Another Friday, another #NewstodonFriday thread, with our usual mix of tech, politics, books and culture (if you haven’t heard of prima ballerina Maria Tallchief, check out @TheConversationUS’s story about her). All the newsrooms featured here are independent and have invested time and energy in establishing a presence in the fediverse. Please follow them, click on the stories, boost them, subscribe, donate and otherwise support if you can.

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#Media #Journalism #News #MastodonMigration #FollowFriday

Support your local media #cooperatives 📢

West Highland Free Press: whfp.com/

The Bristol Cable: thebristolcable.org/

Norwich Radical: thenorwichradical.com/

The Ferret @theferret: theferret.scot/

Exeter Observer @exeterobserver: exeterobserver.org/

Leicester Gazette @thegazettecoop: leicester.news/

Talking Wales: talking.wales/

Salamander News (new, SE London!): follow @dorothystein for updates

#journalism #media #UK

don’t let the failures of some (major) news outlets disillusion you with media as a whole. and ESPECIALLY don’t let those failures desensitize you to attacks on free expression.

we can criticize media failures while also fiercely defending media freedom.

#journalism #media

where are yall getting your physical media these days?

#Media #PhysicalMedia

On #Mastodon there are now
333 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
110 instances.

138 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@contreattaque (FRA)
@bz (GER)
@Mediagazer (ENG)
@Bellingcat (ENG)
@BleepingComputer (ENG)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

Verified Media on Mastodon

^{Google Docs}

#MediaBias, inaccuracy and the violence in #Amsterdam

What one night of violence revealed about the #WesternMedia’s failings on #Israel and #Palestine

w/ Dana Mills, Marc Owen Jones, James North, Samira Mohyeddin

aljazeera.com/program/the-list…

#MaccabiTelAviv #AntiArabRacism #RacistViolence #media #MediaRacism #MediaCriticism #NYT #SkyNews #Gaza @palestine

Media bias, inaccuracy and the violence in Amsterdam

What one night of violence revealed about the western media’s failings on Israel and Palestine.

^{Al Jazeera}

I've just shared my story on why I've left other social media for the Fediverse at the Guardian.

theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

Perhaps more people could tell them about this place? Maybe some of it will be published allowing more people to discover the Fediverse.

#TheGuardian #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSource #Tech #TechPolicy #Internet #Media #Journalism

Tell us: have you migrated between social media platforms recently?

We would like to hear from people who have recently switched social media platforms about their reasons why

^{Guardian community team (The Guardian)}

I just watched The Fifth Element!

#TheFifthElement #Plex #media #movie #FilterToHide

This week, we’re spotlighting voices in tech and media in the Community tab on Flipboard.

@zackwhittaker
@oliverdarcy
@karaswisher
@joanwestenberg
@_elena
@ben

Download the app and give them a follow to see posts from your favorite fediverse folks while catching up on headlines, recipes, tech news, film reviews and more.

about.flipboard.com/download-f…

#Flipboard #Fediverse #Federation #ActivityPub #Technology #Media #Journalism #Journalist #Tech

#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."

▶️ theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…
▶️ theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…
RSS: @guardian

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

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

^{The Guardian}

The takes about 2024 that I agree with or that validate my priors are also bullshit.

#Trump won on disinformation validated by horserace journalism that treats facts as points of controversy.

He won on an imaginary depression, an imaginary crime wave and imaginary hordes of undocumented immigrants pouring over the border.

It wasn't Gaza or Dems using pronouns or refusing to say "illegal aliens" or Harris reaching out to Republicans or any of the rest.
#media #disinformation #election2024

Good for The Guardian...

"We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere."

#media #fascism #elonmusk #disinformation #twitter

theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…

Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X

We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles

^{The Guardian}

I really like this explanation of the changes @niemanlab's editor made in her news intake: cut out "reactions", shift to finite information flows (print but also online news before it is amplified). And RSS, of course:

"I’m rebuilding my RSS reader so at least I have to scan the headlines myself."

[DW: I would not support any Substack b/c they platform Nazis. I also avoid video & audio. I don't need the hype]

niemanlab.org/2024/11/im-a-jou… #News #RSS #Journalism #Media #Newspaper #Publishing

I’m a journalist and I’m changing the way I read news. This is how.

Sometimes it's healthy to do something you love less, and differently.

^{Nieman Lab}

from #Mondoweiss
‘NYTimes’ biased coverage of Amsterdam soccer violence attempts to hide Israeli racism

The #NewYorkTimes buried the fact that racist #Israeli soccer fans instigated attacks in #Amsterdam, and instead pushed a false narrative that the violence was driven by #antisemitism

By James North
November 10, 2024

mondoweiss.net/2024/11/nytimes…

#NotAnotherBomb
#StopArmingIsrael
#RejectAIPAC #BDS
#CeasefireNow
#DivestFromIsrael
#StopGazaGenocide
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics #NYT
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

‘NYTimes’ biased coverage of Amsterdam soccer violence attempts to hide Israeli racism

The New York Times buried the fact that racist Israeli soccer fans instigated attacks in Amsterdam, and instead pushed a false narrative that the violence was driven by antisemitism.

^{James North (Mondoweiss)}

Vieläkään ei ymmärretä sitä, että syy miksi julkinen keskustelu on tietyille ihmisryhmille niin epämiellyttävää, on se, että meillä on tahoja, jotka nimenomaan pyrkivät tekemään siitä heille epämiellyttävää ja siten hiljentämään heidät. Tämän ongelman ratkaisu ei ole "jokaisen vastuulla", vaan niiden, jotka ylläpitävät julkisen keskustelun alustoja.

yle.fi/a/74-20117416

#Politiikka #Yhteiskunta #JulkinenKeskustelu #Some #Media

Tutkimus: Julkisesta keskustelusta on tullut niin kärkästä, että nuoret miehetkin vetäytyvät siitä

On pahimmillaan turvallisuusuhka, jos jokin ihmisryhmä jättäytyy keskustelun ulkopuolelle. Onneksi tilanne on korjattavissa, ja jokainen voi vaikuttaa siihen.

^{Anna Wilkman (Yle Uutiset)}

On #Mastodon there are now
331 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
111 instances.

131 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@serienjunkies (GER)
@verge (ENG)
@elpuntavui (CAT)
@pixelsfr (FRA)
@BylinesScotland (ENG)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

Verified Media on Mastodon

^{Google Docs}

#Mauritius election 2024: Amid #wiretapping #scandal, what’s at stake?

Source: aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/10/…

Tensions have further escalated after authorities last week imposed a social #media ban until November 11, a day after the #elections. The unprecedented move provoked outrage from #opposition groups and citizens, prompting the #government to overturn it a day later.

#politics #Africa #election #censorship #internet #freedom #Democracy #surveillance #Problem #news

Mauritius election 2024: Amid wiretapping scandal, what’s at stake?

The election is being held amid explosive allegations of wiretapping operations by government operatives.

^{Shola Lawal (Al Jazeera)}

Sunday Morning Reading

Looking ahead, looking back, yet always looking in this week's Sunday Morning Reading.

with writing from @gruber @jeffjarvis @davidtoddmccarty @dennyhenke and more.

#SundayMorningReading #politics #AI #media

warnercrocker.com/2024/11/10/s…

Sunday Morning Reading

Looking ahead, looking back, yet always looking in this week’s Sunday Morning Reading.

^{Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3}

Fuck you CNN

So sick of all these BS titles to hide the ongoing genocidal actions of Israel in Gaza.

#CNN #Propaganda #Media #FoodAsWeapon #Genocide #Israel #Gaza

@palestine group @israel group

From @ProPublica

“We face the biggest test of our professional lives…Now we get to see if we really meant it when we said we will hold power to account. Will we do so when our subjects have true power on their side and a willingness to use it?”

Supporting journalism with integrity will be vital as we fight against a fascist America. And so far, most news outlets have failed miserably.

propublica.org/article/second-…

#Fascism #Journalism #News #Media #Integrity #Bravery

What We’ll Be Covering in a Second Trump Administration

We’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing what are expected to be dramatic changes in the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans.

^ProPublica

When @DickHardt, founder and CEO of hello.coop joined the fediverse, he couldn’t find the news he cared about. So he launched press.coop, and created accounts mirroring the X or RSS feeds of sites he or others from the community wanted to follow. Some accounts got thousands of followers. When our publishers joined the fediverse, Dick and team decided that these publisher-owned accounts might be a more direct way for people to connect with the publisher and their content. So over the next week nearly 100 press.coop accounts will be migrated to official publisher Flipboard.com accounts. If you’re already following a press.coop account, you’ll automatically follow the new one, and there’s no need to do anything. Here’s the full list:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

#Flipboard #MastodonMigration #PressCoop #Media #Journalism #Publishers #Press

Flipboard Account Directory: Press.Coop Migration

^{Google Docs}

PSA: If you're finding the news hard to handle right now, you can use Mastodon's filtering features to hide content that includes certain keywords or phrases. Navigate to the Preferences section on your profile and then select "Filters" and "Add New Filter." You can also control what you see on Flipboard — here's a quick guide to how our For You feed works and what you can do to tune it.

flipboard.helpshift.com/hc/en/…

#Flipboard #ContentControl #Mastodon #News #Filtering #Content #Journalism #Media

Some media outlets capitulated to Donald Trump before a single vote was cast. Some are already explaining how they plan to hold his incoming administration accountable. Here's @ProPublica's breakdown of what to expect from them. "In the 21st century, 'without fear or favor' means maintaining a fact-based, data-driven approach to journalism," writes Stephen Engelberg. "Our job is to give readers an independent, verifiable account of what’s happening, even if the president is calling us enemies of the people or bloodsuckers. At ProPublica, our mantra is that we bring the receipts to every story we publish."

Every week, we promote independent publishers who have their own presence in the fediverse via our #NewstodonFriday thread. Tell us in the comments if there's a media outlet you love that we might not have heard of.

flip.it/_3a-Ri

#Media #Journalism #InvestigativeJournalism #DonaldTrump #ProPublica

What We’ll Be Covering in a Second Trump Administration

We’ll be devoting a significant part of our staff to detailing what are expected to be dramatic changes in the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans.

^ProPublica

The Morning After
#USPolitics #USElection #Misinformation #media

"...if half the country has decided that Trump is qualified to be president, that means they're not reading [traditional] media, and we've lost this audience completely. A Trump victory means mainstream media is dead in its current form."

view.newsletters.cnn.com/messa…

@Npars01
#USpol #Media

WTAF, Admistration?

Twitter, Washington Post, Google,...

mstdn.social/@Npars01/11343309…

Nicole Parsons

2024-11-06 00:08:48

Google's Saudi investors sure are getting pushy.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

^{www.bloomberg.com}

As she calls for a media reckoning, Parker Molloy speaks truth that will resonate with a lot of us, I suspect:

"For years, major news outlets have twisted themselves into knots trying to appease critics on the right. In the process, they've alienated not just the left but anyone who cares about honest, fearless journalism."

#media #MediaFail #Democrats #Republicans #KamalaHarris #DonaldTrump

readtpa.com/p/its-time-for-a-m…

It's Time for a Media Reckoning—No Matter Who Wins Tomorrow

For too long, legacy media outlets have only responded to right-wing criticism. That needs to change.

^{Parker Molloy (The Present Age)}

Howard Dean's political career was destroyed because he yelled slightly too loud while giving a speech motivating those working on his campaign. The media obsessively reported on his speech until he permanently resigned from politics.

Trump has done a large number of things far worse than that, yet the mainstream media has a VERY different response for all things Trump. Functionally, I see little difference between the mainstream media & right-wing media.

#Trump #media

salon.com/2024/11/03/my-closes…

"My closest friend for 10 years": Epstein discusses Trump friendship in newly released tapes

The notorious sex trafficker found the former president to be sleazy

^Salon.com

Maybe they can't publish it due to #copyright concerns? 🤔

Not displaying or linking to source material is definitely a major issue with much of the #media in general, though 👍

Latest comic: The Last Firewall

#uspol #USPolitics #cartoon #comic #election #democracy #fascism #media #journalism #vote

"Readers do not distrust opinion journalists for forming opinions and sharing them with the public. They distrust condescending, ham-fisted plutocrats who have no blessed idea what they’re talking about, moving fast and breaking stuff."

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #EconomicElites #media
/6

"Bezos is right to worry about waning trust in the media. But he does not understand that people like him are in large part responsible for this distrust, and that cosplaying as a pundit while pandering to the worst-faith actors in American politics is not a plan for restoring it."

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #EconomicElites #media
/5

~ Jay Willis

newrepublic.com/article/187685…

Jeff Bezos Doesn’t Understand That He Is the Problem

Brace yourself, but The Washington Post’s owner’s decision to destroy his paper’s credibility in order to restore trust in journalism may have a few flaws in its logic.

^{The New Republic}

"I’d hoped (forlornly) that all major outlets would see the rush for the exits at the Post and start asking themselves whether they’re taking their own subscribers for granted. Seems they did not."

~ Brian Beutler

#WashingtonPost #JeffBezos #EconomicElites #media
/4

offmessage.net/p/ama-thursday-…

AMA Thursday

Cancel culture.

^{Brian Beutler (Off Message)}

"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. " #media

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}

On #Mastodon there are now
331 verified accounts from #news organizations in
21 languages and on
111 instances.

203 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@eurasiareview (ENG)
@globalmagazin (GER)
@9to5linux (ENG)
@golwg (WEL)
@lupa (CZE)

Find the whole list on:
➡️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

Verified Media on Mastodon

^{Google Docs}

Jeff #Bezos, #ElonMusk & the Billions of Ways to #Influence an #Election

The world’s richest men have their own rocket fleets, their own #media & their own schemes to succeed with #Trump

#TaxTheRich #HarrisWalz2024
nytimes.com/2024/10/30/technol…