Spencer Cole
@spencercole.bsky.social
Formerly an environment reporter in the West. Currently tired.
Reposted by Spencer Cole
We saw on Friday elite solidarity rather than professional solidarity when Trump called a female reporter “piggy” and not a single one of her colleagues came to her defense—presumably because they didn’t want to threaten their own proximity to power.
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
We saw on Friday elite solidarity rather than professional solidarity when Trump called a female reporter “piggy” and not a single one of her colleagues came to her defense—presumably because they didn’t want to threaten their own proximity to power.
I turned off the tv and put the game on the radio and it is somehow worse
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I turned off the tv and put the game on the radio and it is somehow worse