Outlet after outlet went from using the bill’s actual name or indicating that critics called it the “don’t say gay” bill to adopting the misleading title without qualifier, parroting the language of progressive advocates.
It took less than a month for the bill to go from being “so called” to simply called for @PBS.
If you read only @CBSNews, you would be forgiven for thinking that the name simply changed along the way from the “Parental Rights in Education” bill to the “Don’t Say Gay’ bill.
Look I wasn’t holding out hope for anything better from @MSNBC.
But my favorite had to be @AlJazeera, an outlet owned by the government of Qatar, where the death penalty is still on the books for homosexuality.
Some outlets didn’t even bother to describe the bill as anything but how partisan activists named it, like @washingtonpost, @politico, @axios and @voxdotcom (go figure)
This is why so many people have lost faith in the media.
When corporate outlets can’t help but become partisan actors, why would anyone think they can be trusted to call balls and strikes on the issues?
Language matters. We’ve gotta push back against this implicit advocacy if we want to create enough space for reasonable, fact-based debate to exist in our public square.
Also, in case you missed the news, I’m now a staff writer for @FreeBeacon. So be sure to download the app and follow our socials for all my latest.
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I’ve got some professional news, and I figured what better way to share it than with a 🧵.
In the coming weeks I’ll be joining the @FreeBeacon as a staff writer focused on the media.
I’ll be writing about many of the same topics I have been as a freelancer for the last couple of years: media bias, the stories the media won’t cover (and why) and what it all means, plus focusing on political and media hypocrisy.
And, yes, the 🧵threads🧵 will continue, don’t worry. Plus thinking through creative ways to reach a wider audience - on and off Twitter - with them.
The man who was fired for baselessly suggesting someone was a Russian asset is back in the media for…baselessly suggesting two people are Russian assets.