PhilipTheBucket ( PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au ) to PoliticsEnglish · 1 year ago'The Orban Playbook': Trump Assault on Media Matters Seen as Dire Warning to Other Criticswww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up122 cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
arrow-up122external-link'The Orban Playbook': Trump Assault on Media Matters Seen as Dire Warning to Other Criticswww.commondreams.orgPhilipTheBucket ( PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au ) to PoliticsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square2linkfedilink cross-posted to: usa@midwest.social
minus-squarePowderhorn ( Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI don’t really know what “dire” means these days. There’s obviously the dictionary definition, but the media have been failing for decades … this is merely acceleration.
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket ( PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoPress: Fails at their vital duty to protect and inform the public, also lies a lot Public: Stops giving a shit Gov’t: Hey we’re coming for you now, hope that’s cool Press: Hey wait Public: Oh cool we don’t like those guys anyway Press: Wait hold on
I don’t really know what “dire” means these days. There’s obviously the dictionary definition, but the media have been failing for decades … this is merely acceleration.
Press: Fails at their vital duty to protect and inform the public, also lies a lot
Public: Stops giving a shit
Gov’t: Hey we’re coming for you now, hope that’s cool
Press: Hey wait
Public: Oh cool we don’t like those guys anyway
Press: Wait hold on