Sunday Thoughts December 11 2022

After recording the show, I remembered the name of the internet tattletale who works for the Washington Post. It is Taylor Lorenz. I looked up her Twitter and sure enough, she has not had much to say about the Twitter files story. One would think that someone hired to report on social media would be covering the biggest story about social media in a decade, but clearly word has gone forth to give the whole thing the silent treatment.

The curious thing is she is using her Twitter to promote her Substack venture, which suggests she does not expect to be at the Washington Post for very long. Maybe part of the great leaving alone we see with the Twitter files is a shift by the main media nodes away from social media and the sorts of weirdos who have been the center of it. You have to think that there are more than a few people at the Post embarrassed to be associated with a clown like Taylor Lorenz.

I said a long time ago that if I were running a media site, my fulltime people would be barred from the social media platforms. Maybe the company would maintain an official account on these sites, but the individual employees would be barred from having anything but a personal account. Why the Washington Post or the New York Times allowed its people to “break stories” on social media sites never made any sense.

Perhaps that reality is sinking in and we are about to see a big pullback from the mainstream media in order to protect their business. The Post and Times have been losing subs at a steady clip since the 2000 election, which has to be worrisome. It may mean nothing but it could also indicate that these sites are suffering the same demographic problem as sports. All those new American swimming over the border are not big fans of the Times crossword puzzle.

Topics

·         Murder Numbers

·         Twitter Files (Link) (Link) (Link)

·         Death To The GOP!

·         War Woes (Link)

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