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Media industry
fromConsequence
16 hours ago

Watching "Both Sides" Media Bleed Out Before Our Eyes

Audiences reject 'both sides' false balance in journalism; neutralist 'view from nowhere' fails when factual consensus collapses and bad actors exploit platforms.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Beware of anti-woke' liberals: they attacked the left and helped Trump win | Jan-Werner Muller

Recent exercises in taking stock after one year of Trump 2.0 for many an eternity of terrifying news and political traumas tended to leave something out: the fact that, a mere 12 months ago, plenty of pundits (and politicians, for that matter) were instructing us to accept that a global vibe shift in favor of the right had taken place. And that, in the face of what supposedly felt like a landslide, resistance was pointless and cringe.
US politics
fromPortland Mercury
4 months ago

Charlie Kirk: Full of S__t!

I've been watching some of these Charlie Kirk videos that have been popping up since he died, and woah.
US politics
NYC politics
fromemptywheel
9 months ago

DOJ Reportedly Will Pay Ashli Babbitt's Estate $5 Million; Claims to Have Charged LaMonica McIver - emptywheel

Miller's deportation effort inaccurately labels Venezuelan immigrants as terrorists while falsely exonerating individuals involved in January 6 events.
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