"Former U.S. President Donald Trump—who incited the Jan. 6 Capitol Riots and has been contemplating another run for the presidency in 2024—came in second place in the reader poll, with 9% of votes." lmao
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For years before #PearlHarbor, Jewish people and their allies in the Los Angeles area who had formed a clandestine spy network to keep an eye on Nazi activity in the USA had been warning about a planned large-scale attack in the Pacific:
So he's still pushing racist disinformation and should be called on it. Of course I have very little faith in most of my colleagues to have the tits to do that sort of thing
I mean I told everyone about the grifters. I tried to warn the conspiracy theorists they were being taken for a ride and weaponized for political purposes. I warned about the bowels of the "alternative medicine" internet, where people give their kids hydrogen peroxide enemas...
...so now, all I can do is laugh at everyone as they eat fucking landfill dirt and whatever the hell other vile shit they're putting in their body as they merrily A/B test themselves into further insanity. But remember this, mainstream American press: You treated these people as
It's very easy to find with those search terms to verify it for yourself. Here's the link. fb.me/e/1jZyuWdvl
This is what Facebook, or @Meta, or whatever stupid bullshit that creepy platform is calling itself to try to distance itself from its ongoing sins, is allowing -- encouraging, even.
Thread. I joined the San Diego SPJ board to try to get journalists to join forces against what Facebook was doing to our industry in 2018. I discovered instead that SPJ's national board (which is heavy with San Diego people) is taking money from Facebook, and has been for years.
When I brought up my concerns about Facebook and its influence on journalism, my fellow board members laughed like I had made an especially funny joke. "Find us alternative ways to get money then if you're so smart," was pretty much the attitude I was met with.