If we don't fight for change and build systems to amplify more women and progressive voices online, we will be stuck with a media landscape that continues to exacerbate inequality and warps our political landscape for the worse.
The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds
The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem
The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem. I went deep into the 122 page report and broke down the key findings and what they mean
The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds
The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem
"When Democrats stopped talking about COVID, the right did not. Instead, right-wing operatives, dark money groups, media, and politicians worked to create an alternate reality in which the discredited positions they adopted throughout the pandemic—minimizing the virus and opposing mitigation measures—were vindicated."
How COVID Helped Trump Win
Biden never ended the pandemic, but he did end government efforts to mitigate its worst impacts
I wrote about liberal TikTok users abandoning the red heart ❤️ emoji in the wake of Trump’s win and why more emoji are being politicized
Is the red heart emoji MAGA? ❤️
Liberal TikTok users are abandoning the emoji over fear of its political implications. It's not the first time emojis have become political.
It’s a mistake to say “well no elected officials are promoting election conspiracies” so it’s not a big deal, when you have tens of thousands of liberal Democrat voters pushing hardcore election denialism and a platform like Threads boosting these conspiracies and actively downranking the journalists and news organizations attempting to combat them.
Meta's Threads is 'overrun' with liberal election fraud conspiracies
Thousands of users have amplified baseless claims of hacked voting machines as Democrats become more comfortable embracing denialism
Over the past few days, thousands of Threads users have amplified baseless claims of hacked voting machines as Democrats become more comfortable embracing denialism. I wrote about how Threads became ground zero for election hacking conspiracies and how Metas decision to restrict journalists and news content has exacerbated the problem.
Meta's Threads is 'overrun' with liberal election fraud conspiracies
Thousands of users have amplified baseless claims of hacked voting machines as Democrats become more comfortable embracing denialism
The official Twitter account of the GOP House Judiciary Committee posted about Peanut. Elon Musk posted and reposted over 20 tweets about Peanut throughout the weekend. The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion piece decrying Peanut's death as an example of "abusive government" and tried to tie the incident to crime on New York City subways and Democrat-run government. And right wing crypto accounts have begun boosting a forthcoming Peanut meme coin.
How an IG famous squirrel became a MAGA martyr
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In the past 72 hours Peanut the squirrel has become martyr for Elon Musk and the right wing internet, which is trying to use Peanut's death to rally support for Trump days before the election.
How an IG famous squirrel became a MAGA martyr
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SCOOP: The “anonymous new media outlet” a right wing recruiting firm has been reaching out to journalists about on LinkedIn is LibsofTikTok. I wrote about Raichik’s efforts to hire an investigative journalist to launder her hate campaigns and how the role shows how she’s is seeking to expand her enterprise and gain legitimacy as a news media figure.
LibsofTikTok is hiring an investigative journalist to launder her hate campaigns
The role shows how Raichik is seeking to expand her enterprise and gain legitimacy as a news media figure
I wrote about how the fundamental difference in strategy between Trump vs Harris this cycle boils down to shortform vs longform. Harris leaned hard into short form content after launching her campaign this summer, successfully dominating TikTok and viral IG type accounts. Meanwhile, Trump has been sitting for hours-long livestreams and built parasocial bonds with young male voters through podcasts.
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