Karl Bode
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once again this is not a real thing Elon Musk is going to actually accomplish, this is a lazy fiction designed to inject the looming Space X IPO with memestock fantasy magic
December 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
once again this is not a real thing Elon Musk is going to actually accomplish, this is a lazy fiction designed to inject the looming Space X IPO with memestock fantasy magic
you'll see this constantly across U.S. journalism.
It's this unholy fusion of normalization bias and consolidated corporate media ownership interest, creating a weird fake reality where our regulators still actually work in the public interest
It's this unholy fusion of normalization bias and consolidated corporate media ownership interest, creating a weird fake reality where our regulators still actually work in the public interest
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
you'll see this constantly across U.S. journalism.
It's this unholy fusion of normalization bias and consolidated corporate media ownership interest, creating a weird fake reality where our regulators still actually work in the public interest
It's this unholy fusion of normalization bias and consolidated corporate media ownership interest, creating a weird fake reality where our regulators still actually work in the public interest
I would like you to, once again, observe how U.S. journalists are pathologically compelled to pretend we have a working regulatory accountability system that hasn't been completely hijacked by rampant corruption and corporate power
Reuters:
Reuters:
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I would like you to, once again, observe how U.S. journalists are pathologically compelled to pretend we have a working regulatory accountability system that hasn't been completely hijacked by rampant corruption and corporate power
Reuters:
Reuters:
oh well good, that settles it
December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
oh well good, that settles it
part 2, in which he demonstrates how he's taking his cognitive and physical decline very well
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
part 2, in which he demonstrates how he's taking his cognitive and physical decline very well
you'd think that the fact the president of the united states is completely fucking insane would be a bigger news story
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
you'd think that the fact the president of the united states is completely fucking insane would be a bigger news story
write some more about this valueless nazi clown, that's sure to help the situation
December 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
write some more about this valueless nazi clown, that's sure to help the situation
of course you work closely with regulators to pretend that consolidation is pro-worker and creative innovation, which Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos does here
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
of course you work closely with regulators to pretend that consolidation is pro-worker and creative innovation, which Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos does here
the deal doesn't include CNN or the Discovery family of channels, which are so irrelevant Netflix didn't want them
December 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
the deal doesn't include CNN or the Discovery family of channels, which are so irrelevant Netflix didn't want them
the new CBS/Paramount is clearly dominated by dim, right wing dudebros, who want to make lowest common denominator bait for other, dim, white, right wing dudebros
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
the new CBS/Paramount is clearly dominated by dim, right wing dudebros, who want to make lowest common denominator bait for other, dim, white, right wing dudebros
or this one, which normalizes buckling to the racist demands of authoritarian governments and right wing misogynist assholery more generally
December 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
or this one, which normalizes buckling to the racist demands of authoritarian governments and right wing misogynist assholery more generally
seriously, read this dogshit paragraph
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
seriously, read this dogshit paragraph
the other thing I find "funny" about media merger coverage is in addition to NO mention of the well-documented massive harms from pointless media consolidation (creatives, labor, consumers), mainstream journalists don't mention the fact our regulators have been lobotomized by corruption
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
the other thing I find "funny" about media merger coverage is in addition to NO mention of the well-documented massive harms from pointless media consolidation (creatives, labor, consumers), mainstream journalists don't mention the fact our regulators have been lobotomized by corruption
as you dig through coverage of the Netflix Warner Bros merger, play a little game with me:
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
as you dig through coverage of the Netflix Warner Bros merger, play a little game with me:
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
notice how many of them mention, at ALL, the two decade history of disastrous previous Time Warner mergers, and the massive layoffs, price hikes, and quality erosion that resulted
pre-merger promises are utterly meaningless, and as usual, there's a lot of them:
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
pre-merger promises are utterly meaningless, and as usual, there's a lot of them:
and never, at any point in these day long conversations, do the journalists at these outlets seriously breach the fact that Charlie Kirk was a troll paid by right wing billionaires to create short form social media video propaganda aimed at distracting and dividing the electorate
dogshit
dogshit
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
and never, at any point in these day long conversations, do the journalists at these outlets seriously breach the fact that Charlie Kirk was a troll paid by right wing billionaires to create short form social media video propaganda aimed at distracting and dividing the electorate
dogshit
dogshit
it's just fucking embarrassing
a bizarre simulacrum of journalism by brunchlords with heads full of mashed potatoes desperately trying to get the GOP to like them by pretending any of this is important or interesting
a bizarre simulacrum of journalism by brunchlords with heads full of mashed potatoes desperately trying to get the GOP to like them by pretending any of this is important or interesting
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
it's just fucking embarrassing
a bizarre simulacrum of journalism by brunchlords with heads full of mashed potatoes desperately trying to get the GOP to like them by pretending any of this is important or interesting
a bizarre simulacrum of journalism by brunchlords with heads full of mashed potatoes desperately trying to get the GOP to like them by pretending any of this is important or interesting
yeah man the problem is TOTALLY everybody else
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
yeah man the problem is TOTALLY everybody else
he's almost capable of wresting with the fact that this resource devouring tech is being broadly misrepresented by fascism-adjacent extraction class assholes looking to drive hollow VC hype cycles and undermine labor, but ultimately decides the problem is somehow everybody else
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
he's almost capable of wresting with the fact that this resource devouring tech is being broadly misrepresented by fascism-adjacent extraction class assholes looking to drive hollow VC hype cycles and undermine labor, but ultimately decides the problem is somehow everybody else
if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
if you still use twitter you support white supremacy
these AI systems routinely struggle to offer factual, basic breakdowns of the news stories they're digesting. And they still routinely just make up gibberish:
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
these AI systems routinely struggle to offer factual, basic breakdowns of the news stories they're digesting. And they still routinely just make up gibberish:
struggling to make my own headline on this concise enough
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
struggling to make my own headline on this concise enough