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Mar 14, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read Read on X
A 🧵 for the @WhiteHouse as it weighs its pick for an @FCC nominee.

These must be the five prerequisites to prevent industry capture of yet another agency commissioner: Image
Putting the public interest first SHOULD BE a no-brainer. @gigibsohn was a champion for everyday people. The next nominee must be as well. Image
Industry capture of regulators is all too common at the @FCC and other federal agencies. It's why the agency has allowed consolidation in broadcasting and local monopolies in broadband. The nominee must not have this conflict of interest: Image
Industry capture too often equates with policies that impact BIPOC communities and working families the hardest as consolidated phone, cable and broadcast companies hike rates and redline access following decades of systemic discrimination in services. Image
Content discrimination is also a problem when you allow internet access providers to decide what websites and services get priority online. A nominee who opposes discrimination online will ensure that the FCC haws the ability to safeguard an open internet. #NetNeutrality Image
The nominee must be unequivocal in their support for restoring the FCC’s authority because that's what the public has demanded. They must demonstrate a commitment to engaging this public and honoring their wishes, and not just meeting with and heeding the agenda of lobbyists. Image

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Mar 15, 2023
In her latest, @ruthbenghiat serevs it straight:

lucid.substack.com/p/fox-is-a-far…
By absolving the #MAGA mob of its violent role in attempting to overthrow a democratic election and install Trump as de-facto dictator of the United States, @FoxNews is also absolving itself of its leading role in fomenting this anti-democratic violence.
"Every authoritarian takeover depends on enablers from business, religion, the law, industry, & *the media*," she writes. "In return for profits and privileges, elites agree to tolerate &/or facilitate the rollback of rights [&] the spread of propaganda narratives..."
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Jun 9, 2022
Fox News' blackout of the Jan. 6 hearings is designed not only to shield channel viewers from facts about the Trump-inspired coup attempt, but also to weave a conspiratorial counter-narrative rooted in the "Big Lie," @danpfeiffer tells @ThelumLineGS.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…
@danpfeiffer But the problem isn't so much with the "Lost Cause" of the MAGA faithful, but that other media are drawn by the "gravitational pull" of the Fox (and Facebook) effect.

The latest rightwing contrived "pseudo-scandal...was infecting the larger media environment," Pfeiffer says.
More mainstream news outlets felt they weren't doing their jobs unless they also covered the frenzy of disinformation and rightwing propaganda preoccupying @FoxNews' primetime hosts.
Read 9 tweets
Jun 6, 2022
With latest SEC filing it's increasingly clear that @elonmusk is looking for a Twitter exit:

sec.gov/Archives/edgar…
Either that or leverage with which to negotiate down his $54.20/share offer, which is more than $15 over it's present value.
"Mr. Musk believes the company is actively resisting and thwarting his information rights (and the company’s corresponding obligations) under the merger agreement," Musk's lawyers write referring to his request for an accurate count of the number of bot accounts on the service.
Read 4 tweets
Jul 9, 2021
Just as #NewJersey doubles its commitment to funding innovative, public-interest news and information (a groundbreaking initiative spearheaded by @FreePress), neighboring #Pennsylvania is walking it back.

And the reasons behind PA defunding appear to be highly controversial. 1/6
According to the @PennCapitalStar report, seven public TV and radio stations — such as @WHYY in Philadelphia, @WQED in Pittsburgh, and @WITF in Harrisburg saw their funding ($2.75 million in state taxpayer support) eliminated. 2/6
The zeroing out of state funds comes as WITF’s @NPR-affiliated journalists pursue a lengthy investigation to hold Pennsylvania's Republican legislators accountable for undermining the 2020 election. 3/6
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Jul 8, 2021
Writes @ayeemach: "It’s time that we see the development of discriminatory technological products as an intentional act done by the largely white, male executives of Silicon Valley to uphold the systems of racism [that] create extraordinary profits for their companies." 1/4
"We should view algorithmic bias as a spillover effect from the culture of tech that has persistent racial and gender inequality in hiring and leadership and that has actively discouraged its employees from engaging in political discussions at work." 2/4
“It’s time for us to reject the narrative that Big Tech sells—that incidents of algorithmic bias are a result of using unintentionally biased training data or unconscious bias.” 3/4
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Jul 4, 2021
Timothy Snyder writes about the growing global proliferation of what are called “memory laws”: official attempts to fix a state actor's version of history, often at the expense of communities that have been repressed and marginalized.

nytimes.com/2021/06/29/mag…
The obvious parallel here is the GOP-led effort to whitewash U.S. history, to ban curricula that give accurate weight to slavery's role in the founding of the nation. (See @GovRonDeSantis).
"Democracy requires individual responsibility, which is impossible without critical history." Snyder writes. "It thrives in a spirit of self-awareness and self-correction."
Read 4 tweets

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