Fairly diplomatic post by WSJ reporter providing top of class accountability journalism of Zuckerberg’s company through the Facebook Files series. Underneath it, I see Zuckerberg pivoting towards using his power to attack and discredit the best of the free and plural press.
https://twitter.com/jeffhorwitz/status/1440713364477415431
I flag this because Facebook’s response last week claimed WSJ included “deliberate mischaracterizations” and this user claims “blatantly falsely reports.” Zuckerberg seems comfortable falsely applying motivations and intention to some of the most trusted global newsrooms.
And I will reiterate trusted journalism makes mistakes and can be messy at times but always seeks getting to the facts and go out of their way to correct any mistakes. Broadly applying labels is an attempt to discredit rather than coming back with the facts to seek corrections.
I noticed yday at Senate hearing when the Facebook witness refused to agree to release the research which Facebook claims is being mischaracterized. Last I heard they wouldn’t release it due to privacy reasons which is clearly not the reason rather than PR and policy concerns.
And repeat after me... "of course it is"
https://twitter.com/JeffHorwitz/status/1440723571035103239?s=20
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