Thread by @JuliusGoat

The privately owned media has, by and large, failed its mandate. Seeing a lucrative demand for lies, they're working to capture it.

https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1364044853802373120

Make public the list of people who have betrayed the public trust, how they betrayed the public trust, and what the result was.

If you must bring them on, lead with those facts, then state the reason you're platforming them anyway. Otherwise you're laundering lies.

"My guest today is Henry Kissinger, who worked as Secretary of State for disgraced former President Nixon, for whom he ran a secret bombing campaign in Cambodia that was both unconstitutional and a war crime, and murdered hundreds of thousands of civilians. Mr. Kissinger, hello."

"Mr. Kissinger, we're having you on today because you have some opinions about Syrian President Assad, and we want the perspective of somebody who has also murdered untold thousands of people."

"A reminder: Mr. Kissenger is a known and unrepentant liar. Sir, my first question...

“My guest today is Matt Schlapp, who is even worse than his name might suggest. Matt has been a prominent agent of lies and misinformation during the Trump regime. We’re having him on to examine his lies clinically, and to make fun of him. Good morning, Schlapp.”

You might say, "But if they knew they'd face such an accurate and devastating framing of themselves and their past offenses, why would known liars agree to make any appearances? They'd stop going on the air altogether!"

Yep.