I just had a really jarring experience that I’m cautious to tweet about because I fear it’ll hurt my career but I’m going to share it anyway
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I went on 5 Live to talk about the CCHQ fake fact checking stuff based on the fact that I have *expertise* in internet culture and the dissemination of disinformation online and wrote about it in this piece last nighthttps://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2019/11/tories-conservative-party-cchq-factcheckuk-just-used-disinformation-trick-could-get-them-blocked-twitter …
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After a series of questions about it, the (male) presenter asked why anyone should care because politicians have been lying for years. And then — THEN — implied I may not know that fact (and that I only care about this issue because it’s on social media) because I’m too young
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The direct quote: “speak to a few people older than you and you will see that politicians have been fabricating things for decades, it’s just it’s now moving to newly available platforms”
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Replying to @sarahmanavis
Listened to interview on my way home. Was also really annoyed about his “both sides” schtick - basically implying there’s no point challenging lies when his job is literally to try and report the truth. Thought you came across really well.
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Hey I really appreciate this! I was super caught off guard and tried to hold my own
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