The Wall Street Journal’s fuckup while covering Charlie Kirk’s killing needs more than an editor’s note.
  • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    No shit. The Wall Street Journal is published by Dow Jones & Company - a division of News Corp, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch.

    • aramova@infosec.pub
      8·
      2 days ago

      This can’t be said loudly and frequently enough.

      WSJ is Fox News in Print. What the fuck do people expect?

  • t3rmit3@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The center-left is abandoning trans people, under the belief that it will inoculate them against right wing attacks. It began with commentators doing the “well I’m pro trans but…” line-toeing, and now it’s progressed to full blown transphobic fear mongering.

    Calling the uncritical repeating of an unofficial claim made by the very people perpetuating a negative stereotype “careless” or even “negligent” is massively underselling what happened here. WSJ heard a rumor, saw money signs because they know conservatives are looking to scapegoat trans people, and fired it off. This wasn’t carelessness, it was opportunistic fear mongering for clicks.