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Continuing trouble at the WP.

David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik.bsky.social)

NEWS: More than 400 WashPost journalists - including some of its most distinguished reporters & editors - have sent plea to owner Jeff Bezos to intervene. This petition was sent last night and disclosed by NPR. While not citing CEO Will Lewis by name, it casts a harsh light on his leadership/more

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[Argent Stonecutter]

And they honestly expect Bezos to give a damn?

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

And they honestly expect Bezos to give a damn?

I suspect they don't, but maybe by putting the question to him directly like this they can force him to publicly choose a position, which makes the next steps easier.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Now that’s work ethic

 

[Noodles]

I added Washington Post to my DNS blocklist the day they basically endorsed Trump.

I basically only have Twitter on it otherwise.

(A lot else is blocked by other blocks like a blanket Murdoch owned block and Climate Denialism block)

 

[Khamon]

I suspect they don't, but maybe by putting the question to him directly like this they can force him to publicly choose a position, which makes the next steps easier.

It is doubtful. Someone "worth" hundreds-of-billion dollars, "earning" tens-of-million" dollars a day, pushes buttons on a whim and watches people, institutions, the world burn. They are modern aristocracy with no concept of economic collapse. They are too big to fail. He may respond if it amuses him for a moment to do so.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Biden won't enforce TikTok ban, official says, leaving fate of app to Trump

President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office, a U.S. official says.

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[GoblinCampFollower]

Continuing trouble at the WP.

David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik.bsky.social)

NEWS: More than 400 WashPost journalists - including some of its most distinguished reporters & editors - have sent plea to owner Jeff Bezos to intervene. This petition was sent last night and disclosed by NPR. While not citing CEO Will Lewis by name, it casts a harsh light on his leadership/more

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And they honestly expect Bezos to give a damn?

I've never worked as a journalist but know some people who've tried to break into the business. I get the impression that major papers are flooded with applicants that are reasonably "qualified." This is actually really bad since it gives a lot of the power to the corporate oligarchs who own the established papers and networks. I bet Bezos could replace all the disgruntled journalists with desperate new applicants pretty fast and he knows it. I think American Media has been shifting to the right on social and especially economic issues already and it's set to go a whole lot further.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

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I've never worked as a journalist but know some people who've tried to break into the business. I get the impression that major papers are flooded with applicants that are reasonably "qualified." This is actually really bad since it gives a lot of the power to the corporate oligarchs who own the established papers and networks. I bet Bezos could replace all the disgruntled journalists with desperate new applicants pretty fast and he knows it. I think American Media has been shifting to the right on social and especially economic issues already and it's set to go a whole lot further.

Though the occasional hire straight from journalism schools could happen, "major" newspapers have relied on a large pool of existing writers and editors both reasonably and extremely well qualified, garnered from numerous competing periodicals. In this was they staff newsrooms with an already trained journalists, along with a few star reporters who might bring in awards or other accolades. But the newspaper industry has been dying over the last several decades, and that pool has become pretty shallow. Also, print reporting has turned more to talent-driven journalism, where the focus is on personality and name-recognition, rather than skills and experience - and those types of hires cost more. The ideal of the beat reporter is dead.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

TikTok is preparing its shutdown in America this Sunday.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-preparing-us-shut-off-sunday-information-reports-2025-01-15/

 

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) (@theserfstv.bsky.social)

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

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EDIT: Returning to provide a link to the article sporting the headline.

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) (@theserfstv.bsky.social)

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

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Americans Flood Chinese App RedNote, Discover Its Users Are Obsessed With Luigi Mangione

On China's RedNote social network, alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione is striking a chord with users who affectionately call him as "Lulu."

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The geniuses among the very rich.

Marc Andreessen Seems to Think Hillary Clinton Was Actually President

The New York Times made a sneaky edit to its own transcript to make Andreessen sound more coherent.

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The NYT is fucking around with their print content for the benefit of the elite. Again.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

As one of his last actions President Biden issued preemptive pardons for well known Trump critics and members of his own family. This includes Mark Milley and Anthony Fauci.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/01/20/politics/joe-biden-preemptive-pardons/index.html

 

[Beebo Brink]

When Correcting a Lie, Don't Repeat It. Do This Instead. | Psychology Today

 

[Soen Eber]

When Correcting a Lie, Don't Repeat It. Do This Instead. | Psychology Today

tl;dr version: George Lakoff (famous linguist) recommends a sandwich technique. Lead with the truth, then the falsehood but don't draw too much attention to it, then end with the truth. People are more apt to remember the start and end of a written piece. Don't lead with something that reinforces the lie, such as "The New Trump Math: Is 2+2 really 5?" or "No, Vice President Vance does NOT keep his wife barefoot and chained to the kitchen."

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

slate (@pleasebegneiss.bsky.social)

we never should’ve given power to the nerds. the jocks shouldn’t have it either. we must usher in the age of the goths

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