Post AvBFSIrnKwbiYSpliq by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AvB9ZSpC707Rk1eIE4 by dansinker@omfg.town
2025-06-16T02:24:03Z
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One in every 70 Americans was on the streets yesterday and it’s not on the NYT front page 24 hours later.
(DIR) Post #AvBBuivzbylTh65tAW by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-16T06:27:48Z
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@dansinker You see this is why I think mass protest can be very educational. For many people who participated this isn't a shock. It's just how it works. But, a lot of people are finding out just how biased their media is today. As they read a report on the single window broken not the thousands who were on the streets. People in LA are learning too.Really I didn't understand just how biased media was until I first went to a protest or two.
(DIR) Post #AvBEyE2ygwP0v4irj6 by kevinrns@mstdn.social
2025-06-16T07:02:00Z
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@futurebird @dansinker Hat tipped. Useful insight.
(DIR) Post #AvBFSIrnKwbiYSpliq by joelvanderwerf@mastodon.social
2025-06-16T07:07:25Z
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@futurebird @dansinker The dissonance of reading, say, the NY Times while living in a city center out in the provinces (South of Market, San Francisco) fosters skepticism of national media reporting on things outside their expertise.They don't seem to talk to enough local sources to get more than rumor, spin, and reflections of the biases of others.Local news sources are so valuable. Mission Local (@MLNow) is excellent.
(DIR) Post #AvBMmk9iHn24f2uPp2 by ahltorp@mastodon.nu
2025-06-16T08:29:32Z
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@futurebird @dansinker Same thing in Sweden. The public service television company (also the one with the largest viewership) literally answered a direct question about this with “we will only report on protests if they cause a disturbance”.
(DIR) Post #AvBZDD1CnQjN9lJd3o by kevinriggle@ioc.exchange
2025-06-16T10:48:37Z
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@joelvanderwerf @futurebird @dansinker @MLNow Whenever people from outside S.F. asked me about S.F. I always had to lead with “so the news just lies about us”
(DIR) Post #AvBabBGl3EAEdTaJI8 by peterdrake@mstdn.social
2025-06-16T11:04:19Z
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@futurebird @dansinker I can report that Portland did not, in fact, burn to the ground in 2020.
(DIR) Post #AvBdN6Hh5VIuz3045g by chemoelectric@masto.ai
2025-06-16T11:35:20Z
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@futurebird @dansinker What appears in newspapers on any political topic is mostly genre fiction, based upon current events. It is formulaic storytelling.Look at the "report" recognize how many times you have seen the exact same story, but with the proper nouns changed.There exists no story about 1 in 70 persons protesting. So it does not get rewritten with the names changed.There is the story of the neglected Johnny Punchclock. So you will see that. Etc.
(DIR) Post #AvBgRGTjQaLRcZJ9iS by LockEx@ioc.exchange
2025-06-16T12:07:15Z
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@kevinriggle @joelvanderwerf @futurebird @dansinker @MLNow when asked about San Francisco, I explain it to New Yorkers like "You know how NYC is portrayed in the news in other states and everyone thinks they're gonna get stabbed and robbed if they ride the subway? It's like that".
(DIR) Post #AvCItyqDsVPHZmwom8 by csaetre@techhub.social
2025-06-16T19:20:43Z
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@futurebird I so, so, so very much don’t want to be disrespectful of your larger point. But facts are important, so I also respectfully submit this photo of the NYT front page on Sunday the 15th. “No Kings” occurs three times on page 1 and the top photo and headline are about the mass protests.@dansinker