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> Not to anyone who's studied journalism.

Last I checked journalism writes for non-journalists. Maybe we should be rethinking these snarky attitudes about who should receive public blasphemy and who shouldn't.

I wonder if that is related to why they don't want mail in ballots. You can't have an october surprise if too many have already voted.

I think what the author means is that previously, Big Tech has tried to set a more fact-agnostic tone and operated as though the ultimate responsibility for deciding whether the source was reliable rested with the reader.

There's a definite shift away from that mindset in the past (approximately) year for both Facebook and Twitter.