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The pretty comfortable are loath to afflict the very comfortable for fear of missing out on access/parties/etc.

"Brunchlord" --I'll have to use that.

Access hack

You would sell your mother for access

If they're responding its because its to their advantage. That should be obvious. They don't care about you, you're just another way to push their agenda.

I feel you are completely missing the point. none of what you just said is in contention or up for debate. I genuinely don't think you guys understand why popping on bluesky to give an "attaboy" to a christofascist propagandist for a brutal regime is, at VERY BEST INTERPRETATION, tone deaf

That does sound easier than doing journalism

It's good for the public, actually, when people who lie constantly are helpful in giving me access.

she's fucking lying to you matt. she is loudly and plainly lying to you and not even bothering to turn around before she calls you a fucking moron who should be fired

"this fascist is happy to lie to us every time we gave her a chance!"

do they pay you to be stupid or are you stupid for real

As a member of the public, I would prefer politicians’ staff to ignore journalists than feed them lies that those journalists promptly print without fact checking them. Literally nothing in the arrangement you mentioned benefits the public in any way.

Zero sympathy when Trump comes for you.

I wonder if it matters if they're lying.

No there are things they could say that would be worse than ignoring you especially when they know they're getting a free mouthpiece of press-laundering. If Goebbels gave you a comment that was a screed on the diseases of The Jew would you print it as the government's comment?

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I don’t think this is a matter of being nice in private; it’s not private.It’s a matter of performing their job in a way that respects the independent press and people who didn’t vote for them. Seems fine to me to encourage this specific behavior.

They're lying to you, AT BEST, and going "I'm glad the person who publicly humiliates the press that Trump has despised since his campaign in 2016", AFTER THE NYT OFFICE WAS RAIDED BY THIS ADMIN, is somewhere between dereliction of duty and being a worthless stenographer for oppression.

You sound like someone in an abusive relationship.

It's cute you keep saying propagandist by spelling it 'spox', what a really neat, cute little term that is, makes it seem friendly and not all scary like 'propagandist', you know, the people literally trained & intent on spreading their message. Almost makes them seem quirky, the public likes quirky

Contacting the spox isn't mandatory

The public does not benefit from being lied to more efficiently

Because they respond to you, you think it gives you license to repeat their lies to the public as if it were truth? Got it. So not a journalist; just a stenographer for RWNJs.

There is something fundamentally wrong with you lot. Everyone understands the ethics of journalism except for you actual journalists.

do any of them give you a little kiss on the forehead, or a pat on the head? do they tell you you're a good dog?

How they treat YOU personally is irrelevant. The fact that Leavitt lies 24x7 is the point. No one gives a shit if she's nice to you. They care that she lies in service to fascism. The press does little to counter that. THAT'S the problem, sir. The fact that you don't get this is diturbing.

Crazy thought here, but you could report on how fucking two faced they are in real time. But I get it, don’t implant yourself into the story and just let lunatics spout lies all the time. You wear that crown.

The annoying thing is you're fundamentally not understanding why they respond - they consider you a means to an end. They will use you while they need to and then abandon you when your use has expired. Did you learn nothing from the media excluded last year for political purposes?

So you'll support the praise the christofacist liars like Levitt because they were "responsive"? Answering questions is in her effig job description and just because others are worse at being nice when they lie to your face, it doesn't make her publicly praiseworthy.

Why do you "have to contact their spoxes"? Why do you have to ask someone to lie to you?

"We have to contact their spoxes to report on them." Seems silly, honestly.

How is that good for the public? If people who are actively spreading misinformation and hate are friendly and helpful to you when you write articles about their misinformation and hate, how does that benefit the public? All it does is normalize them even further

Seriously abuser/abusee dynamic. You beat me but then gave me a bath and a cookie.

Because she's lying when she answers

I don't think that is a separate question at all.

It's better for you personally. It's worse for the country.

It absolutely is not a separate question

Quiet, German

You’re dapping up the fascists. Idiot

You’re praising Propaganda Barbie mk2. Be careful of whom you praise and elevate. You may find yourself supporting pure feces.

If you see governments like this are typically only helpful to sympathetic or captured media, and find they are being helpful to *you*, the correct response is deep concern.

Do you even understand that a spokesperson’s actual job is to manipulate you? They are often professionally trained to do this. They are much better at their jobs than you are, and are paid more because of it.

What Trump is doing, and she is assisting, is waving war on the truth. You never, ever, lend credibility to the enemy, and they have made us the enemy.

The populist spox *lies to your face* everyday, and does it with a smile. Does she tell the truth in private? If so, that's news! And if not, she deserves no praise.

This is naive. You’re referencing people who don’t engage in good faith. This is the “paradox of tolerance”, except it’s not a paradox if you realize tolerance is a peace treaty, not a moral precept. When they’ve broken the treaty in one venue, you don’t show tolerance in another; you blockade them.

Whether Goebels was friendly and helpful with the press in private is not a good reason to praise him in public. Sheesh.

"Whether they lie or behave reprehensibly" is the only question that matters, you groveling lickspittle.

It’s not a separate question. Being helpful and polite in providing lies and fascist propaganda to the press is not something to place in the “this is good” box.

Way to miss the point, pal!

What if that separate question is ACTUALLY super important, though? Don't you think whether or not a person is a complete monster and has done serious, measurable harm is way more important than how happy she was to take your calls?

Why is it bad? "Regardless of public facing commentary, privately they are willing..." Because the entire nature of her job is public facing!

What is the reason you chose the descriptor “populist” for this woman?

But you are talking about their spox, the person paid to lie on their behalf.

Every day I want to launch myself off and bridge and land at the bottom of the sea. Sharing a world with these people is too much.

Thank you for standing up for what is right.

tough but fair I found myself unsurprised by several

That's actually just pissing me off. They're mostly what you would expect except a few that were probably click happy. Someone make a list for me lol

T. Hanks

Time well spent

Way to blow him out of the water with a ratio torpedo lol

Welcome back, Karl

I'd certainly like that to be the case myself. Unfortunately competence is not the only factor--those in power generally have different interests than those they claim to represent. Democracy requires active participation that is often antagonistic.

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