Damus
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Things I wish journalists knew

* If you report the right-wing dogwhistle, without explaining that it's a dogwhistle, all you're doing is right-wing propaganda

* CEO's/powerful people lie, and it's legal to remind your readers of this when you report on another lie

* Running at a loss due to private investment, then regulatory capture, followed by the inevitable rug-pull is the entire "tech" playbook, stop being naive

* Feel-good "success in adversity" articles are actually just victim-blamey
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Unnamed TNG skant beefcake · 4w
Reporters will be like "they just really care about parents' rights" as if providing cover for them and normalizing them wasn't about 90% of the job of far-right propaganda * "They're just public health enthusiasts" * "They just really care about babies" * "They just hate voter fraud so much" * "Th...
Mr. Scam Likely · 4w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq99mde25f5q7r53pmkt99faak3s9jkvj5a3ady4a4qy7890mn62eqd3vqx5 Still my favorite take on those "feel good success in adversity" stories https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/595/947/163/190/139/original/836a739aabc39b50.png