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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Apr 10
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    Meta-commentary, but I've noticed that journalists/commentators who receive a modest income through crowdfunding are subject to intense scorn and ridicule (grifter!) while journalists/commentators paid by giant corporations, with all the corruption that entails, are just "normal"

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      2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Apr 10
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        In the short time that I've been producing videos/podcasts (around two weeks) I'm proud to have developed an income derived almost entirely from regular people (in addition to paid freelance work). Seems like a pretty good model.https://patreon.com/mtracey 

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      3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Apr 10
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        Yes, there are some genuine grifters out there who bilk people for crowdfunding money (guys like @funder). But crowdfunding obviously does not ipso facto make one a grifter. I'm as transparent as possible. The typical media models are broken, and we need new ones.

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      1. Michael Rogan‏ @rogan_junior Apr 10
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        .@mtracey CoRpOraTiOnS aRe oUr fRiEndS

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      1. Jorah of the Squad  🌹‏ @MoarMeme Apr 10
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        I am a patreon subscriber of yours at $20/mo because I think the work you are doing is so important and can see you are trying to forge a new independent business model that other journalists could follow. You are not a grifter. Don't let anyone ever make you think otherwise.

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        Mockingbird

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        It doesn’t seem like you advocate on any issues that help humanity, maybe that’s why ...

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      1. ElectromagneticBeing‏ @GoldHardShell Apr 10
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        'Crowdfunding' is a social engineering tool.

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        Corporate Media serves ONLY the corporate agenda, NEVER the public good! #DismantleTheOligarchy #BuckFezos

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      1. IDW 416-1‏ @nevermind416 Apr 10
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        They are not normal, just irrelevant and impervious to reason.

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      1. Max‏ @MexGull Apr 10
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        PR firms exist. They are expensive and their work is most effective when hidden from the public.

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        Schnorrer

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      1. Karl Cardona‏ @Karl_Cardona7 Apr 10
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        Yea, that is the establishment bias. But people like you and other independent journalists are much more important in the long run, because this is pretty much the only way to get truthful news to the average citizen...at least, in these days. #FakeNewsEra

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      1. Lewy’s Tw Break‏ @LewysBreak Apr 10
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        It’s the fashion show and meta-unions competing with ad hoc unions.

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      2. Lich Skywalker‏ @skywalkerlich Apr 10
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        What would you do if an especially generous monthly patron threatened to cancel their payments based on you presenting certain content? Has this happened with anyone? I guess it's less of a risk the less centralized the contributions are.

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      3. DC Anqueefa‏ @BalmerMurlyn Apr 10
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        Great question for @Timcast as he will give you an honest answer

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      1. nodanews‏ @NodanewsContact Apr 10
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        You can cherry-pick comments to make any narrative you want, but overall, I think you are correct in your assessment. Keep in mind, corporate media companies probably hire bots and trolls to flood social media and denigrate crowdfunded journalists

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      2. Bryan MacDonald‏Verified account @27khv Apr 10
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        Meanwhile, journalists/commentators paid by "think tanks," which are funded by weapons manufacturers and gulf states, and the like, get no push-back at all.

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