Chris McCollough

a man with a bracelet on his wrist is holding his fist to his nose . Alt: Antonio Banderas getting pumped over how hard this North Dakota decal goes.

This goes so hard.

Friendly, daily reminder to friends and colleagues who work in the nonprofit space that this one is dangerously overbroad, and could do damage well beyond the intended targets presented on first blush.

Call your reps and Senators.

The majority of news influencers are conservative men, study finds The latest Pew Research report on news content creators paints a damning picture of our skewed information ecosystem

Pew's findings paint a concerning picture of the online news landscape. The widespread dominance of conservative male voices in the news content creator world tilts public discourse toward reactionary right wing narratives, which are then boosted by algorithms that reward sensationalism and outrage

Troubled by election post mortems that stray from failures to tap into the strongest set of voter concerns (i.e., perceived neglect of inflation relief) and instead re-marginalizing communities welcomed into the coalition.

You can be inclusive while focusing on core concerns. No sacrifices needed.

Especially “The Chain”

a baseball player with the number 21 on his jersey stands next to a catcher and a referee . Alt: Crash Davis tips off a hitter, which leads to a home run.

Top 3 for me, but I will always kind of come home to this

Anyone who boils this one down to antisemitism and anti-Israel lacks the political imagination to understand this can cripple any nonprofit.

If your rep voted for it on the last pass, give them a call and make your case.

Solid offering 🥃

a man with a mustache is talking on a phone and the word hello is visible Alt: Lionel Ritchie is talking on a phone and the word hello is visible

Been a couple of days since I shared a welcome post with the continued migration here:

I’m an endowed chair of journalism and mass comm, professor of PR and Ad, and I study pedagogy and political and public sector communication.

Enjoying the neighborhood, and looking forward to community.

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Also the hallmark mixer of college field party punch bowls . . .

Had a good conversation in Poli Comm yesterday about the fallacy of mandates in politics.

On cue, < 50% on the popular.

If you’re in the majority, history tells us compromise is it. The minority has plenty of ground to be a robust opposition with valid viewpoints.

See 1992-1994 for reference.

Blessed are the satirical, for they shall inherit Infowars.

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Life comes at us fast 😉

Guys, this one is easy.

And now I have Queen power chords ringing in my ears. Nice reminder. Thanks.

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#filmsky

One of the best reads in a week of bad takes in post mortem . . .

Best news this week.

Pushback is essential.

More importantly, keeping corrosive, insipid defunding of nonprofits doing essential work in communities off the table in general is good news.

Keeping it real, I feel pretty good about my chances . . .

The most terrifying Hegseth for SecDef clip, though the axe attack on the drummer remains a top 5 . . .

*casually starts looking for library auction lots including old card cabinets*

Trump will try to destroy press freedom. We won’t let him Trump’s anti-press agenda is an existential threat to the Fourth Estate

We’ve been here before, and we’ve fought back before.
Don’t let Trump jail journalists and trample the First Amendment.

So very many good colleagues working on echo chambers and right wing media studies.

If you’re up for some pre-game reading, it’s out here.

You know how Kentuckians last week rejected measure to allow public funds to be used for private schools?

I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)

Great, comprehensive thread.

Good to see you here, Rick.

The way I reached for my three dogs when I saw this headline . . .

Yeah . . .