During the election, CNN hired hacks just to shout on screen. You turn politics into pro wrestling, and a pro will wrestle it away from you.
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There are many great journalists and amazing journalism being done. But, overwhelmingly, esp. TV media turned politics into a clown show.
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Pearl clutching after all this is worse than useless. Only one productive thing media can do now: Do your job, unlike before the election.
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As for the political? Naming and targeting political actors is effective politics. Dems could try figuring it out, but with real targets.
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Our media environment—Facebook, Twitter & cable news—are in a symbiotic financial relationship with Trump, in different ways. Here we are.
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SV engineers are in denial about what structural role their platforms play; most media in denial about their industry. Trump made it plain.
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Two concrete actions SV corps can do to atone: (1) cut him and his nazi fans off their platforms. Sudden sweeping permanent ban.
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(2) donate billions to D house/senate campaigns.
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These two actions would probably begin Civil War II. We must not convert SV incompetence & native denial into overt partisanship.
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No idea where you pulled that out from.
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That is towards Alex there.
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