Sarah Scire reports that publications endorsing Harris, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and The Guardian, are capitalizing on the controversy Jeff Bezos has caused by yanking a Washington Post endorsement of Harris.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"Donald recently called America 'the garbage can of the world,' and this is what he had to say about actual human beings back in September:

'The people that surround [Kamala Harris]—they’re Scum. They’re scum. And they want to take down our country. They are absolute garbage.'

Good to know.

We’re five days out. The media keeps getting it wrong."

~ Mary Trump

#NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #Trump #garbage #MediaFail
/15

"The Garbage Can of the World"

Garbage out

(www.marytrump.org)

[tanquist@masto.ai]

@wdlindsy
To be consistent with Bezos' "perception of bias" logic, the WP editorial board will have to publish nothing but both-sides blather or nothing at all.

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos

[tcatinreality@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

The "Biden Garbage" story is 100% manufactured GOP spin and it is negligent for the MSM to focus on it.

In a world of constant Trump insults, a single Biden statement --- corrected immediately and again condemned the next day -- is no issue at all.

MSM stories are willfully courting bad faith right wingers. No surprise given the recent right wing editorial hires.

[aeoncypher@lgbtqia.space]

@wdlindsy The media is complicit in our demise.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@AeonCypher Very much so.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@TCatInReality Yes, I very much agree. Well-stated.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@tanquist So it would seem. And that wouldn't really be a departure from what they've been doing for some time now.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@CharJTF A great idea. I'd subscribe, too.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Flowermob I do wonder about that very thing.

[flowermob@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy I think in the same way that business schools have failed. There is no consideration for anything outside of the task at hand. And there is no room for principles.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@sheilasmall @xerophile And yet, Biden didn't call Trump and his followers garbage. But I take your good point, delivered with zingy humor.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@xerophile Kudos to you. I have long kept my distance from New York Times, since it has always been clear to me that they are addressing an audience to which I don't really belong, as someone not living in the rarefied circles of coastal elites. I also have found their treatment of LGBTQ issues over many years -- and now, notably trans ones -- often contemptible. The arrogance is a deal-breaker for me as I follow their commentary over the years. I'm with you on WaPo, too.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jonathanpeterson I agree. Some months ago, I realized that, since I read The Guardian daily as my English-language newspaper of choice (I read online, of course), I needed to help fund them. So I did that and am happy I did so -- and when I can scrape together a few more pennies as an aged retiree, I think I'll add more to that fund!

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Sfwmson Definitely plays a big role.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Seilenos A good meme, for sure.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jami Thanks for that information. I need to look for more ways not to rely on Amazon now. I've never subscribed to Amazon Prime except when I ordered something on Amazon aned they told me mailing costs would be cancelled if I subscribed to Prime on a trial basis. I subscribed to get the free mailing, and then immediately unsubscribed.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@marksquires I share your jubilation that Philadelphia Inquirer is gaining from WaPo's unacceptable decision. If I remember aright, Will Bunch produces columns there. He's one of the very best.

[joe_hill@union.place]

@wdlindsy
But, here’s the thing: Trump supporters ARE garbage. Fascist, low information, garbage.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Joe_Hill To me, getting into shouting matches – which are all about dominance – isn't really helpful here. I'm honestly glad to leave the mudslinging to that group of folks and not to answer them in kind. That doesn't mean that I think we shouldn't push back hard, but that I think we need to consider the tools we use as we do so so that we don't become a mirror image of them. And I also suspect I'm not blameless when it comes to name-calling.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@Flowermob I agree. And it should also be noted that universities and colleges in general have been, for some years now, weaking their liberal arts curriculum and turning themselves into vocational schools of a sort.