Rule No. 1 of fighting fascism — do not obey in advance — crumbles as major media moguls kill their newspapers' endorsements to appease dictator.
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Rule No. 1 of fighting fascism — do not obey in advance — crumbles as major media moguls kill their newspapers' endorsements to appease dictator.
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Stoney Takesreplied to Defend Democracy last edited by
@DefendDemocracy @mastodonmigration Oh who cares? Anyone relying on a newspaper to decide who to vote for in this election at this hour deserves no airtime.
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Mastodon Migration VOTEDreplied to Stoney Takes last edited by
Kind of feel like you are missing the point. People are not deciding whom to vote for based on who the paper endorses. People are aghast at a paper's billionaire owner intervening in the matter of the paper's endorsement at the last minute based on some sort of quid pro quo or obeyance in advance to a prospective fascist autocrat. It is the implications of this action that are a shock to the senses and a wake up call that democracy is really on the line.
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Stu Duerson, machina exo deusreplied to Stoney Takes last edited by
@Stoneycase @DefendDemocracy @mastodonmigration
This extends past the editorial into the journalistic practice of a newspaper. If opinion can be quashed, so can fact.
Where, exactly, are you going to get your information to make a decision, when all media is subject to the same prior restraint? Good luck with that!
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Mastodon Migration VOTEDreplied to Stu Duerson last edited by
@skydog @Stoneycase @DefendDemocracy
And we know that both the Washington Post and the New York Times have been horrible this election with regard to holding the candidates to different standards and sanewashing Trump's nonsense. This brings all those actions into focus as service to their prospective fascist overlord.
