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Will Mari
@willthewordguy
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media historian who loves dancing/hiking/journalism -- also still (for now) @willthewordguy on Twitter and Tumblr. A bit more about me: I'm an assistant professor at the Manship School of Mass Communication at LSU, where I study and teach media history (and media law). My (current) main research area(s) of interest involve news work and the history of communication technology and how (painful and unpredictable!) large-scale transitions tend to be -- in my case, from analog to digital.
Appreciate this thoughtful review of my work-cultural history of the American newsroom by Dr. Melissa Greene-Blye: https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=j20thcenturymediahistory
Taylor LorenzOver the past few days, thousands of Threads users have amplified baseless claims of hacked voting machines as Democrats become more comfortable embracing denialism.
I wrote about how Threads became ground zero for election hacking conspiracies and how Metas decision to restrict journalists and news content has exacerbated the problem. https://www.usermag.co/p/metas-threads-overrun-with-liberal-election-fraud-conspiracies
“Hope means hoping when things are hopeless, or it is no virtue at all... As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength.” — GK Chesterton
Some good news for your Friday morning: https://apple.news/AtJv-TiMvTYCIADG4noEqiA
The Swing States Are in Good Hands — The Atlantic
Politics The places most crucial to the election have leaders who are committed to a fair process. October 24, 2024 In thinking about the days and weeks after November 5, when unfounded attacks on the vote count and the integrity of America’s election are most likely to arise, one must begin with an uncomfortable acknowledgment: The threat to the fair evaluation of the results comes from only one party. There has never been any suggestion that Democratic officials are likely to systematically
