Politics The 4th Estate - Media....is it truth or fiction? TFP pundits will examine.

Frankly, they're mostly polite to guests, letting them grandstand.
It's rare by comparison to go after them, which they should.

IMHO, they're also not used to someone who lies so much...they don't know how to take it. (Probably why Santos got away with it so long)

And there's the being "fair to both sides" onus that media caters to often. (unless they have an agenda like Fox for ratings and $$$)

Lastly, there's an absurd amount of over-respect and fawning to any prez. As if they're royalty.

Chump knows all this and takes advantage.
Plus his handlers always get "rules" set up ahead of time. (what they can and cannot ask)

 

News site editor’s ties to Iran, Russia show misinformation’s complexity

I put this in media, because it is becoming pervasive throughout...not just the US, but in the western nations
And not just from Iran and Russia...but any opposition government and group. (China, NK, terrorists, criminals, anyone with an agenda)
The motto is, "Chaos to the enemy".
And they're cooperating together.

Y'think AI concept is bad...this is done through layers and they WANT confusion. Not just by "accident".
Add cryptocurrency in to cover tracks, it's even worse.

They're going to start have to make "transparency laws", like they do with political ads.
State up front, where the info is from, who is sponsoring it and if it's approved from who you think it's from.
THEN enforce it, consistently...with severe penalties and/or jail.

It's the only way to keep the truth...and who is feeding info.

And maybe this trend will catch on throughout, I'd hope. There's been an increase of fishy info in everything these days.
Let's make being honest a value again. Increase integrity.

Otherwise, we'll go mad.

 

Morale plummets inside The Washington Post as staffers express alarm over publisher’s attempts to squash story

WAPO is going downhill quickly.
The publisher is going against the grain of the established rep of the news.
Likely make it more into WSJ or a version of UK media.

Then again, Jeff Bezos now owns it...and we see how he runs Amazon.
Soon, WP will change...I see it already in the style, tone and articles.

 

Inside the culture clash upending the Washington Post

I know Katherine Graham is rolling over in her grave.

Bezos so far let WaPo be the iconic paper that it is...or is he now tired of losing money?
If the former, the Lewis will likely be gone...can't have rep destroyed and rebellion in the ranks.
But if it's the latter, Lewis is going nowhere. And there will likely be a purge.

IMHO, it's already changed...which is why I let my subscription lapse.

 

How much of the drop in traffic to right-wing sites is Facebook’s fault?

Interesting.
Good that FB did, IMHO. My question is why???
Musk is obviously very right-oriented, so he's manipulating X/Twitter to cater to them.

But there's no apparent political bent to Zuckerberg, ceo of FB's parent company Meta,
so he's doesn't seem to have an agenda...other than perhaps keep FB neutral and out of the culture wars.

Things that make ya say hmmm...

But hey, I'm glad they're staying out of it...there's enough muddying the waters.