Fall of the Fourth Estate: A Critique of Mass Media

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Axios needs to fuck off…

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Paul is admired by some of her colleagues for her willingness to buck liberal-left conventional wisdom. She has written a defense of J.K. Rowling and scrutinized the MeToo movement for overreach, while a recent column criticized the American Historical Society’s vote to condemn the ongoing “scholasticide” in Gaza.

Yes, sounds just like a person with liberal-left beliefs. :roll_eyes:

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Young’s lawyers said CNN’s characterisation of his work as illegal or exploitative was false and that he told the network repeatedly that he only worked with corporations and nongovernmental groups trying to get their people out. The high prices were due to high demand, Young said.

My emphasis… but wow.

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The comments on Bluesky :grin: my favorite:

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Does Rahm Emanuel foresee needing a pardon in the next 4 years, or has he really just shifted that far to the right? Or was he there all along? wtf.

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Yes. He was always there.

As mayor of Chicago, he doubled-down on CPD torture black sites. Enough said.

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Can’t be more clear than that. Wow. Screw that guy.

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How can people who are in such positions of power be so fucking stupid…

And @sqlrob - what the fucketing fuck is Douchat on about!!!

@FGD135 - I wonder how many of those protesters are motivated by remembering what happened in the late 80s and into the 90s with Milosevic in power?

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:person_shrugging: Damn if I know. He probably doesn’t either.

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Here for the edit NYT made.

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When Gizmodo reached out to the Times, we noted how guys like Curtis Yarvin, a far-right blogger, believe in this concept of “the cathedral” which is where “real” power supposedly lies. Yarvin thinks liberal institutions and those in journalism and academia hold real sway over society. Little did we know while emailing with the Times that they were about to publish an interview with Yarvin on Saturday morning. Yarvin mentions in the interview that he communicates with Andreesen.

Yep, journalists control society. That’s why newspapers are crumpling under pressure from tech oligarchs, if they aren’t outright owned by them already.

And anyone who believes that “academia” is some shadowy cabal that is pulling the strings of civilization should work at a university for a year. Department chairs can’t control their own departments, they’re too busy fighting each other, and everyone else is scrabbling for grant money or living out of their cars hopping between teaching gigs.

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