#MastodonNews Jan 4, 2023
@dangillmor calls out "journalistic cowardice"
techdirt: Journalists (And Others) Should Leave Twitter. Here’s How They Can Get Started >>> https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/
Near the end of 2022, Elon Musk issued an edict to the journalism community. Obey me, he said, or you will be banned from posting on Twitter. This should have been a pivotal moment... [yet] those whose accounts were fully restored are back to tweeting...
Archive: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d5Q6oyzrlfXBEhHsLI9cxltdFV_XPrZWQj1mj8Ivc7Q/edit?usp=sharing
@mastodonmigration @dangillmor
If they haven't left already they aren't #journalists. They are attention seekers.
@mastodonmigration @dangillmor
They need something just for them and no one else. Maybe call it #Journodon just got media types. And no one else. And no cross-posting of their shit to here.
SNP @dangillmor @mastodonmigration very few real journalists remain, the majority are columnists who are fed information. Basically just conduits for whatever political party or group they are aligned to. Of course they want their Twitter feed back, if not they wouldn’t survive.