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The #Democrats and “unbiased” mainstream media’s handling of the #GOP and #MAGA sucks. #TFG & Co.’s messaging is all tightly coordinated. They get their marching orders, are invited onto #CNN and whatnot to spew their lies, whilst Dems change nothing of their messaging. WTAF. #uspol #NOKINGS
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The decimation of the Fourth Estate continues
The decimation of the Fourth Estate continues. #cbs #bariweiss #news #maga #uspol
‘We Just Got Elon Musk-ed’
Bari Weiss’s first major move as CBS News chief has staffers on edge—ordering every journalist to submit a written memo justifying their work, in an apparent Elon Musk-style loyalty test.
Hello and happy Saturday,
Bari Weiss is taking a page out of Elon Musk’s playbook. Days after taking over as editor in chief of CBS News, Weiss sent the network’s journalists an email Friday that set off alarm bells. Every staffer, she said, must write for her a memo by Tuesday detailing how they spend their working hours, what they’ve produced, what’s broken, and how they’d fix it.
In her memo, The Free Press founder framed the …
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Ugh. #television #journalism #news #CBS #uspol #MAGA www.salon.com/2025/10/0…
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#Republicans who go on #CNN repeat the same talking points every time. WTF can’t the hosts and #Democrats prepare in order to respond? Do NOT give them credit for ANYTHING!! Stop them from lying. Refute their bullshit. BE PREPARED!! #journalism #uspol #NeoLibsArePartOfTheProblem
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A Word to the Weiss | An Unauthorized Reprint
David Ellison has quietly courted Bari Weiss for a possible role at CBS News—a move that hints at how he may steer the network if his merger goes through.
by Oliver Darcy - June 24th, 2025 [Source]
David Ellison and Bari Weiss. Bari Weiss (Status Illustration/Leigh Vogel/Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Late last year, during a trip to New York City, David Ellison quietly made time for a meeting that said as much about his worldview as it did about his interest in media. According to people familiar with the matter, the Hollywood scion set time aside on his busy calendar to meet with Bari Weiss, the founder of The Free Press. Ellison, like a number of C-suite executive types, has long been an admirer of Weiss’ style of journalism, …
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Bots from the likes of #Microsoft, #Amazon, #Oracle, #Tencent, #Russia and countless others are destroying the #OpenWeb. The latest casualty is Ric Ford’s legendary #MacInTouch. So terrible and disappointing. #apple #news #internet #capitalism #bullshit mjtsai.com/blog/2025…
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Well, this is just more stupid #capitalism at work. I guess I’ll have to now unsub from #Polygon’s RSS feeds. Generic corporate villain #Valnet has laid off most of the masthead. So, so stupid. Do the new owners really think people will stick around for AI slop? #videogames kotaku.com/polygon-s…
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Anyone who would advocate for the arrest of John Cusack and call him a “marginal success” clearly has no sense, an agenda, or both. These are the same people claiming Tesla protests are terrorism and school shootings are normal. #uspol #fascism #capitalism boingboing.net/2025/03/2…
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My wife tracks the daily activities of the #Trump administration so you have one place to check instead of trying to find trustworthy news outlets. Check it out, and if you find it helpful consider subscribing. Options start at free and no paywalls. #uspol #news rimaregasblog42.substack.com/p/things-…
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Maybe… you know… not such a good idea to invest in new #Switch controllers, considering #Nintendo is about to roll out the #Switch2. You think, #Verge? Just seems like bad timing, no? #videogames #journalism www.theverge.com/23350899/…
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You know, @appleinsider@mastodon.social, I’d love to cover your piece about the Steve Jobs Archive celebrating his life on the day he died, but when you don’t include any links to anything outside of your website, I cannot. Not helpful. #tech #apple #journalism
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#Censorship isn’t limited to #socialnetworks. Last year there were nearly 300 #internet shutdowns in 54 countries, the worst on record. I wonder how long it will take #TFG & Co to try that here. #politics #uspol #fascism #tech www.axios.com/2025/02/2…
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There is one simple question never posed by any in a position to ask:
Where’s the proof?
#TFG & Company have floated all manner of madness and have never furnished proof. Period. Full stop.
This one exclusion could be the end of #America. #uspol #fascism #doge #racism #whitesupremacy
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$15 a month for a single newsletter is unsustainable
#journalism #dollarnomics #editorial - Tyler K. Nothing reporting.
DATELINE INTERNETOPIA - #Substack has created a mythology in the form of the $15 a month newsletter. The claim was that it would help support independent writers who have been driven out of organized news gathering by capitalist greed’s desire to “trim the fat” (meaning people who cost money they’d rather have in their Cayman bank accounts), but the model is unsustainable. In reality, all it does is net Substack more revenue.
Of course, they need that larger cut to support the now far more bloated model that appears to include completely free hosting of a blog, unless you want to use your custom domain, and then you’ll have to cough up …
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When it comes to #tech press, one thing bothers me above all else; high-end reportage that ignores the bulk of users. The vast majority of people getting a #Mac probably don’t even know what a virtual machine is, much less need one. Despite this, nerd journos almost exclusively focus on the much smaller professional slice of the market. #Apple #Journalism www.macworld.com/article/2…
In short, if you want to buy a new computer and use it like an average person, go ahead and get an M4 Mac Mini base model. Grab yourself a Samsung T7 external SSD in 1 or 2TB capacity, and rest easy that your $700+ will last you for years to come. The M4 is a little terror that sips power. Your email, messaging, social media, and streaming sessions …
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Hey, MSM! Something to say? Just say it!
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The flowery language. The academia polished until the shine is almost unbearable. The suggestion of an opinion. The metaphor, obscure references, and sardonic wit. These are all hallmarks common to most pundits, and it annoys me to no end.
Can we please just get to the point?!
In a piece published on the MSNBC site today, Irin Carmon discusses the hand gestures Bernie Sanders' makes while talking. This is how she sums up that piece:
Male politicians can face potential minefields of their own, at least when campaigning against a woman. In 2000, when Clinton ran for Senate in New York, the image of her male opponent crossing the stage during a debate and wagging his finger in her face, demanding she sign a campaign …
