James Joyner
@joyner.bsky.social
Security studies professor. Defense policy, civ-mil, interservice rivalry, and conflict intervention. Blogging at OutsideTheBeltway.com.
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I appreciate this response from a journalism professor, who says that uncritically parroting govt BS in headlines comes from corporate, not them, and is in part calculated to generate engagement by making people angry.
Journalism prof here.
No, this is not taught by us (or at least the mjoroty of us). It is taught by corporate overlords who decide that an accurate headline does not create enough "reader engagement." By creating disingenuous headlines - very often calibrated to be rage bait for your base - 1/
No, this is not taught by us (or at least the mjoroty of us). It is taught by corporate overlords who decide that an accurate headline does not create enough "reader engagement." By creating disingenuous headlines - very often calibrated to be rage bait for your base - 1/
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I appreciate this response from a journalism professor, who says that uncritically parroting govt BS in headlines comes from corporate, not them, and is in part calculated to generate engagement by making people angry.
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PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When Mark Carney sets specific goals for Canada to "diversify away" from its reliance on the US—making headlines in Canada but not the US—hear that for what it is: Close partners and allies looking elsewhere for better friends.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
This is the silent way that the US loses its pointless trade war.
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Noting the limitations on Democratic states to participate.
Limitations in the Gerrymandering Wars – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/limitations-...
Limitations in the Gerrymandering Wars – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/limitations-...
Limitations in the Gerrymandering Wars – Outside the Beltway
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October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Noting the limitations on Democratic states to participate.
Limitations in the Gerrymandering Wars – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/limitations-...
Limitations in the Gerrymandering Wars – Outside the Beltway outsidethebeltway.com/limitations-...
Centering My Thoughts on Kirk’s Assassination
As well as the politics that have followed.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Robert Redford, 1936-2025
The actor and director is gone at 89.
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September 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Centering My Thoughts on Kirk’s Assassination
As well as the politics that have followed.
dlvr.it
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Robert Redford, 1936-2025
The actor and director is gone at 89.
dlvr.it
September 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
On Ezra Klein, MLK, And Polite Politics
On politics, guns, and people killing people
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September 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
