NYT: It’s No Longer the Job of Journalists to Reveal the News

In the last few crazy years, when it has become clear that the corporate media is doing less and less journalism, this Tweet by the New York Times is perhaps the most haunting thing I've seen. The topic is "Who destroyed the Nord Stream Pipeline?" It's a simple question and it would be an obvious next step for the NYT to get to work and figure this out. But apparently not . . .

"Intelligence leaks surrounding who blew up most of the Russian-backed Nord Stream pipelines last September have provided more questions than answers. It may be in no one’s interest to reveal more."

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“Let’s Say Something Here”

Jose Vega's epic confrontation of fake journalists:

My friends and I confronted the executive editors for @nytimes, @washingtonpost, @latimes, @Reuters on their censorship of Seymour Hersh, Uhuru, Julian Assange, Tucker Carlson, Russiagate..Then the Dean of Columbia and security pushed me to the ground and tried to silence me.

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Hollowed-Out

I propose this as a metaphor for a large country whose institutions are being hollowed out.

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