Jason Fagone
@jfagone.bsky.social
Reporter, SF Chronicle. Author of "The Woman Who Smashed Codes," "Ingenious," and "Horsemen of the Esophagus." Sign up for my free newsletter: https://jfagone.substack.com
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In the UK we have long recognised this - hence the BBC licence fee. (I know opinions differ and, full disclosure, I do work for the publicly funded arm of the BBC!) but in my view it's money very well spent.
October 20, 2023 at 3:45 PM
In the UK we have long recognised this - hence the BBC licence fee. (I know opinions differ and, full disclosure, I do work for the publicly funded arm of the BBC!) but in my view it's money very well spent.
The truth is that reporting is a public good, like a bridge or a train. It's infrastructure that makes it possible to live a peaceable life in a democratic country. But not enough people will pay for it. Good people take it for granted, bad people want to blow it up. Ads aren't going to solve this.
So if I have this right:
- For 100 yrs, news media survived through ad revenue.
- Social media & search engines stole most ad revenue. Many news orgs died. Some bought by right wing/reactionary orgs (esp Sinclair). Some survived, conforming to SM/SE demands.
- SM/SE now throttling them.
Seems… bad?
- For 100 yrs, news media survived through ad revenue.
- Social media & search engines stole most ad revenue. Many news orgs died. Some bought by right wing/reactionary orgs (esp Sinclair). Some survived, conforming to SM/SE demands.
- SM/SE now throttling them.
Seems… bad?
"If it wasn’t clear before, it’s clear now: The major online platforms are breaking up with news." www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/t...
October 20, 2023 at 3:31 PM
The truth is that reporting is a public good, like a bridge or a train. It's infrastructure that makes it possible to live a peaceable life in a democratic country. But not enough people will pay for it. Good people take it for granted, bad people want to blow it up. Ads aren't going to solve this.
The Diamondbacks pitcher was burning through Phillies batters invincibly, no one could touch him, so of course the manager took him out of the game
October 19, 2023 at 10:34 PM
The Diamondbacks pitcher was burning through Phillies batters invincibly, no one could touch him, so of course the manager took him out of the game
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Another work-tray fountain pen: a PenBBS 494 demonstrator, F steel nib ground to a 0.7mm stub italic. I tend to avoid the cheapest pens bc of shoddy QC, shaky hand-feel, & stolen valor (“borrowed” designs, etc.) Is this one ugly? Kind of. But it holds so much ink & the nib never fails.
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October 19, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Another work-tray fountain pen: a PenBBS 494 demonstrator, F steel nib ground to a 0.7mm stub italic. I tend to avoid the cheapest pens bc of shoddy QC, shaky hand-feel, & stolen valor (“borrowed” designs, etc.) Is this one ugly? Kind of. But it holds so much ink & the nib never fails.
🖋️📷📸📚
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My fav gotcha media question of that era was News people inviting anti war guests on to ask them who they thought was a greater threat to world peace, Bush or Saddam, as if that were a real question
Times like this I remember early 2000s US bloggers drinking jugs of water in one go to "prove" waterboarding in Guantanamo wasn't a form of torture.
My first realtime experience of the inexhaustible supply of "reasonable guys" who'll do and say anything to uphold power and invite its favour.
My first realtime experience of the inexhaustible supply of "reasonable guys" who'll do and say anything to uphold power and invite its favour.
October 19, 2023 at 12:11 PM
My fav gotcha media question of that era was News people inviting anti war guests on to ask them who they thought was a greater threat to world peace, Bush or Saddam, as if that were a real question
great Outside feature piece about crazy bush pilots flying small planes they build from kits and landing on the forgotten runways of the West www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
October 19, 2023 at 4:04 PM
great Outside feature piece about crazy bush pilots flying small planes they build from kits and landing on the forgotten runways of the West www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...
Can't do twitter anymore, full revulsion, grotesque in the extreme. It's a recruiting tool for Nazis and terrorists now
October 9, 2023 at 9:05 PM
Can't do twitter anymore, full revulsion, grotesque in the extreme. It's a recruiting tool for Nazis and terrorists now
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Remarkable investigation of the murder of brilliant #Alcatraz leader #RichardOakes, who helped jumpstart discussions about #Indigenous rights and historic wrongs by @jfagone.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
October 1, 2023 at 11:36 PM
Remarkable investigation of the murder of brilliant #Alcatraz leader #RichardOakes, who helped jumpstart discussions about #Indigenous rights and historic wrongs by @jfagone.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Our @sfchronicle.bsky.social story about the 1972 killing of Richard Oakes, the Mohawk activist gunned down at 30 by a man who thought Oakes was a "troublemaker" and "better off dead." An all-white California jury acquitted the shooter. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
October 9, 2023 at 9:03 PM
Our @sfchronicle.bsky.social story about the 1972 killing of Richard Oakes, the Mohawk activist gunned down at 30 by a man who thought Oakes was a "troublemaker" and "better off dead." An all-white California jury acquitted the shooter. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...
Some alpha for anyone reading this -- pick up a copy of THE HANK SHOW when it's released. New nonfiction book by McKenzie Funk. I read the galley. Trust me
June 25, 2023 at 6:11 PM
Some alpha for anyone reading this -- pick up a copy of THE HANK SHOW when it's released. New nonfiction book by McKenzie Funk. I read the galley. Trust me
Twitter is unusable for me now, and Mastodon never clicked, so I'm trying this. Thanks @mcnees.bsky.social for the invite
June 25, 2023 at 6:00 PM
Twitter is unusable for me now, and Mastodon never clicked, so I'm trying this. Thanks @mcnees.bsky.social for the invite