh.
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@ytetic I find it especially vexing once-well-regarded journalists pivoting to influencer vs setting up imprints with old-school journalistic standards.
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@octothorpe this article touches on these issues. Just read around the rhetoric. https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-the-future-of-truth-steven-rosenbaum/
Gen Z Is Pioneering a New Understanding of Truth

The first generation to truly grow up online, Generation Z and their cohort live in a social media ecosystem that blends facts and feelings. It’s significantly shifting how they understand what’s true.

WIRED
Show threadCM HarringtonMay 20
@ytetic well, I can’t read the article, but the lede makes me itch.
Show threadyteticMay 20
@octothorpe their thesis is that gen z can no longer rely on the institutions we used to verify truth (among them, journalism) and so they rely on a networked communal evaluation.
Show threadyteticMay 20
@octothorpe the writing is full of nonsense tropes and clickbait phrasing of course. These people can't even stop themselves doing it *while writing about how it's making them irrelevant*.