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Written by Tengrain on 2025-01-18 at 16:01

‘Democracy Dies Below The Fold’*

Jeff Bezos’ WaPo has a new mission statement, and boy howdy! Riveting Storytelling for All of America I’m glad that they are proclaiming that they are riveting, I wouldn’t have known. But I don’t know that I want storytelling, I’d rather have truth. Anyway, in yet ANOTHER self-serving move, Bezos is proclaiming that the WaPo will use AI, too…

http://mockpaperscissors.com/2025/01/18/democracy-dies-below-the-fold-3/

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Written by Tony Stark on 2025-01-18 at 16:41

@Tengrain Just stories now. We’ve arrived.

Truthiness and fair and balanced were already taken.

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Written by MJ on 2025-01-18 at 16:59

@TonyStark @Tengrain

Storytelling. My nana says that to someone who’d lied about something, “You’re telling stories.”

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Written by Kevin LaRose He/Him on 2025-01-18 at 16:50

@Tengrain Choice of words is important here. Storytelling. Not news. Not facts. Riveting storytelling. Like every issue of #WaPo will be like sitting down with a Danielle Steele novel. I’m cancelling my #WaPo subscription. The only thing I’m using it for anymore is book reviews and there are probably other options where I don’t have to pay to the ruling oligarchy.

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Written by Harry Callahan on 2025-01-18 at 16:52

@Thumper1964 @Tengrain I canceled The Washington Post and The New York Times. Just waiting for my year to expire. Where are we going for news?

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Written by Tengrain on 2025-01-18 at 16:59

@HarryCallahan @Thumper1964

@Flipboard is a really interesting option.

If you have an RSS reader that you like, you can follow the writers you like all in one place.

I think for hard news, the AP is pretty good. Just the facts, as they used to say on Dragnet.

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Written by Tengrain on 2025-01-18 at 16:54

@Thumper1964

Good Reads is a pretty good source of book reviews, BUT is is owned by Amazon.

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