The Media/Journalism Thread

[Vee]

 

[Khan]

Frankly, if I were Joe Biden, I'd tell them all to go straight to hell.  After the way he has been treated - by the media, by the GOP, by all the asshats on YT and social media, and especially by people from within his own party - I think he has earned himself the right.

Edited August 2, 2024 by Khan

[Vee]

I am so glad this story is back post-debate/switch.

 

[Vee]

Fox is coping well:

 

[Vee]

They've got absolutely nothing. This is like he's riffing.

 

[Khan]

I'm so sick of Jesse Watters.  More so than I ever was of Bill O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs or Tucker Carlson.

[Vee]

 

[Khan]

JDV is trying so hard to make himself out to be like your average lead on a network family sitcom.  ("Usha & Me"!  Coming to CBS Mondays This Fall!)

[Vee]

@DRW50 even for the Times this is shameless tapdancing. I give this one the night to get quietly changed.

 

[DRW50]

You can see where Faux News is scrambling from not having as many connections to the rotting base of the alt right without Tucker there. Jesse Watters is also incapable of making his persona believable. 

The toxic elements are instead just road testing everything on social media and then it will eventually bubble up further. The one I saw going around on Twitter was faux outrage over some Kamala backers saying [!@#$%^&*] white women in an old video. 

Edited August 3, 2024 by DRW50

[I Am A Swede]

I used to think that Tucker Carlson was as low you could get, but this new one, Jesse Watters, is making my skin crawl. From under what rock did they dig him up?  

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[Vee]

He's nowhere near as effective as his many exiled predecessors.

[Vee]

The Times gets blowback for headline choice again, reacts predictably, then buckles in the end:

Martin did get ratio'ed for his reaction before the headline change, but it's remarkable just how openly contemptuous in recent times they've become in various media outlets, from guys like Max Tani to up and down the ladder. And it's wild that their recent argument has been 'don't blame us, journalism have no agency or impact in current events!' while also still claiming to be the essential bulwark informing the public in difficult times.

But wait! There's more!

 

Edited August 3, 2024 by Vee

[Vee]

 

[Vee]

I have a host of issues with Beutler's past history, but this is accurate and so was Variety:

 

NY Times Pitchbot also still really, really pisses them off. This is the second time a critique has gotten under Tani's skin recently.