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Trolls, Sock Puppets and Useful Idiots: An Anatomy of an Election Disinformation Campaign – Byline Times

Really excellent passionate exposition of high quality local journalism and a reminder of the dangers of dinner party cosyness in journalist/politics bylinetimes.com/2019/12/10/tro…
“you’re only 2 North London dinner parties away from another senior journalist or politician these days, thanks to rank inaccessibility of media jobs for most ordinary people.
“But, more important than any professional criticism of the two political editors, is the laxity and complicity of their management”

Really good from @peterjukes

It has also reminded me of a session at the Lib Dem conference about pump priming high quality local journalism.
If we had that in a symbiotic relationship to national news maybe, if it was independent, we would get more virile,cutting edge, bolder, finer, more incisive journalism.

If we want it we have to back it.

Yes
Paying £3 per month for @BylineTimes @tortoise
Or £25pcm for @FT
If it was truly independent, careful, fearless we would see it as an essential protection of ourselves, our community, decency, the finest in us.

We need to change OUR relationship with the press.
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