Media Meltdown and also Media Bias 101

[Edman85]

Wapo has already done that. They have a "democracy" desk.

[gehringer_2]

3 hours ago, Edman85 said:

Wapo has already done that. They have a "democracy" desk.

it's pretty invisible. Can't say it's made any impression on me in over 10yrs.

[CMRivdogs]

3 hours ago, Edman85 said:

Wapo has already done that. They have a "democracy" desk.

Unfortunately they keep it in an unlit office

[gehringer_2]

On 9/6/2024 at 9:12 AM, oblong said:

I recall when Obama was POTUS, he went to a diner or something and the person helping him was black.  Now everybody knows black people talk different with other black people.  So when the guy asked Obama if he wanted his change, Obama replied "Naw, we straight".  I don't remember if the reporters cleaned it up or not but I remember it being discussed on a page I used to follow, National Review's Corner, which was a running block where their folks would sort of comment on stuff.   They definitely didn't want them to clean it up because you know.... you gotta emphasize the guy is black and just like the mag cover of the Oval Office Fist Bump.... decorum in the WH went downhill once the blacks got in there, right?  There goes the neighborhood.  Pretty soon there'll be cookouts on the WH Lawn.

He'd have a way to go to match Andrew Jackson, who  supposedly grazed animals on the WH lawn. 

[CMRivdogs]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

He'd have a way to go to match Andrew Jackson, who  supposedly grazed animals on the WH lawn. 

As did Woodrow Wilson as I recall. 
 

A bit of digging confirms he did and used the wool to raise money for the Red Crosd during WWI

https://clintonwhitehouse5.archives.gov/WH/glimpse/presidents/html/ww28.html#:~:text=Twenty-Eighth President 1913-1921&text=Fun Fact%3A Sheep on the,Cross during World War I.

[Edman85]

3 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

it's pretty invisible. Can't say it's made any impression on me in over 10yrs.

This just seems akin to a sports radio host saying Riley Greene isn't a good player because he hasn't heard of him.

That department was all over Jan 6 and its aftermath, and their reporting was top notch.

[gehringer_2]

50 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

This just seems akin to a sports radio host saying Riley Greene isn't a good player because he hasn't heard of him.

That department was all over Jan 6 and its aftermath, and their reporting was top notch.

That fine but it's also regular reporting, which isn't I was talking about even if that is what the Post calls the desk. I was explicitly describing a desk to do less immediately newsworthy stuff in the public interest that most papers wouldn't budget to to.

[smr-nj]

[romad1]

Hoping that Elon Musk has his ability to be on DOD contracts taken away.

[LaceyLou]

Elon evidently posted that if elected, Harris will take X away from him and bring back twitter.

If she did say that, that would be another reason for me to vote for her.

[romad1]

21 minutes ago, LaceyLou said:

Elon evidently posted that if elected, Harris will take X away from him and bring back twitter.

If she did say that, that would be another reason for me to vote for her.

If the various companies were publicly traded, they would be subject to SEC regulation.  Because he's a DoD contractor he is subject to Federal Acquisiiton Regulation (FAR).  Since the work he does is subject to security clearance measures, he is subject to the National Industrial Security Program (NISPOM) which does not like it if your CEO is talking to an adversary country's leader.

 

[LaceyLou]

I suspect that Elon is in big trouble if his puppet isn't elected, either way. Evidently he's admitting that the lottery he started in PA isn't choosing winners at random, for example, and even without that the whole thing is sketchy at best.

[romad1]

5 minutes ago, LaceyLou said:

I suspect that Elon is in big trouble if his puppet isn't elected, either way. Evidently he's admitting that the lottery he started in PA isn't choosing winners at random, for example, and even without that the whole thing is sketchy at best.

I definitely hope he meets his comeuppance.   I wonder if this is a test the hoped for Harris administration wants to take.   Right out of the gate. 

[ewsieg]

41 minutes ago, LaceyLou said:

Elon evidently posted that if elected, Harris will take X away from him and bring back twitter.

If she did say that, that would be another reason for me to vote for her.

He's probably got some investors in X that are hopeful this is true.

[romad1]

Bluesky appears to be a pretty good place to be.  

[pfife]

6 hours ago, romad1 said:

Bluesky appears to be a pretty good place to be.  

I cant speak to its awesomeness or lackthereot but just noticed this baseball starter pack

https://go.bsky.app/4n1sYCL

Edited November 11, 2024 by pfife

[pfife]

Here is a searchable list of all bsky starter packs:

https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all

[romad1]

46 minutes ago, pfife said:

I cant speak to its awesomeness or lackthereot but just noticed this baseball starter pack

https://go.bsky.app/4n1sYCL

Added.  I was scrolling Bsky last night during the game and felt a lot less fury than I would if I had been doing that on Thanos' X app.

[romad1]

[romad1]

I'd like to see a couple of thought leaders migrate.  I would also like to see some of the sports people migrate but many good folks I hadn't seen in a while are here which is great.

[oblong]

I just signed up 

[mtutiger]

4 hours ago, romad1 said:

I'd like to see a couple of thought leaders migrate.  I would also like to see some of the sports people migrate but many good folks I hadn't seen in a while are here which is great.

I engage on politics more than anything on Twitter, but sports is probably the only thing keeping me on there at this point.

[Tiger337]

Twitter is still pretty good for baseball which is the main reason I use it.  If there is a better place for baseball news with an analytical emphasis, then I would go there.  

[CMRivdogs]

5 hours ago, romad1 said:

I'd like to see a couple of thought leaders migrate.  I would also like to see some of the sports people migrate but many good folks I hadn't seen in a while are here which is great.

I agree, it seems all over the place now. Mostly another version of Threads. What I miss is when there's breaking news, the Old Bird seemed to have it covered, much like your very own wire service. Now it's Troll City with a few exceptions.

Cant wait to see what he does with the economy. He's a worse business person than DJT

[LaceyLou]

There's also a way you can block a lot of MAGA bots on Bluesky, if you're so inclined. 

I used some of the starter packs for transit and local news. Twitter used to be a great place to find people involved in housing, transit, and city planning in general-hopefully I can find some of the same people again.