I asked a long-time political pro if he thought the press would fall meekly in line and provide stenography for this week's kinder-and-gentler Trump, and he said of course it will.
@dangillmor
Mainstream media covering the Republican convention in 2024 gives one a lot of perspective – they're doing now what German media did for Nazis and Hitler in the 1930s. Remember, Joe Kahn said that defending democracy is partisan and not his job. Wrong paper but whatever: democracy is dying in broad daylight. https://presswatchers.org/2024/05/new-york-times-editor-joe-kahn-says-defending-democracy-is-a-partisan-act-and-he-wont-do-it/ v @froomkin
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@dangillmor Here's the BBC in the UK:
@dangillmor
I first read that as "Steganography" and had a quick double take about a spineless sycophantic media secretly recording the grim reality of our descent into fascism.
Then I blinked and opened my eyes properly.