In case anybody who works at Washington Post or LA Times is reading this, I’d just like to point out
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At least one person at WaPo understood the assignment:
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@inthehands See also this response written by 10 columnists: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/25/post-columnist-no-endorsement-2024-trump-harris/
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Byron :computerfairies:replied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
@inthehands Is there a real person somewhere in america who is waiting on the endorsement of a specific paper? A person who has been scrupulous on learning nothing about both the current election cycle and the forty+ years we have known these candidates.
Is there a person awaiting the GWB endorsement that wouldn't already know who Cheney is and was?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for WaPo/LA Times/newspaper hate. It's just weird that _this_ is why people are getting mad at the paper now
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Byron :computerfairies: last edited by
@level2wizard
1. People grossly overestimate the prevalence of their own circle of experience; you’re likely doing that in imagining that endorsements don’t influence anyone.2. Regardless, beside the point: this an unambiguous crossing of a red line by billionaire owners. Not “oh, seems like maybe there’s undue influence;” just ownership nakedly overriding editorial integrity. Caesar crossing the Rubicon.
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I also appreciate this:
https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/113370665757537683But let’s be clear: opinion authors making a polite and eloquent objection are bringing lawn signs to gun fight.
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@inthehands go reverse sabotage!
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@ferrix
“seize the means of publication” -
I'm with you. But this isn't just about people probably losing their jobs. The boss said don't do it, so if someone logs into the CMS and does it anyway, here comes 18 USC 1030(a)(5).
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@ampersine
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@inthehands I feel similarly:
Sean Murthy (@[email protected])
Editors at Washington Post and LA Times should take a full-page ad in their own (or each other's) papers and get out their endorsement for US president. Problem solved. #journalism #uspol #endorsement #Election2024 #freePress #WaPo #LA_Times
Hachyderm.io (hachyderm.io)
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Jima :Compromise_bi_flag:replied to Paul Cantrell last edited by
@inthehands I half expected the Washington Post to be hosted entirely on AWS, which the owner would ostensibly have control over, but at least the web frontend is Akamaied.
(But DNS is at least halfway on AWS, to my original point.
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