If the entirety of the structure in a reporter’s industry is super duper sure that “Trump bad anyway,” it can lead to really bad incentives and bad reporting, as illustrated here!
-
-
Show this thread
-
No one likes the skunk at the garden party, but I’ll be damned if journalism doesn’t need far, far more of them to stink up the joint with their skepticism.
Show this thread -
If this reads like a self-serving advertisement for ideological skunks, then you can call me Le Pew.
Show this thread -
And don’t give me the “corrections are an example of the system working” stuff. Sometimes they are! Here, they’re coming in 3 mos later when they were outed by a recording & the correction & new story are designed to downplay as much as possible, not blare as loudly as original.
Show this thread -
Conformity is a cancer. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
As a former reporter for a smalltown paper, I can honestly say I never reported on anything without on-the-record info from people. No "sources" info. Bad idea written all over that.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Don’t the New York post report it? A conservative leading paper and owned by Murdoch’s
-
Didn’t
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
It could be worse and they misquote Mr. Potato Head. Then all hell would break loose!
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

