Tim Karr
@timkarr.bsky.social
A crash-scene investigation at the crossroads of new media & public policy. Against media concentration; for robust local journalism & digital democracy. Still attempting to master the cold take.
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"X has created a situation where payment processors are hugely disincentivized to take the law seriously," writes Lopatto. "Because any state that files suit against processors over X is likely to be attacked by Musk for 'censoring' X’s right-wing base."
Corporate social responsibility is a myth.
Corporate social responsibility is a myth.
January 30, 2026 at 12:28 PM
"X has created a situation where payment processors are hugely disincentivized to take the law seriously," writes Lopatto. "Because any state that files suit against processors over X is likely to be attacked by Musk for 'censoring' X’s right-wing base."
Corporate social responsibility is a myth.
Corporate social responsibility is a myth.
“There has been a dramatic shift in the way Apple operates worldwide," one Apple employee told The Intercept's @sambiddle.com.
"Before they would focus on quality and design and doing the right thing, and now they’re just getting things out quickly and pandering to fascists."
"Before they would focus on quality and design and doing the right thing, and now they’re just getting things out quickly and pandering to fascists."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
“There has been a dramatic shift in the way Apple operates worldwide," one Apple employee told The Intercept's @sambiddle.com.
"Before they would focus on quality and design and doing the right thing, and now they’re just getting things out quickly and pandering to fascists."
"Before they would focus on quality and design and doing the right thing, and now they’re just getting things out quickly and pandering to fascists."
"I see why her bosses at Paramount were so unconcerned with her lack of TV news experience," @edeggans.bsky.social writes about Bari Weiss over at cesspool.
"Seems like her plan is to replace the journalists w/podcasters/influencers."
"Seems like her plan is to replace the journalists w/podcasters/influencers."
January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
"I see why her bosses at Paramount were so unconcerned with her lack of TV news experience," @edeggans.bsky.social writes about Bari Weiss over at cesspool.
"Seems like her plan is to replace the journalists w/podcasters/influencers."
"Seems like her plan is to replace the journalists w/podcasters/influencers."
"Soft."
Brits do have a way with words that is simultaneously subtle and devastating.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Brits do have a way with words that is simultaneously subtle and devastating.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"Soft."
Brits do have a way with words that is simultaneously subtle and devastating.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Brits do have a way with words that is simultaneously subtle and devastating.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The lying is the story. Billionaire media seem more intent on enabling the lies than holding power to account.
We need to examine this failure & understand how such ownership structures make it next to impossible for media giants to fulfill the social compact embodied in the notion of a free press.
We need to examine this failure & understand how such ownership structures make it next to impossible for media giants to fulfill the social compact embodied in the notion of a free press.
January 27, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The lying is the story. Billionaire media seem more intent on enabling the lies than holding power to account.
We need to examine this failure & understand how such ownership structures make it next to impossible for media giants to fulfill the social compact embodied in the notion of a free press.
We need to examine this failure & understand how such ownership structures make it next to impossible for media giants to fulfill the social compact embodied in the notion of a free press.
Many in media however, remain reluctant to call out the Trumpist lies for what they are: a coordinated effort to dodge accountability & install a tyrant.
The systemic lying of this administration is the story; it connects the Pretti murder to Trump's failure to release the Epstein files & more.
The systemic lying of this administration is the story; it connects the Pretti murder to Trump's failure to release the Epstein files & more.
January 27, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Many in media however, remain reluctant to call out the Trumpist lies for what they are: a coordinated effort to dodge accountability & install a tyrant.
The systemic lying of this administration is the story; it connects the Pretti murder to Trump's failure to release the Epstein files & more.
The systemic lying of this administration is the story; it connects the Pretti murder to Trump's failure to release the Epstein files & more.
The Hudson River, right now. Ice we can tolerate.
January 26, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The Hudson River, right now. Ice we can tolerate.
... Indeed. They also need to be told that the systemic lying of Trump and his lackeys is as much a part of the story as the events the administration is lying about...
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
... Indeed. They also need to be told that the systemic lying of Trump and his lackeys is as much a part of the story as the events the administration is lying about...
... "Truth is a line of demarcation between a democratic government & an authoritarian regime," writes the ed. board. "Mr. Pretti and Ms. Good are dead. The American people deserve to know what happened" ...
January 26, 2026 at 10:41 AM
... "Truth is a line of demarcation between a democratic government & an authoritarian regime," writes the ed. board. "Mr. Pretti and Ms. Good are dead. The American people deserve to know what happened" ...
... The Times newsroom & others seem unwilling to provide this important context, fearing that they're showing bias by simply telling the truth.
By ignoring the reality of an administration determined to lie when facts are inconvenient, newsrooms are enabling tyranny not keeping it in check...
By ignoring the reality of an administration determined to lie when facts are inconvenient, newsrooms are enabling tyranny not keeping it in check...
January 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM
... The Times newsroom & others seem unwilling to provide this important context, fearing that they're showing bias by simply telling the truth.
By ignoring the reality of an administration determined to lie when facts are inconvenient, newsrooms are enabling tyranny not keeping it in check...
By ignoring the reality of an administration determined to lie when facts are inconvenient, newsrooms are enabling tyranny not keeping it in check...
... "The administration is urging Americans to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears," the ed. board writes regarding the Pretti execution. "They are lying in the manner of authoritarian regimes that require people to accept lies as a demonstration of power."
The lies are part of the story ...
The lies are part of the story ...
January 26, 2026 at 10:24 AM
... "The administration is urging Americans to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears," the ed. board writes regarding the Pretti execution. "They are lying in the manner of authoritarian regimes that require people to accept lies as a demonstration of power."
The lies are part of the story ...
The lies are part of the story ...
The @nytimes.com editorial board goes where its newsroom fears to tread: rightly & unequivocally calling out the Trump regime for its many lies.
That newsroom editors & reporters remain reluctant to do the same is a problem eating at the core of this still great institution. Approach must change.
That newsroom editors & reporters remain reluctant to do the same is a problem eating at the core of this still great institution. Approach must change.
January 26, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The @nytimes.com editorial board goes where its newsroom fears to tread: rightly & unequivocally calling out the Trump regime for its many lies.
That newsroom editors & reporters remain reluctant to do the same is a problem eating at the core of this still great institution. Approach must change.
That newsroom editors & reporters remain reluctant to do the same is a problem eating at the core of this still great institution. Approach must change.
The guerrilla ads — unofficially installed in bus shelters — are viewable at dozens of locations across London.
A similar 2025 campaign was the handiwork of a secretive group called "Everyone Hates Elon."
Who, indeed.
A similar 2025 campaign was the handiwork of a secretive group called "Everyone Hates Elon."
Who, indeed.
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
The guerrilla ads — unofficially installed in bus shelters — are viewable at dozens of locations across London.
A similar 2025 campaign was the handiwork of a secretive group called "Everyone Hates Elon."
Who, indeed.
A similar 2025 campaign was the handiwork of a secretive group called "Everyone Hates Elon."
Who, indeed.
... The Atlantic's Serwer & Wong see corporate efforts to sweep complicity under the carpet as part of a culture of chaos & un-accountability endemic to the Trump era.
Combine that with a business culture that prizes profits over all and you begin to see the dark shadows defining late capitalism.//
Combine that with a business culture that prizes profits over all and you begin to see the dark shadows defining late capitalism.//
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM
... The Atlantic's Serwer & Wong see corporate efforts to sweep complicity under the carpet as part of a culture of chaos & un-accountability endemic to the Trump era.
Combine that with a business culture that prizes profits over all and you begin to see the dark shadows defining late capitalism.//
Combine that with a business culture that prizes profits over all and you begin to see the dark shadows defining late capitalism.//
Rep. Soto comments cynically to Trump's FCC censorship czar Brendan Carr during today's #FCCOversight hearing:
"The Chinese Communist Party would be impressed."
energycommerce.house.gov/events/c-and...
"The Chinese Communist Party would be impressed."
energycommerce.house.gov/events/c-and...
January 14, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Rep. Soto comments cynically to Trump's FCC censorship czar Brendan Carr during today's #FCCOversight hearing:
"The Chinese Communist Party would be impressed."
energycommerce.house.gov/events/c-and...
"The Chinese Communist Party would be impressed."
energycommerce.house.gov/events/c-and...
Looks like nepotism plays a big part in "being the news."
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Looks like nepotism plays a big part in "being the news."
So is the Times telling us that the tech sector needs "the right incentives" to do something about their spread of CSAM?
As if Musk needs something in return to address this evil?
WTAF.
As if Musk needs something in return to address this evil?
WTAF.
January 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
So is the Times telling us that the tech sector needs "the right incentives" to do something about their spread of CSAM?
As if Musk needs something in return to address this evil?
WTAF.
As if Musk needs something in return to address this evil?
WTAF.
January 13, 2026 at 2:42 PM
More ChatGBT-esque gobble-de-gook from CBS News' Trump-approved media minder.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
January 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
More ChatGBT-esque gobble-de-gook from CBS News' Trump-approved media minder.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
Geraldo Rivera, even, sees this for what it was, and wasn't.
c/o Tom Jones at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social
c/o Tom Jones at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Geraldo Rivera, even, sees this for what it was, and wasn't.
c/o Tom Jones at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social
c/o Tom Jones at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social
... "It's also just about the Trump's family own fates and fortunes," @mattfieldwood.bsky.social says during the #HouseAntitrust hearing on the trump interference in the merger review process.
"The government should not be imposing its will on companies. That's a violation of the 1st Amendment."
"The government should not be imposing its will on companies. That's a violation of the 1st Amendment."
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
... "It's also just about the Trump's family own fates and fortunes," @mattfieldwood.bsky.social says during the #HouseAntitrust hearing on the trump interference in the merger review process.
"The government should not be imposing its will on companies. That's a violation of the 1st Amendment."
"The government should not be imposing its will on companies. That's a violation of the 1st Amendment."
... "The FCC has blessed mergers moments after deal proponents promised to follow the President’s demands to end diversity policies," Wood tells the #HouseAntitrust Subcommittee.
"They’ve capitulated on chilling requests to reshape their newsrooms."
"They’ve capitulated on chilling requests to reshape their newsrooms."
January 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
... "The FCC has blessed mergers moments after deal proponents promised to follow the President’s demands to end diversity policies," Wood tells the #HouseAntitrust Subcommittee.
"They’ve capitulated on chilling requests to reshape their newsrooms."
"They’ve capitulated on chilling requests to reshape their newsrooms."
... "As history shows, companies merge to save money, not spend it. Every merger obliterates jobs," @mattfieldwood.bsky.social tells the #HouseAntitrust Subcommittee.
"Post-merger companies will reduce output and raise prices whenever they can. And having fewer voices makes censorship easier."
"Post-merger companies will reduce output and raise prices whenever they can. And having fewer voices makes censorship easier."
January 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
... "As history shows, companies merge to save money, not spend it. Every merger obliterates jobs," @mattfieldwood.bsky.social tells the #HouseAntitrust Subcommittee.
"Post-merger companies will reduce output and raise prices whenever they can. And having fewer voices makes censorship easier."
"Post-merger companies will reduce output and raise prices whenever they can. And having fewer voices makes censorship easier."