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

#Journalists, please take note.

Given the recent capitulation of the #billionaire #MSM magnates, it should be obvious to everyone that claims of "editorial independence" have been used as cover for #CapitalistPropaganda for decades now.

Rupert Murdoch, as an example, has single handedly shattered the political #OvertonWindow in every nation under his sway.

Question: How do journalists worthy of the name challenge the billionaire narrative?

The fragmentation of the #press into the paid subscription #Wordpress #Substack #Medium model is doing the opposite.

Answer: the #PressCo-op

And, the answer ALREADY EXISTS in the form of the #fediverse. Journalists have to come together and form their own #instances and WE have to support those instances -- just like we support our own instances.

We have an incredible tool here people. We have an incredible tool to break free of paying the MSM and Wordpress style billionaires to destroy our #InformationEcosystem.

And they have destroyed it. They've built a billionaire propaganda machine in it's place while we stand around wondering

@Gargron @Strandjunker @taylorlorenz.mastodon.social @mmasnick @jeffjarvis @pluralistic @cstross

And see: Comprehensive list of federated journalists, here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Journalists on Mastodon and Fediverse (Responses)

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