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Anti-Social Media – WASHINGTON POST
A former Townhall 50 #1 is departing!
The announcement was made today of the end of an era! Taylor Lorenz is leaving the Washington Post! This is a loss (of sorts), at least for the likes of this column, as Lorenz frequently exemplified the very troubling aspects of the journalism industry. Two years ago, she was the top selection of our year-end listing of the worst in the news industry, The Townhall 50.
This departure is suspected to stem from her recent controversial episode where she was seen in a social media post where Joe Biden was labeled a "War Criminal."
Lorenz started her own Substack outlet where she will cover similar web-intensive stories. "I just want complete autonomy to write and do and say whatever I want."
TRANSLATION: I'm tired of being forced to write things that are accurate and provable.
We Won't Have Taylor Lorenz Around to Ignore Anymore! Problematic Web Reporter Out at Washington Post.https://t.co/Rk3qZPQpYo
— RedState (@RedState) October 1, 2024
Reporting on the Mirror – CNN
Do they not realize giving things away for free is not drawing an audience?!
At CNN, the announcement has come out that it will be making its website content available behind a paywall. A $3.99 subscription fee is being dangled, with the casual reader (a few articles monthly) not affected.
One of the notable benefits for the subscription is that readers will see “fewer ads”; the norm in the industry being no ads are included in subscription packages.
We Won't Have Taylor Lorenz Around to Ignore Anymore! Problematic Web Reporter Out at Washington Post.https://t.co/Rk3qZPQpYo
— RedState (@RedState) October 1, 2024
Democratic Custodial Services – CBS NEWS
Seems that a charge this significant would be better served coming from those you claim are making it.
Scott MacFarlane is in the storm-ravaged areas of Georgia, and so is Donald Trump. Notable absences are Kamala Harris (campaign trail) and Joe Biden (at his Delaware beach house). Possibly recognizing the poor optics, MacFarlane delivers the message that Trump appearing in the area had no impact on them.
Donald Trump’s visit to Valdosta, Georgia, on Monday brought a massive security presence to a city devastated by Hurricane Helene, reports @MacFarlaneNews.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 30, 2024
Much of Valdosta — known for the success of its high school and college sports teams and for serving as home to Valdosta… pic.twitter.com/T2SvK10twr
Also not registering with them was the gravitas of a network reporter, as Scott delivers this message but has no residents going on camera saying so. This is clearly done to mitigate the reality that his opponent – the vice president of the United States – was a no-show.
And why? Because she was busy in California, hanging out with celebrities and eating goat cheese delicacies as she was raising money – not for hurricane victims but for her campaign. This makes for quite the juxtaposition.
Kamala Harris is at an LA fundraiser with Stevie Wonder, Keegan-Michael Key, Sterling K. Brown, Demi Lovato, Jessica Alba, Lily Tomlin. Alanis Morissette and Halle Bailey performing. Menu: duck egg roll, Goat cheese honey blueberry ball, Beef Wellington, Lobster roll, crab cakes.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) September 29, 2024
Pathological Media Amnesia – POLITICO
Are you saying doing so after a hurricane is wrong?! Is this the message?
On Trump daring to invoke his opponent and mention what is not being done to help those stricken by the hurricane Politico takes the "How dare you, Sir!" position. Can you believe that, according to the outlet, Trump "drags" the hurricane into the campaign. We mean, can you believe somebody is politicizing the storm reaction?
Well…yes, we can. Care to revisit the political outrage witnessed after the Katrina disaster in New Orleans? But we do not even have to go that far – nor to any other outlet. Politico has been rather comfortable dragging hurricane responses into the political realm.
POLITICO: Well how DARE Trump tries to politicize the response to a hurricane!!
— Brad Slager: A Folksy Coach & Joyful As a K-Hive! (@MartiniShark) September 30, 2024
POLITICO 2022: A look into how the DeSantis hurricane response affects him politically. https://t.co/C7cFppPCHV pic.twitter.com/Xjmooy0DRU
DNC PR Firm – NBC NEWS
Hey, Chuckles, she has been this brave for years.
Chuck Todd saw an article in Vanity Fair where Rudy Giuliani's daughter wrote about how she feels like she has lost her father to Trumpism. This moved Chuck Todd, describing this as an emotional piece to read.
This was a tough and sad read. It’s also very well written. Took real strength to share this publicly. https://t.co/nj1WQ7Y2cx
— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) September 30, 2024
This was not a public therapy revelation, as it was also done in order to endorse Kamala Harris. We are a bit dubious about how gripping and emotional this had been, considering Caroline Rose Giuliani wrote almost the same article before, four years ago – in order to lend her endorsement to Joe Biden's campaign.
Oh yeah such strength.
— Lhop (@Lhop963) September 30, 2024
A mere four years ago: pic.twitter.com/HTlwUd1JAO
Pulitzer Prize Nomination – CNN
The, um, lack of news means you had to resort to this, is that the impression to make?
It's not there is a lack of topics to look into regarding the campaigns. There's the hurricane response, a national port strike, and a swelling global war threat. Then regarding Tim Walz specifically, there is the vice presidential debate and the new controversies concerning his time spent in China and his claims about his tenure there.
But for Edward-Isaac Dovere, he was focused on more gripping news: Walz was shooting pumpkins from a cannon!
from pool report of Walz visiting a farm in MI on break from debate prep, where he fired mini-pumpkins out of an air cannon at targets.
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) September 30, 2024
"'I can see the genius behind these things,' he said, calling the pumpkin cannon perhaps the greatest thing he’d done in a long time."
