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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.

#fourthestate
#FreePress
#USPolitics


Finally, a newspaper with balls. The Seattle Times endorses Kamala Harris for president.

#KamalaHarris #freepress #vote2024 #endorsement

seattletimes.com/opinion/hell-…


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…


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

#democracy #FreePress #journalism


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

#democracy #FreePress #journalism


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

#democracy #FreePress #journalism


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

#democracy #FreePress


"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


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


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-…

#media #journalism #freepress