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Brit in USA. At The Signal - current affairs. strange world. visit thesgnl.com More than occasional mo grower - support Movember. Enjoyer of fine cocktails and good company. Happy to talk about any and all of the above.
How many people are shown toxic content?
04.02.2026 17:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0It’s not like there’s anything happening in the Middle East that affects US national politics or involves Trump and members of his family and administration, right?
04.02.2026 15:05 — 👍 597 🔁 186 💬 11 📌 5
As the Washington Post announces *euphamism alert* its strategic reset, it's worth considering why media properties are so desired by billionaires and what they think they are getting from owning them ...
www.thesgnl.com/2025/12/bill...
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The answer is simply, yes. And, I will say there are people trying to do just that out there!
04.02.2026 14:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW: The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
04.02.2026 14:14 — 👍 918 🔁 316 💬 18 📌 36I don't like what is happening at the Post, I have close personal and professional connections there, but there are alternatives for anyone who wants to move on. The Post has never been perfect, Bezos bought it & broke it. If people don't like it, go support independent media organizations
04.02.2026 14:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
On this very topic: www.thesgnl.com/2025/12/bill...
04.02.2026 14:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0+ I love the banner idea fwiw ...
04.02.2026 14:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I'm interested to know what the readers who say they're feeling let down actually want and why they're upset. My guess: there's a group that do want a local paper (and should support local news) and there's a bandwagon group "mad" about Bezos who can get news and global affairs somewhere else anyway
04.02.2026 14:06 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This sounds like the 51st.
51st.news
@mjcritchley.bsky.social one of the only reasons to keep “on” X is the football … keep leading the charge on here 🙏 heard on TOTD you’re posting
29.01.2026 02:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Michael Socolow on what owning America’s most valuable media properties actually gets you—and what it doesn’t …
www.thesgnl.com/2025/12/bil...
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@michaelsocolow.bsky.social
There’s never been more concern about who owns the news ... And yet: Reaching Americans isn’t the same as persuading them. And the audiences of the properties these billionaires are acquiring have shrunk dramatically—even as their relative value has soared. From @michaelsocolow.bsky.social 👇
28.01.2026 14:33 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0"I’m not diminishing the real challenges reshaping the world. But ask yourself: Has your news consumption this week left you more informed—or just more anxious?
Important things do happen. The news cycle just doesn’t help us tell which ones matter." -- Hywel Mills @hyweltm.bsky.social
It's not as simple as central bank independence good, political involvement bad. As highlighted in our conversation with Stefan Eich.
@stefeich.bsky.social
One for you @nytpitchbot.bsky.social 👀
Come for the hot take, stay for the laser pointer ...
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Actually, every hour of every day.
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On "forever chemicals". From Rashmi Joglekar.
#chemicals #food #wearewhatweeat
"It was a big, drunken mess."
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FWIW, #claude doesn't think $100m on one hire is a good idea ... 😜
#openAI #meta #anthropicAI
The Chicago Sun-Times is not the first or last media organizations to screw up (see the beloved grauniad)... it's not technology, it's human error and journalism needs investment to keep audiences front of mind, rather than the volume of clicks they generate
www.theguardian.com/media/2021/m...
AI can and should be an absolute force multiplier for journalism. The moral of this story to me is people make mistakes and newsrooms are under-resourced for quality assurance ...
Total, high profile f#$% up but no different from missing a fact check or sending out typos (see the grauniad ...)
Are more mistakes like this likely as media companies compete on high volume content?
If you're mad, are you willing to pay more for people to write and edit content?
Why is the rest of the media world jumping on this like they don't us AI in their own newsrooms?
Ask better questions ...
The Chicago Sun-Times "heat index" episode is a massive missed opportunity to have a conversation about journalism.
Rather that piling on or complaining how terrible it is why not ask ... Why did the mistake happen? What does it tell us about the state of media? How can we course correct?
+ the guy behind the mistake owned up to it:
“I do use AI for background at times but always check out the material first. This time, I did not and I can’t believe I missed it because it’s so obvious. No excuses,” Buscaglia said to 404 Media. “On me 100 percent and I’m completely embarrassed.”
@niemanlab.org this headline misses the mark on this whole incident.
This isn't a failure in writing, it's a failure in editing and in quality control ... which is a direct result of understaffed news organizations trying to pump out more and more content ...
Understand the world in its complexity; seek out information that goes beyond borders, silos, and echo chambers.
#currentaffairsstrangeworld
‘We’re losing it’ Letter I, Week XVIII: The U.S. economy is shrinking. Clampdown in Türkiye. & A Soviet landing module from 1972 is coming back to Earth—fast. + Can elected officials ever really control U.S. national security?
www.thesgnl.com/2025/05/let...
