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Snowshadow 🇨🇦

Not sure where the news headlines are getting their information but, alarmingly so, the Canadian government travel advisory website hasn't issued a warning about the US.
It's level green: take normal security precautions...same as it has been for a while.
That needs a change!!!

#MediaFailure #Travel #Canada #Usa

travel.gc.ca/travelling/adviso

Travel.gc.caTravel Advice and AdvisoriesTravel Advice and Advisories from the Government of Canada.
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William Lindsey :toad:

"It’s craven. He’s basically fearful of Trump. He has decided that, as timid and tepid as the editorials have been, they’ve been too tough on Trump.

[Bezos is] saying they’re going to have an opinion page with one point of view. That’s an invitation to the editorial writers and the columnists to take a hike."

~ Marty Baron

#WashingtonPost #Bezos #MediaFailure #capitulation #EconomicElites #billionaires #Musk #Trump #oligarchy
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thebulwark.com/p/the-washingto

The Bulwark · The Washington Post and Autocracy’s Asymmetric AdvantageBy Jonathan V. Last
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William Lindsey :toad:

"This is not about personal liberties or free markets. It’s about making the Post more amenable to the Trump administration so that Jeff Bezos’s businesses will not be punished."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#WashingtonPost #Bezos #MediaFailure #capitulation #EconomicElites #billionaires #Musk #Trump #oligarchy
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thebulwark.com/p/the-washingto

The Bulwark · The Washington Post and Autocracy’s Asymmetric AdvantageBy Jonathan V. Last
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William Lindsey :toad:

"When billionaires take control of our communication channels, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for billionaire babble.

When they talk of 'personal liberties and free markets' they mean their own liberties to become even richer and more powerful, as the rest of America slides into greater economic insecurity and fear."

~ Robert Reich

#WashingtonPost #Bezos #MediaFailure #capitulation #EconomicElites #billionaires #Musk #Trump #oligarchy
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robertreich.substack.com/p/its

Robert Reich · It's the oligarchy, stupid.By Robert Reich
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William Lindsey :toad:

"The Opinions section is being told what their opinions are to be, from now on. And they seem to align with current thinking by the Trump regime’s current scumbag leaders. …

From a very quick survey by me of Wapo staffers: This is the worst thing to happen to The Washington Post ever in its 147 year life, including the Janet Cooke scandal."

~ Gene Weingarten

#WashingtonPost #Bezos #MediaFailure #capitulation #EconomicElites #billionaires #Musk #Trump
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geneweingarten.substack.com/p/

The Gene Pool · (Heart) Breaking NewsBy Gene Weingarten
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William Lindsey :toad:

"The message could not be clearer: editorial independence is dead at the Washington Post. Opinion editor David Shipley, recognizing this fact, has already resigned rather than oversee this ideological narrowing. ...

Democracy dies in darkness? No, it dies when billionaires decide they want their media properties to serve their personal ideological agendas rather than the public interest."

#WashingtonPost #Bezos #MediaFailure #capitulation #EconomicElites #billionaires #Musk #Trump
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William Lindsey :toad:

"In a stunning announcement today, Jeff Bezos declared that The Washington Post's opinion section will now exclusively focus on 'personal liberties and free markets.' …

Today's announcement takes things to an entirely new level of billionaire meddling."

~ Parker Molloy

#WashingtonPost #Bezos #MediaFailure #capitulation #EconomicElites #billionaires #Musk #Trump
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readtpa.com/p/jeff-bezos-just-

The Present Age · Jeff Bezos Just Announced The Washington Post Will Now Be His Personal MegaphoneBy Parker Molloy
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William Lindsey :toad:

"What has happened at MSNBC in the last several days is such an orgy of bad faith and bad ideas that it may be an industry record. Joy Reid? Gone. Jonathan Capehart? Lost his show. Alex Wagner? Lost her show and demoted. Ayman Mohyeldin? Lost his show."

~ Charles Pierce

#MSNBC #MediaFailure #capitulation
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esquire.com/news-politics/poli

Esquire · What Is Happening at MSNBC Is Such an Orgy of Bad Faith and Bad Ideas That It May Be an Industry RecordBy Charles P. Pierce
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Snowshadow 🇨🇦

Dear Media,

Oh for crying out loud!
We have been talking about Trump's insanity, corruption, abusive nature, cruelty, criminality, and cognitive decline for a very long time and now you expect us to believe you just noticed!

One more headline that starts with:
"What we have been missing..."
might just send me out the door screaming in frustration.

WE have Not been missing anything!!

#Media#MediaFailure#Stupidity2024
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Snowshadow 🇨🇦

🤦 I follow a news feed and CBC Windsor just this moment published this story on the **last day** of the long weekend.

Hey @cbcwindsor ! 👋 Friday morning might have been helpful to those in that area.🙄

"This is what's open and closed across Windsor-Essex this Labour Day weekend"

#MediaFailure

cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/win

CBCThis is what's open and closed across Windsor-Essex this Labour Day weekend | CBC NewsThe Labour Day long weekend is here, Windsor. From malls to parks, there's plenty to do — here's what's open and closed Monday.
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