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The thing about Bernie Sanders’ critique of corporate media is that, well, I understand it, while this is more... Neil Postman?
SANDERS: corporate media is against me because I threaten their business interests

GABBARD: society is numbed by an infotainment economy where politicians must be entertainers to succeed, and I shan’t participate
SUPPORTERS: um, maybe you should keep doing spectacle
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64-30. The Arizona Republic has a union, you guys. And it’s @azrepublicguild.
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Good morning to everyone except Gannett, which is spamming the @azrepublicguild with this bad-faith nonsense before their election tomorrow.

Newsrooms are a family right up until you demand more bargaining power, at which point management instantly turns into Walmart.
(the @azrepublicguild folks are lovely and are being very positive about their campaign, whilst I am happy to get in fights with trolls for dayyyyyyyyys)
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Long, thoughtful, fascinating exploration of #Bernie's history. This narrative makes Bernie immensely more accessible and even likeable. His long financial origin story is quintessentially American in its working-class to riches trajectory.
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Hey just a quick public service announcement.

Making the 2020 comversation about the online behavior of a candidates supporters mostly serves to move the conversation about bigger issues like policy and fitness for office.

#BERNIE THREAD /1
At the risk of sounding condescending I feel like there are 4 things we should ask in this primary.

1. What are your policies ?

2. Are you proposing them in good faith?

3. Will you be effective in implimenting them?

4. are you fit for office?

This needs unpacking...

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So the hardest questions are 2-4.

Whether a politician is seen as operating in good faith is often tied to whether we think a politician is "authentic."

This shit is huuuuuuugely sexist and priveledges men over women.

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allow me to explain:

first thing to realize is that compromise usually involved splitting the difference (e.g. arbitration -- if you've ever been privy, you know exactly what i mean).

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