It's pathetic that The Nation capitulated to Twitter pressure and cajoled its writer into "correcting" her own piecehttps://www.thenation.com/article/the-second-coming-mtv-news/ …
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Writers need to trust that a magazine/outlet will stand by them once an article is published, and not just give in to social media uproars.
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The writer is an Asian woman, but that did not spare her from the Twitter revenge mob. I'm incensed that The Nation capitulated like this.
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On top of that, the piece is really nuanced, careful, and incisive. Punishing the writer for the magazine's cowardice is disgusting.
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Twitter mobs are the only thing keeping these outlets in business. No shares, and the enterprise crumbles.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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From the outside, it's difficult to tell most outlets even have an editing process these days. Their concerns seem to be with
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being good functionaries while providing good link bait. What/who they're serving isn't journalism or even good honest writing.
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