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Allan<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@raymondpert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@raymondpert</a> You forgot some pertinent hashtags: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#misinformation</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RussianPropaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussianPropaganda</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bothsidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsidesism</a>

Davidbootster 🍉🍋💙<a href="https://mastodon.social/@ReneDamkot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ReneDamkot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Belle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Belle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/@veranderwens" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@veranderwens</a> van rechts georiënteerde journalisten verwacht ik niet anders. Het gaat met name om de groep journalisten die het <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bothsidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsidesism</a> vertegenwoordigen. Zij zullen moeten opstaan en de zaken benoemen zoals ze zijn. Le Pen is (minimaal) een witte boorden crimineel, en wordt daar nu voor gestraft. Zo simpel kan het zijn.

Sheila DeBonis<a href="https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/word-extinguished-bishop-barrons-digital-silence?utm_source=NCR+List&utm_campaign=33a44a4d85-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_17_02_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6981ecb02e-33a44a4d85-231121892" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/word-extinguished-bishop-barrons-digital-silence?utm_source=NCR+List&utm_campaign=33a44a4d85-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_17_02_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6981ecb02e-33a44a4d85-231121892</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BishopBarron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BishopBarron</a> had been, and still is, one of the greatest <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Catholicapologetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Catholicapologetics</a> of our time, and has a history of progressive takes. His ministry, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WordOnFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOnFire</a>, actually sued <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Commonweal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commonweal</a> magazine for an article which compares his comment to a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> one. He's trying to be like too many <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/priests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#priests</a> nowadays, taking this weird impossible <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/objectivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#objectivity</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bothsidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsidesism</a>. I like and respect <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RobertBarron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobertBarron</a> a lot and encourage him to do more, and speak out more.

William Lindsey :toad:"If you are old enough to remember the first time Trump came to power, then you’ve seen this movie before. During his tenure, President Barack Obama was constantly besieged by the worst pundits in America for his failure to bring Republicans—who were at the time following Mitch McConnell’s monomaniacal pursuit of obstruction at any cost—to the table to support broad bipartisan initiatives."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateMedia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalence</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MediaFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaFail</a> /4

William Lindsey :toad:"The media will soon be leaving their fetish for bipartisanship, compromise, and comity behind since the only people on whom they ever impose these standards—Democrats—will be out of power."~ Jason Linkins<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateMedia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalence</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MediaFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaFail</a> /3<a href="https://newsletter.tnr.com/index.php?action=social&chash=861dc9bd7f4e7dd3cccd534d0ae2a2e9.1147&s=cdd6377d8462caad2b4695418c877aea" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newsletter.tnr.com/index.php?action=social&chash=861dc9bd7f4e7dd3cccd534d0ae2a2e9.1147&s=cdd6377d8462caad2b4695418c877aea</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The vast majority of mainstream media pundits, and the most prominent political party analysts are simply ill-equipped to speak or report with knowledge, context, sophistication, or authority about how race shapes American politics and electoral outcomes.~ Sherrilynn IfillAnd because of this, corporate media are perfectly happy to pave the way for fascism.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateMedia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalence</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MediaFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaFail</a> /2<a href="https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/why-have-race-and-gender-been-erased-b5f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sherrilyn.substack.com/p/why-have-race-and-gender-been-erased-b5f</a>

William Lindsey :toad:Josh Marshall speaks plain truth:"Democrats need to organize their future politics around the simple reality that the establishment media is structural hostile to the Democratic Party. This doesn’t mean every journalist individually, of course. But the establishment media generally — the Times, the Post, the Journal, CNN and the business news channels, all of them…."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CorporateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateMedia</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalence</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MediaFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaFail</a> /1<a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/wired-for-the-gop-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/wired-for-the-gop-2</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Like I said, a successful relationship requires reciprocity otherwise it’s simply an exercise in abuse.After 9 years, I’m done. I have no desire to reach out to or understand any Trump voter, especially after the 2024 election. I’ve seen enough. They voluntarily chose the most corrupt, dishonest, criminal, unqualified man on Earth to lead the most powerful nation."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalence</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Thanksgiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thanksgiving</a> /2

William Lindsey :toad:"The year is 2024 and I have yet to see a major story or report commissioned by a cable news show, newspaper, or magazine that demands that Trump voters go to urban diners and talk to Democratic voters. I have yet to see any finger-wagging paternalism from these establishment leaders asking Trump voters why Donald Trump has yet to crack 50% support from the voting population."~ Wajahat Ali<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalence</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Thanksgiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thanksgiving</a> /1<a href="https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/when-will-trump-voters-be-asked-to" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/when-will-trump-voters-be-asked-to</a>

Robert Link<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@atax1a" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@atax1a</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@austinkocher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@austinkocher</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bothsidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsidesism</a>

Anti. 🐘<a href="https://troet.cafe/@woz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@woz</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bothsidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsidesism</a>

M. Heller@emmanuelleskaly@mementomori.sociaYes! So important to be very clear here.<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/@lies_das" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lies_das</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antisemitism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/falsebalancing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#falsebalancing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bothsidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsidesism</a>

Auscandoc<a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/Falsebalance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Falsebalance</a> – also known as <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bothsidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsidesism</a> – occurs when opposing views are represented as being more equally valid than the evidence suggests. At its core, false balance is the misrepresentation of the scientific consensus. And it has become a significant issue.” (2/9)

AuscandocIs <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/bothsidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsidesism</a> killing us? (And why scientific consensus matters) - Healthy Debate <a href="https://healthydebate.ca/2023/08/topic/bothsidesism-scientific-consensus-matters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://healthydebate.ca/2023/08/topic/bothsidesism-scientific-consensus-matters/</a> “Our information ecosystem has become a massive <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FalseBalance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseBalance</a> machine. Fringe positions that have already been studied and shown to be wrong are legitimized, given a huge profile and presented as reasonable and respectable alternatives to the existing body of evidence. (1/9) from <a href="https://noc.social/@CaulfieldTim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CaulfieldTim</a>

Matthias KrämerEs ist geradezu bösartig, zu suggerieren, die Demokraten würden die US-Präsidentschaftswahl auf dieselbe Weise behandeln wie die Republikaner. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bothsidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bothsidesism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/falseequivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#falseequivalency</a> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/10/11/house-democrats-jan-6-election-trump-raskin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2024/10/11/house-democrats-jan-6-election-trump-raskin</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"But when we allow the cult of Both Sides to shape our own minds, ethical judgement and factual investigation disappear, and with them any chance for constitutional order and democracy.Ethical judgement would involve a notion of right and wrong, which the activity of the priests erodes. The worse the evil of one side, the more artfully it must be forgiven, and the more viciously the other side must be berated."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalency</a> /3

William Lindsey :toad:"These are, rather, articles of faith. Once accepted, they enable the public performance we wrongly call 'media.' Both-Sideism does not mediate but mystify. Its practitioners, called 'anchors' or 'publishers,' are shamans or priests. Mystifiers. …All shamans do this: they insist that their dogma must be our reality."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalency</a> /2

William Lindsey :toad:Timothy Snyder offers brilliant analysis of the "dualist cult" of both-sidesism that rules the roost in US corporate media, and reflects the expectations of the American people. It's a kind of religion, he says,"No data from the world around us indicates that two is the correct number of perspectives, nor that any two perspectives, once chosen, would be equal."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalency</a> /1<a href="https://snyder.substack.com/p/both-sides-audio" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://snyder.substack.com/p/both-sides-audio</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"They have already dangerously normalized a criminal con man grifter, making him just a coin flip away from the White House.If Trump regains office, a substantial part of the blame will rest with our media, just as it did in 2016. How they sleep at night knowing this is beyond comprehension."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYorkTimes</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalence</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/normalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#normalization</a> /16

William Lindsey :toad:Todd Beeton cites Stuart Stevens' response to the two New York Times headlines about Trump and Harris that Josh Marshall highlighted yesterday (see /10 in this thread for that graphic). Stevens says,"These two headlines should be studied in journalism classes for decades.Trump headline could apply to a Nobel prize winner in genetic studies."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYorkTimes</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BothSidesism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSidesism</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FalseEquivalence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FalseEquivalence</a> /15<a href="https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/harris-trump-media-double-standard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/harris-trump-media-double-standard</a>

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