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"Mainstream political news outlets like Axios have long been accused of “both
sides” or “view from nowhere” journalism where they bend over backward to frame
everything through a lens of illusory objectivity as to not offend. This
distortion is then routinely exploited by authoritarians and corporations keen
on normalizing bigotry, rank corruption, or even the dismantling of democracy.
It’s been a rough decade of very ugly lessons on this front, yet there’s still
zero indication of meaningful self-awareness of the editorial leadership of
mainstream political news outlets like Axios, Semafor, or Politico.
Case in point: this week Axios fired local, respected Tampa reporter Ben
Montgomery after he responded to a press release blast from the office of
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis by calling it (quite accurately) propaganda."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
