Thread by @RYP__

The media needs to up their game. They are severely outspent, out manned and out gunned by their subjects. Start spending serious money to out criminals in our government. We will thank you for it and click on those ads. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Sometimes its hard to tell if they are serious about defending the public interest or stirring the pot. We just survived four years of criminal conspiracy and sedition. There oughta be something worth digging into. bestcommunicationsdegrees.com/biggest-media-…

Right now the media has access to all the same commerical tools used by JSOC and governments to unmask fuckery and hunt terrorists or dissidents. But it costs money. The government is using it against journalists so why not level the playing field? fas.org/sgp/crs/terror…

Marketing tactics, social media, hacking tools and commercial data sets are used to hunt and track terrorists. The media is being tracked with those same tools. So why is there no mirror image by the media to track their trackers? journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Russian oligarchs, nerd crusaders and deep research are bits and pieces of the new investigative media scene. NYTimes and Wapo have adopted some of these elements but most still rely on tips and leaks, not bespoke investigations. time.com/5943393/bellin…

We all remember CBS 60 Minutes, ABC Investigative and even CNN in their door crashing glory years. Back when the government needed access to the media to reach the public.

With the shift to manipulated social media and lack of aggressive reporting, fear of risk and lack of focus in traditional media, could criminals create their own media empires and compete with traditional outlets? Maybe not. politico.com/news/magazine/…

The only good news is that Donald Twitler is incompetent. We already have proof that competent leaders can easily erase the influence, undermine and remove the balance of a free media keeping an eye on government malfeasance. theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…