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The biggest take-away from the US election:
The fourth estate is dead. Without a free press, democracy cannot exist.
EDIT: Not only do we not have a free press, we have a propaganda press.
Finally, a newspaper with balls. The Seattle Times endorses Kamala Harris for president.
#KamalaHarris #freepress #vote2024 #endorsement
seattletimes.com/opinion/hell-…
Hell yes! The Seattle Times edit board endorses Harris for president | Frank Blethen and Kate Riley
As one of the country’s very few family-owned and -operated metro newspapers left, The Seattle Times is also apparently one of the few willing to endorse presidential candidates, write the publisher and editorial page editor.The Seattle Times
Boycott Amazon. Cancel Prime. Save your money and skip Whole Foods.
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #EatTheBillionaires #USPol
Las Vegas Sphere: not a Bezos coward.
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #EatTheBillionaires #USPol
I had not seen this bonkers story, kudos to #TRMS for reporting it.
#BernieMoreno’s staff uses black box spy #VoiceScrambler tech so his words cannot be recorded after his “women over 50 are crazy” for caring about #AbortionRights comments.
via Business Insider
#Ohio #Senate #VoteBlue #SherrodBrown #SherrodBrownFightingForOhioans #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth #WomensRights #USpol #OHpol #FreePress
businessinsider.com/bernie-mor…
Ohio GOP Senate candidate uses tech to drown out audio recordings
Moreno's campaign acknowledged using a device that suppresses audio recordings to interfere with his opponents' ability to track him.Bryan Metzger (Insider)
In a #WashingtonPost OpEd, Jeff #Bezos spins some #bullshit in an attempt to excuse his #acquiescence to #Trump’s threats to perceived enemies & a #FreePress.
#billionaire #SelfInterest #WaPo #FourthEstate #democracy #fascism #tyranny
wapo.st/3NKRzHc
But many Americans seem to have forgotten what #Trump’s presidency was like, or they simply don’t believe that he’ll do the things that he keeps saying, loudly & publicly, that he’ll do.
Stories like Goldberg’s are an impediment to Trump’s return to #power because they are vivid depictions of what Trump believes & how he acts. In a country w/a #FreePress, voters can hear these things. Americans should carefully listen to what Trump says & know what he has done—& they should have no illusions….
But voters need to understand why #Trump is attacking the #press, & where it will lead if he is reelected. The future of American #democracy is the key question of this #election. Trump has left an ample record showing that he is committed neither to the rule of #law nor to rule by the #people—after all, he tried to steal the last presidential election after he lost it.
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
The point here is not to plead for pity for the poor #press. Courageous reporting is courageous because it puts #journalists in conflict w/powerful people. Anyone who expects adulation all the time should go into a different business. (This also goes for any #media owner who might feel tempted to tone down criticism of #Trump [#Bezos].)
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
Although #Trump’s attacks on the #press are not new, they have escalated in recent weeks. Trump has said that #CBS should lose its broadcast license over a 60 Minutes interview w/VP #KamalaHarris, his Democratic opponent. He has pressured #FoxNews to stop airing ads that are critical of him. He has threatened #Google for showing negative stories about him. He has previously vowed to #jail #reporters.
#Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
He’s also employed this kind of attempted bullying before. 4 years ago, #Trump denied Goldberg’s story about “#SuckersAndLosers,” but other reporters quickly duplicated the reporting, including Jennifer Griffin of #FoxNews. Trump quickly (though unsuccessfully) demanded that Fox fire her. Trump has also sporadically railed at Goldberg & #TheAtlantic since 2020.
#Selfish #Fascist #Tyranny #Autocracy #Authoritarianism #illiberalism
"NPR...reported that 'more than 1,600 digital subscriptions had been cancelled less than four hours after the news broke.'
It was a reasonable impulse. But if Bezos is indeed why the Post is no longer endorsing candidates, and if people are worried about his outsize influence on our society, they should not be canceling their newspaper subscriptions. They should be canceling their Amazon Prime subscriptions."
theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
#1A #FirstAmendment #FreePress #journalism #boycott #USpol
Cancel Amazon Prime, Not ‘The Washington Post’
The subscription money enriching Jeff Bezos could instead be spent on the journalism crucial to preserving democracy.Ellen Cushing (The Atlantic)
LA Times owner Soon-Shiong WANTED A JOB under Trump running American healthcare. Washington Post owner Bezos wants to keep his $3.4 billion contract with NASA. Billionaires want Trump’s multitrillion dollar tax cuts. Planet-destroying oil execs want deregulation.
FOLLOW THE MONEY
theguardian.com/media/2024/oct…
#latimes #patricksoonshiong #LosAngelesTime #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #EatTheBillionaires #USPol
Patrick Soon-Shiong: the billionaire LA Times owner who blocked Harris endorsement
Biotech tycoon’s decision to refuse to allow presidential endorsement led to resignations and subscribers’ revoltDan Milmo (The Guardian)
There’s no way to see this decision other than as an appalling display of cowardice and a dereliction of their public duty.
The Washington Post and LA Times refused to endorse a candidate. Why?
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #USPol
Jeff Bezos deserves to be bankrupted—selling out democracy to protect his wealth. Disgusting.
#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #WaPo #Journalism #FreePress #BoycottAmazon #USPol
Most media in the US is owned by a handful of corporations or is being bought up by billionaires. Can nonprofits take it back? nonprofitquarterly.org/a-free-…
A Free Press Needs a New Kind of Journalism - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Most media in the United States is owned by a handful of corporations or is being bought up by billionaires. Can nonprofits take it back?Rithika Ramamurthy (Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly)