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 (DIR) Post #B4V8gHOrTmuzGWyo7c by dangillmor@mastodon.social
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       As the U.S. sinks into dictatorship -- malevolent rule by corrupt politicians and oligarchs -- the institution I know the best has almost completely failed to recognize, much less counter, the threat. Big Journalism will be remembered for its cowardice and capitulation. https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VC2oTVUJos4xaZrE by McSquank@zirk.us
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       @dangillmor seems more a partnership than cowardice or capitulation
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VQ7yzDEVqRUAmJEm by antt5@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor What do you mean "sinks"?
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VVO9z6bouc05GHE8 by gilraen79@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor as Italian, this worries me much. What can we actively do to prevent this outcome in countries like ours, where autocracy is leading the way? It's not rhetorical, I honestly don't know.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VWjjBJ2k8BCFog2y by JohanDiederik@toot.community
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       @dangillmor At least two trolls in the replies.  You’re hitting the nail on its head indeed.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VXmtmYBcQ6tgJSzY by Vluciamonteirop@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor and criminals.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VYX72DFIHVJufvfM by gregreedee@aus.social
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       @dangillmor FROM DAY ONE, if not before. This obscene circus has been worth too many clicks. Let’s not forget network TV for creating & boosting his mythology thru trash like The Apprentice.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VeMwzOL5umzftRtA by gsymon@mstdn.social
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       @dangillmor 2 Russian trolls in this thread.  I expect all your posts are affected by this?For those wondering, open antt5 in his home server.As for the collapse of democracy.  I'm 68 and began wondering in my 20s if the post WWII effect and shaming the far-right, would last my lifetime.  I think that Russia/Putin are behind almost all of what's happening today.  Horrible people and we need to start telling them.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VrLkEtYZEyZ5tszg by MiriShuli@mstdn.social
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       @dangillmor They recognised the dictatorship and the fascists.   It is what they wanted, owners and journos.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VxjpKItRuH1AISI4 by martinlentink@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor He has never not been aiming for dictatorship.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VypHiKsO08SjhhM8 by Savvyhomestead@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor   Using the propaganda model...news businesses favoring profit over the public interest succeed, whilst those favoring reportorial accuracy over profits fail — and are relegated to the margins of their markets (low sales and ratings).(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacturing_Consent:_The_Political_Economy_of_the_Mass_Media)
       
 (DIR) Post #B4VzmgkpQ9MxD0CC4O by NicelyManifest@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor In very large part because the media have been effectively commandeered by those with nefarious agendas.Way, way too tempting for a means of influencing public opinion to be a tool for the powerful - those rich in wealth and power and profoundly poor spiritually.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4W4AO6YoIl08Quu7E by SueDiOh@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor Big journalism in the U.S. has been the death of our free press.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4W5AZ9hp8qYMX2Lj6 by decapitae@mastodon.social
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       @dangillmor The silent aquiesence from those responsible for stopping it is deafening.  The majority of congress kneels before shitler.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4WIW5bffKLMUci8NE by aspragg@ohai.social
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       @dangillmor > The report identifies the UK as a “new autocratiser”, driven by “a substantial decline” in freedom of expression[…]. “In the UK, it began [with] the Elections Act 2022 […]” Lindberg says. “The Policing Act 2022 decreased civil rights and free speech. The Online Safety Act 2023 was used to penalise online speech […]. The Higher Education […] Act 2023 increased demands [to] police free speech. What’s worrying is that once the democratic backsliding begins, it’s often hard to stop.”