European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
thelondoneconomic.com
thelondoneconomic.com
This makes the announcement itself feel like a disingenuous, politically motivated, anti-X hit piece to me, rather than an informational notice about where people can go to read their content.
If this really is born out of their dedication to 'humanist values, our commitment to press freedom and media pluralism, and our fight against all forms of hatred and discrimination', then why is there no mention at all of where we can go to hear more about these positive values?
I don't see how. There is no reason that journalists should feel "grandfathered in" to X because they used Twitter before. Elon Musk has very strong opinions about traditional media that rightfully leaves these employed journalists with little hope for the platform. They could be sharing the best-researched articles on the platform and it would consistently underperform relative to whatever the manufactured outrage is on Trending.
It's just frogs noticing the pot boil. Social media has always been a raw deal for these publishers, and now it's probably a loss leader. Why stay on the platform if it's going to go from "shit" to "flaming shit"?
>It's just frogs noticing the pot boil. Social media has always been a raw deal for these publishers, and now it's probably a loss leader. Why stay on the platform if it's going to go from "shit" to "flaming shit"?
No argument against any of this. If this isn't a hit piece, why is there zero mention of where we can get their content?
This isn't a notice saying they're moving away from platform X and over to platform Y because of reasons A, B, and C, which is what an informational notice for the intended audience (people like me who are interested in reading what EFJ journalists have to say) should include.
This is a piece that's only saying they're moving away from platform X for reasons A, B, and C. That's not useful for conveying where their target audience can go to read EFJ content, it's just a roundabout way of criticising platform X for reasons A, B, and C.
P.S. upvoted your comment after I saw it went gray. Your question appears good faith to me and I really wish we could all stop downvoting good faith and thoughtful responses like yours rather than weaponizing downvotes to suppress ideas and perspectives we don't agree with.
Wow that's about as political as it gets.
As they point out, it’s turned into a site full of misinformation and political rhetoric, and Musk decides what’s acceptable.
So, it’ll literally be a government-run propaganda site as of that date. Precedent says the press should not touch it.
State run propaganda sites that target domestic audiences are illegal in the US, so, by law, Musk should be forced to divest, or stop operating X in the US.
Of course, I’m not holding my breath. I don’t expect any member of the Trump administration to obey the law, and I’m sure plenty of people will defend them when they do break it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Effic...
particularly since he vocally is politically extreme, very vocally. they likely don’t want to put themselves or their work at the mercy of his extreme whims.
also, it’s we don’t even have to speculate, the current owner has been very vocal that in addition to directly joining the current administration, he plans to be even more heavily involved in influencing politics around the world.
i can absolutely understand why journalists would want to distance that piece of their toolkit from his platform.
honestly, id be more skeptical of journalists who don’t move to other pastures.
The US needs the Fairness Doctrine back.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine
Even young me knew at the time eliminating this was a bad idea.
Sarcasm aside, there really does need to be a cool-off period before government workers enter the private sector, and vice-versa, along with restrictions on corporate lobbying and much more aggressive financial transparency requirements for every member of congress if we ever want to address this problem.