What is journalism?

[Azrael]

Bad faith and bad practice.

Bari Weiss journalism.

Remember this?

I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle.

Consider this.



Maybe the University of Austin can look into it.

also

Really the great age of bad, bad journalism.



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Emily Yoffe, likewise. Bad.

 

[Azrael]

Like Greenwald, Taibbi is off the rails.

Who edits these guys?

No one.

 

[Alma]

Like Greenwald, Taibbi is off the rails.

Who edits these guys?

No one.

I’m not sure I’ve ever read Greenwald.

 

[Azrael]

Like Greenwald, Taibbi is off the rails.

Who edits these guys?

No one.

goin' great!

 

[Azrael]

I’m not sure I’ve ever read Greenwald.

He was a pretty dogged investigative reporter. Shared a Pulitzer with a team at the Guardian for reporting on the NSA.

Seemed to lose his marbles when he went to the Intercept and they dared to edit him. Quit.

Now he's Colonel Kurtz in his jungle hideout.

 

[Regan MacNeil]

Thread:

 

[wicked]

Like Greenwald, Taibbi is off the rails.

Who edits these guys?

No one.

Editors are worth their weight in gold. If you need proof, read this message board.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Fox never was this bad under Ailes
He was a sexist pig but when he was in charge Fox didn’t ignore stories like it does now
It might have put its spin on stories but didn’t choose to not report on things like it does now
I think that’s because the Murdoch are acting as news editors and all they care about is $$$
More and more I don’t know if they care if they lose the Dominion suit
Fox’s audience will never hear about it
And it likes what Fox has to say
To paraphrase Otter: “Works better than the truth.”

 

[Scout]

News accurately informs.

Fox entertains while ignoring accuracy.

 

[Azrael]

Thread:

Taibbi, pantsed.

 

[Mr. X]

News accurately informs.

Fox entertains while ignoring accuracy.

From The New York Times Magazine.

How Fox Chased Its Audience Down the Rabbit Hole

 

[Liut]

goin' great!

First two words, second graf of tweet. "Watch me ... " Yeah audience, look at me!
A couple of mentors would roll over in their graves if I ever said "Watch me ..." Just another example that cable-satellite news-opinion is a 24-hour cycle of crap.

 

[Azrael]

That being the case, we certainly don't need more of it from Bari Weiss.

qed

 

[Azrael]

Taibbi, Weiss, Shellenberger, Greenwald . . .

All profiting handsomely from the sort of post-substack, unfactchecked, single-source junk journalism they pretend to decry.

Cool.

 

[wicked]

I’m not one for silencing the media, but a few more defamation lawsuits wouldn’t be the worst thing.

It’s a high bar to cross, but discovery in some of these cases could be pretty damning. Think Bari Weiss is out there fact-checking anything that doesn’t comply with her worldview?

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I’m sure substack, along with SB nation and other blogs, have no money in the budget for copy editors

 

[wicked]

I’m sure substack, along with SB nation and other blogs, have no money in the budget for copy editors

Speaking of SB Nation...

SB Nation pulls Daniel Holtzclaw longform piece

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Speaking of SB Nation...

SB Nation pulls Daniel Holtzclaw longform piece

Man, I just spent a couple hours re-reading that whole thread. #Time****ingManagementSkills That might be my favorite thread of all-time. As Double Down said, it was a reminder of the best days of this place...everyone debating a journalism topic at a super deep inside baseball kind of way without any sort of rancor. Well, except for SB Nation and those responsible for that dreadful dreck. Which, it should be noted, proves yet again cancel culture rarely exists. The writer is still writing (as he should, it wasn't his fault he was assigned a story he wasn't ready or qualified to write) and the editor is not only still editing but presenting himself as a super duper ally/advocate of women and women in sports because "Young Woman and the Sea" somehow got made into a movie. What a ****ing racket.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I’m sure substack, along with SB nation and other blogs, have no money in the budget for copy editors

Substack is a platform for writers. It doesn't make and I don't think it has ever made any claim to editorial control over what writers who choose to use the platform publish. It's more like Twitter while SB Nation is closer to a newspaper.

 

[Azrael]

Bad faith and bad practice.



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