silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoBillionaire cowards at Washington Post, L.A. Times show what life under a dictator is really likewww.inquirer.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1601arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1596arrow-down1external-linkBillionaire cowards at Washington Post, L.A. Times show what life under a dictator is really likewww.inquirer.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
Rule No. 1 of fighting fascism — do not obey in advance — crumbles as major newspapers kill endorsements to appease Trump. They might be obeying, but you don’t need to. Americans: Vote & volunteer
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·27 days agobut the implications are flipped. the headlines imply these institutions were in favor of democracy in the first place and doing a blunder.
minus-squareseaQueue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·27 days ago“Don’t publish that or I’ll fire you” coming from the org’s owner is pretty good incentive not to publish
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoAgreed. It’s a distinction without a difference.
That road leads to the same place.
but the implications are flipped. the headlines imply these institutions were in favor of democracy in the first place and doing a blunder.
“Don’t publish that or I’ll fire you” coming from the org’s owner is pretty good incentive not to publish
exactly what i mean.
Agreed. It’s a distinction without a difference.