The people leaving journalism are the ones you want committing it. Ouroboros … but hey, can’t run afoul of Dear Leader, lest he notice you.
The censorship you never hear about may be the worst, or at least the most insidious. Thankfully, many journalists are speaking out at a crucial moment for the press. Virtually every major outlet refused the Pentagon’s edict that they publish or broadcast only information handed to them by the Department of Defense (which the administration calls the Department of War). And there have been several other examples just in recent days of journalists leaving their jobs in response to censorship pressures.
Let me add my name to that list. Until Oct. 10, I was the editor of Governing, a magazine and website covering state and local governments. But after facing increasing internal censorship pressures — largely to avoid critical coverage of President Donald Trump — I refused to go along, and I resigned.
My decision was a long time coming. Earlier this year, the chief content officer for our parent company, e.Republic, stated in a meeting that we should not run articles that could draw the attention of the Trump White House and have them try to shut us down.
At the time, her position struck me as wrong in a couple of ways. Chiefly, there was the obvious betrayal of journalistic ethics. Secondly, however, Governing is such a small (although I’d like to say prestigious) publication that the idea anyone in the current White House was reading it, let alone preparing to hammer it, struck me as dubious.
the idea anyone in the current White House was reading it, let alone preparing to hammer it, struck me as dubious.
The idea of anyone in the current White House reading, strikes me as dubious.
I mean, if you don’t make a FoxNews style video short, is it even worthy of the President’s time?
He definitely gets his “digest” of stuff that’s not Fox. If reality doesn’t fit, it gets warped. Like Portland being a burning hellhole. But if reality fits the bill of retaliation then theres nothing that’s beyond their radar. Like obviously he doesn’t watch Canadian TV, much less their political ads. But his sycophants are gonna do pretty much anything to be/get/stay in dear leader’s good graces. Including reading.
If reality doesn’t fit, it gets warped
THIS! DING DING DING
These are people who place faith above reason
That means they are actively subverting their ability to test reality objectively, and instead depend on group dynamics.
Also based on the comment where he said this is not what I see on TV, really kind of tells me that maybe they’re just showing him shit that is completely fabricated in order to get a specific reaction out of him and get specific orders to do specific things.
Aside from believing that he’s fairly objectively evil, I have no faith at all that he’s being faithfully informed or honestly advised.
