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Dan GillmorUS political journalists have been failing an essential duty -- to understand that bias in favor of democracy (and what democracy protects, including freedom of speech) should be a baseline condition for coverage.
Read the latest Trump indictment. It simplifies things even further.
If Trump and the Republican party he owns take full power next year, our democracy is done. It is truly that simple.
That is the context for 2024. Please, journalists, make that relentlessly clear.
Ken WhiteMy post about the latest Trump indictment and about how people -- specifically the National Review -- are lying to you about it.
https://popehat.substack.com/p/people-are-lying-to-you-about-the?sd=pf
Khashoggi’s GhostThank you, Mastodon, for not being owned and controlled by a narcissistic billionaire with bad intentions.
emptywheelBy popular demand, I will try to cross-post and comment here, more.
On Bill Barr and Sex Workers: Whistleblower X Raised Hunter Biden's Baby Momma in Response to a Prostitute Question
Max KennerlyToday in depressing legal news: even Kavanaugh understood how ludicrous and harmful it was to claim wetlands aren't covered by the Clean Water Act. But just one GOP Justice coming to their senses isn't enough, so today our environmental regulatory system is even more broken.
Parker MolloyMy plea to brands planning on doing LGBTQ Pride-marketing: make your decisions now, not when the right has a (predictable) freak out. https://www.readtpa.com/p/brands-need-to-make-decisions-about
Judd LegumI don't know who needs to hear this but acting as the pr flaks for powerful politicians in exchange for being spoon-fed micro-scoops is not journalism
Matt BlazeIf nothing else, Mastodon seems to be pretty convincing evidence that an edit button can work. I'm not seeing many cases of it being abused the way many worried it would be.
Bad actors are the problem, not the tools. Get rid of the bad faith people, and we can have nice things.
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