#GoodNews "The #Guardian has more than 80 accounts on X with approximately 27 million followers ... We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles. X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."

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RSS: @guardian

#journalism #media #journalists #democracyMatters #roleModel #socialMedia

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

^{The Guardian}

"The #Guardian has announced it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from its official accounts."

Does The Guardian already have an official #Mastodon account?

theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

#journalism

Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts

Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian

^{Dan Milmo (The Guardian)}

...amerikanischen Demokratie geworden ist👈, das 👉Justizministerium aber nicht so sicher ist, dass es nicht von einem [US-]Präsidenten, der sich dazu entschlossen hat, abgeschafft werden könnte"👈, berichtete der #Guardian."

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Read on:

independent.co.uk/news/world/a…

Panic at the DOJ: Lawyers ready to flee as Trump loyalists are set to commandeer the agency

Donald Trump’s scorn for the DOJ has only grown over the last four years as he became the subject of two criminal prosecutions

^{Rhian Lubin (The Independent)}

"The Guardian U.S. might be one of the biggest winners. …

U.S. readers pledged $2.16 million [to The Guardian's fundraising campaign]. (That’s an additional $1.5 million since Saturday night.) The campaign broke the Guardian U.S. record for fundraising twice; first setting a one-day record on Friday with $485,000 raised and then topping that on Saturday with an additional $619,000 raised."

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #PhiladelphiaInquirer #Guardian
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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. Other publications endorsing Harris are now racking up new subscribers.

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #PhiladelphiaInquirer #Guardian
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niemanlab.org/2024/10/the-wash…

The Washington Post’s non-endorsement led to record-breaking weeks at other news orgs

The Philadelphia Inquirer had its best week for new subscriptions ever and The Guardian U.S. broke its single-day fundraising record — twice.

^{Nieman Lab}