Open post Maria Bustillos @maria@thelife.boats · 41mo ago Replying to @Popehat@mastodon.social <p>Permitting child labor is the current Libertarian Party’s top policy goal. Second is easing laws against workplace sexual harassment.</p> @Popehat@mastodon.social I wonder what factory he urchined at
Open post Maria Bustillos @maria@thelife.boats · 45mo ago Replying to @dangillmor@mastodon.social That was bad enough. But there's another journalistic aspect to this situation that may be even worse. The small news org that did cover the Santos deceit didn't have enough clout in its own community to make a difference. There was a time in local journalism when coverage of (and scathing anti-Santos editorial about) the candidate's lies would have been enough to ensure his defeat. 2/x @dangillmor@mastodon.social The big disconnect for me is that SCOOPS! are supposedly what the business side craves, yet they left this outrageous, lurid story untouched.
Open post Maria Bustillos @maria@thelife.boats · 45mo ago Replying to @dangillmor@mastodon.social @maria@thelife.boats The only people who care about most "scoops" are other journalists. And I doubt they care very much. @dangillmor@mastodon.social oh some care a really really lot, partly because of career advancement