Avoiding this site, find me elsewhere as @adjoro | COO at Starling Lab for Data Integrity | Press Rights Chair @LAPressClub | Fan of Signal and PGP | he/him
Jun 24 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Several journalists were attacked at the protest in Pico-Robertson (Adas Torah).
They were there to bear witness—their job, right, and duty.
Several are sounding alarms that politician statements are misleading. Listen to the journalists. Look at their evidence. Thank them.
Without the press, we don't know what really happened.
Some are counting on that. Attacks on the press are frequently coverups. Police do it. Protesters do it. Politicians do it. The dynamic is well documented.
But it's 2024. Evidence gets posted. Nobody should be fooled.
Jun 13, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Most overlooked story from last week's Los Angeles primary election? This is the % of registered vote won by top candidates (instead of commonly reported % of votes cast). This is all it took to advance.
MAYOR
Caruso = 7.2%
Bass = 6.9%
SHERIFF
Villanueva = 5.3%
Luna = 4.1%
This isn't new. Mayor Villaraigosa was reelected in 2009 with less than 10% of registered voters actually casting a ballot for him. Mayor Garcetti's 2017 landslide with 81% of votes cast was only 12% of registered voters. These numbers dip if you consider ELIGIBLE voters.
Oct 10, 2021 • 22 tweets • 29 min read
Today #SB98 was signed into law, ensuring journalists can cover protests and unlawful assemblies in CA. As a lifelong civics nerd, this was my first trip DEEP in a fascinating legislative process. And you know what? It worked. But only thanks to MANY wonderful people. (thread👇)
#SB98 fixed a legal grey area, extending modest existing protections for press under one part of the law (disaster zones) to another (unlawful assemblies). Sounds simple, but it was an involved & time consuming process for well over 100 people. We affirmed #JournalismIsNotACrime.
