It is an inexcusable omission, and editorial malpractice, for Reuters to omit mention that the President doing this kind of thing on a media platform he owns & has not divested is unprecedented, likely illegal and an ethical violation. The message itself is unprecedented and illegal. Why not say so?

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

A photo editor or web producer probably chose this photo because it's from the last time the Insurrection Act was invoked, which is referenced in the story. That doesn't mean it's the right choice, especially for social media where it's spreading a false sense of current events.

Genuine question, what would be the point for the owners of CBS & its stakeholders for running this into the ground?

Another line crossed.

so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

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Sadly, the reigning epistemology of journalism only acknowledges "true" or "real" (and thus speakable) motive when it is explicitly stated by the speaker. It can in no way, shape, or form be attributed via logic, history, or pattern. This bans news from naming anything one would like to hide.

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

I came here to say the same thing haha a bit more flippantly but still. If it wasn't unusual knowledge it wouldn't be a decades-long game show!

people care about men being lonely in particular because under patriarchy the belief is that men are entitled to women's deference/bodies/affection, and if they're not getting that, then there's a crisis.

NYT's focus group format is silly for a host of reasons but -- I say this as a 33 yo -- calling a group where the average age is 31 and the median is 32 "young voters" is ridiculous! lol No one under 28??? So no Gen Z? who organized this www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Also I appreciate Max directly saying "civilian vessels"

I noticed article headlines say "suspected drug boat" and thought, you can just say boat. You know that to be true, and you know the administration lies constantly, so your headline doesn't need to even suggest there's a reasonable suspicion

Since Antifa isn’t really an “organization”, this is just carte blanche to arbitrarily declare people terrorists.

“snub of US soybeans” makes it sound like China is somehow morally obligated to be buying US soybeans when in fact if you make US soybeans vastly too expensive with punishing tariffs you would be fucking stupid to be buying US soybeans, this was all entirely predictable, predicted, and now it’s real

Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party

*screams into the void*

the word "link" validates that a connection exists. this "plan" is based on "unverified reports," they are TRYING to link, FALSIFYING a link, say literally anything but *actually linking vaccines to deaths. Words mean things! Headline writers, end the madness!

Don’t ever let the Trump Administration tell you they support the First Amendment. This is a shocking violation. The United States Government has no authority to tell people in this country what to say or not say.

The troubling rise of concentration camp euphemisms

“weakening centuries-old power” is another way of saying violating the Constitution. But why speak clearly when euphemisms will do?

Not kidding is this AI

In other words, I wish you were right 100% of the time, but unfortunately that would require all of us humans to be rational and swayed by evidence 🙃

Thanks! And that totally makes sense for readers whose prior experience would let them reach the logical conclusion, but for those (especially around hot topics) who don't *want* to believe an implied result & will be fighting preconceived notions, it's critical we make it clear what's what.

The headline hill I will die on is that asking the question *opens up all possible answers to the reader.* If the answer is definitive, inaccurately posing it as an open question for clicks does incredible damage to audience understanding thanks to the priming/anchoring effects. Stoooooppppp.

What's so frustrating about this is that there are real children affected by real conditions related to post-infection inflammation (long covid for one, and PANS etc.) and I've heard providers balk at treating them simply bc acknowledging it triggers the autism/anti-vax conspiracy crowd.