it might even make sense for a news org to have a critic on the payroll. "we'll tweet this, then you outrage-QT it"
but i'm guessing that's not even necessary, because lots of people are eager and willing to outrage-QT for free
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This whole state of affairs is clearly not in the public's best interest, but that is going to be very difficult to change, because
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The public is insufficiently educated on how to be a good public
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What's wild is, the media is arguably the primary means by which the public *is* educated.
So what we have here is a case of a miseducated public further miseducating itself, via a process that is catalyzed by a misincentivized media
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Btw Matt Yglesias is a coward who consistently tweets terrible takes & then deletes his tweets afterwards. Every time I see him appear on my feed I am embarrassed for him. I've been procrastinating on this tweet, because it's not a nice thing to say about someone... but it's true
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Believe it or not when I was a kid I actually wanted to “work in the media”. It seemed like a noble profession. Like being a real-time librarian.
I feel like rule #1 of being a good “media person” is to keep meticulous, publicly accessible/verifiable records. Never delete
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Lol I made an unintentional typo and it’s a chance to demonstrate what I mean.
If you have tweeted something untrue, and it’s being spread, you can delete it - but screenshot first and explain why
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(I meant errenous, not strenuous. Lol at autocorrect)
If the public stopped paying attention to cowards with no intellectual integrity, it wouldn’t be necessary to call them out
Alas, the public (in aggregate) is an idiot. I’m sorry but it’s true
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This is a cute and wholesome version of this method in use
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This is clearly an act of aggression. There are literally hundreds of photos to choose from. What did I ever do to you, Canada? twitter.com/ETCanada/statu…
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all instances of male parenting will henceforth be described as babysitting twitter.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/
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