Legally, you don't HAVE to reply trying to turn every post into something political or newsworthy. Posts are allowed to NOT be about something horrible happening right now.
January 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Legally, you don't HAVE to reply trying to turn every post into something political or newsworthy. Posts are allowed to NOT be about something horrible happening right now.
"newsworthy" is so subjective and yet these people often treat it as "objective." NOPE.
January 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
"newsworthy" is so subjective and yet these people often treat it as "objective." NOPE.
Every time you tweet in anger about some centrist memo "warning" Dems not to talk about "Abolish ICE," you're just persuading reporters that the memo is newsworthy and getting the memo's authors the media attention they originally set out to get, thus rewarding them for baiting you.
January 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Every time you tweet in anger about some centrist memo "warning" Dems not to talk about "Abolish ICE," you're just persuading reporters that the memo is newsworthy and getting the memo's authors the media attention they originally set out to get, thus rewarding them for baiting you.
I realize it's ancillary to the horror, but *People magazine*, which is not some lefty publication, thinks this story is newsworthy and interesting to its readers. That seems like a good sign.
“She also claimed that the officers did not immediately call paramedics after he was struck, and instead pressed his face into a pool of blood.
‘The other officers were mocking him, saying, You’re going to lose your eye,' she said her nephew told her.” people.com/protester-21...
‘The other officers were mocking him, saying, You’re going to lose your eye,' she said her nephew told her.” people.com/protester-21...
Anti-ICE Protester, 21, Permanently Blinded by Federal Agent Who Shot Him with Non-Lethal Bullet at Close Range, Aunt Says
A protester demonstrating against ICE in Santa Ana, Calif., was struck with a non-lethal round fired at close range by an agent, leaving him permanently blinded in one eye.
people.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I realize it's ancillary to the horror, but *People magazine*, which is not some lefty publication, thinks this story is newsworthy and interesting to its readers. That seems like a good sign.
And yeah the article mentions this, but it’s after several paras of shit that is not relevant or newsworthy and is maligning a woman who is dead.
January 14, 2026 at 2:05 AM
And yeah the article mentions this, but it’s after several paras of shit that is not relevant or newsworthy and is maligning a woman who is dead.
We have, as an industry, to face up to this tendency to chase clicks by printing non newsworthy shit that - at best- casts doubt on things there’s no reason to cast doubt on.
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
We have, as an industry, to face up to this tendency to chase clicks by printing non newsworthy shit that - at best- casts doubt on things there’s no reason to cast doubt on.
Law enforcement in the U,S. kill more than 1,100 people in a typical year. This level of bloodshed goes unnoted even when police killings are deemed newsworthy and attract public attention. Police impunity is accepted and normalized by millions of people.
www.blackagendareport.com/renee-good-k...
www.blackagendareport.com/renee-good-k...
Renee Good, Keith Porter and the Normalization of Police Violence | Black Agenda Report
Law enforcement in the United States are responsible for more than 1,100 deaths in a typical year. This level of bloodshed goes unnoted even when police killings are deemed newsworthy and attract publ...
www.blackagendareport.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Law enforcement in the U,S. kill more than 1,100 people in a typical year. This level of bloodshed goes unnoted even when police killings are deemed newsworthy and attract public attention. Police impunity is accepted and normalized by millions of people.
www.blackagendareport.com/renee-good-k...
www.blackagendareport.com/renee-good-k...
Do you think you can find people in Upstate NY who hate NYC? Would that be newsworthy?
come on man
how is this real
why are we getting quotes from random people at a small-town bar called Ye Olde Pickle Factory
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
how is this real
why are we getting quotes from random people at a small-town bar called Ye Olde Pickle Factory
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Do you think you can find people in Upstate NY who hate NYC? Would that be newsworthy?
I'm sorry, I've been staying out of this since I don't have much useful to add but, regardless of whatever Tara has or hasn't done (I'm not commenting on that! don't ask!), this is no way to talk about a Black trans woman.
this isn't newsworthy information. you're literally just being racist.
this isn't newsworthy information. you're literally just being racist.
also tara was visibly high in the interview
January 17, 2026 at 5:49 AM
I'm sorry, I've been staying out of this since I don't have much useful to add but, regardless of whatever Tara has or hasn't done (I'm not commenting on that! don't ask!), this is no way to talk about a Black trans woman.
this isn't newsworthy information. you're literally just being racist.
this isn't newsworthy information. you're literally just being racist.
“News organizations” are running the hell out of this story because they see their function not so much to report facts but to enforce social norms like “police officers are automatically deserving of respect to a degree it is newsworthy if someone is mean to one of them.”
Starbucks employee delivers coffee to L.A. deputy with hand-drawn pig on cup
Starbucks employee delivers coffee to L.A. deputy with hand-drawn pig on cup
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is speaking out after one of its deputies was served a cup of coffee from an employee of a Norwalk Starbucks with a hand-drawn image of a pig on it.…
ktla.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:08 AM
“News organizations” are running the hell out of this story because they see their function not so much to report facts but to enforce social norms like “police officers are automatically deserving of respect to a degree it is newsworthy if someone is mean to one of them.”
This happens so often I think it should only be newsworthy if it stopped working forever.
X has stopped working
X has stopped working
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
This happens so often I think it should only be newsworthy if it stopped working forever.
there's just so many things wrong with this. like first of all, "visibly high" is meaningless. she said she's tired and sleepy, believe her.
second of all, it's not newsworthy to say that about her, and it's unbecoming of you as a "journalist" to mention it
second of all, it's not newsworthy to say that about her, and it's unbecoming of you as a "journalist" to mention it
January 17, 2026 at 6:09 AM
there's just so many things wrong with this. like first of all, "visibly high" is meaningless. she said she's tired and sleepy, believe her.
second of all, it's not newsworthy to say that about her, and it's unbecoming of you as a "journalist" to mention it
second of all, it's not newsworthy to say that about her, and it's unbecoming of you as a "journalist" to mention it
I can see a case for not blocking/occasionally monitoring for newsworthy activity.
But they are solely here to troll and surveil, so I don’t think there’s much need to follow for normal newsgathering
But they are solely here to troll and surveil, so I don’t think there’s much need to follow for normal newsgathering
January 17, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I can see a case for not blocking/occasionally monitoring for newsworthy activity.
But they are solely here to troll and surveil, so I don’t think there’s much need to follow for normal newsgathering
But they are solely here to troll and surveil, so I don’t think there’s much need to follow for normal newsgathering
I see two solutions to this problem:
1) Never criticize powerful well-financed centrist lobbyists
2) Stop reporting on things as "newsworthy" simply because they work as online rage bait
Does anyone actually think the right solution is (1)?
1) Never criticize powerful well-financed centrist lobbyists
2) Stop reporting on things as "newsworthy" simply because they work as online rage bait
Does anyone actually think the right solution is (1)?
Every time you tweet in anger about some centrist memo "warning" Dems not to talk about "Abolish ICE," you're just persuading reporters that the memo is newsworthy and getting the memo's authors the media attention they originally set out to get, thus rewarding them for baiting you.
January 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I see two solutions to this problem:
1) Never criticize powerful well-financed centrist lobbyists
2) Stop reporting on things as "newsworthy" simply because they work as online rage bait
Does anyone actually think the right solution is (1)?
1) Never criticize powerful well-financed centrist lobbyists
2) Stop reporting on things as "newsworthy" simply because they work as online rage bait
Does anyone actually think the right solution is (1)?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if elected Democrats have no power to stop this in their roles as officials, they still have the same avenues that are available to every other regular person, with the added benefit that their every move is newsworthy.
January 15, 2026 at 3:23 PM
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if elected Democrats have no power to stop this in their roles as officials, they still have the same avenues that are available to every other regular person, with the added benefit that their every move is newsworthy.
Feels like only a few months ago it was illegal to speak ill of the dead, but now it’s totally fine and not newsworthy. Hmmm.
January 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Feels like only a few months ago it was illegal to speak ill of the dead, but now it’s totally fine and not newsworthy. Hmmm.
No one is allowed to do anything newsworthy today Ryan is sleeping
January 14, 2026 at 12:34 PM
No one is allowed to do anything newsworthy today Ryan is sleeping
having watched countless grown ass (not to mention wealthy, powerful) men cower in fear at the prospect of what Elon might do to them if they spill provable, newsworthy facts I'm super into the fact that Ashley St Claire is making them look like the cowards they are
January 12, 2026 at 5:39 PM
having watched countless grown ass (not to mention wealthy, powerful) men cower in fear at the prospect of what Elon might do to them if they spill provable, newsworthy facts I'm super into the fact that Ashley St Claire is making them look like the cowards they are
mildly amusing story but why is a Grok reply treated as newsworthy and by implication reliable, when it is constantly shown to just spout reasonable sounding but actually false information?
Speaking ahead of her birthday party at the weekend, Bridget said: "Saturday will be a big day. That's the big celebration. There will be some people I haven't seen for a long time there and it will be lovely to see them all together."
jrnl.ie/6926355
jrnl.ie/6926355
January 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
mildly amusing story but why is a Grok reply treated as newsworthy and by implication reliable, when it is constantly shown to just spout reasonable sounding but actually false information?
At the second No Kings protest, a friend of a friend was telling me that they were shocked at how little press coverage the first one got, even in places like the NYT. Reminded me of how NPR made it very clear they only consider protests really newsworthy if they turn violent.
How does NPR cover peaceful protests when the only news is the protest?
Violence and vandalism although rare, tend to get mentioned
www.npr.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:20 PM
At the second No Kings protest, a friend of a friend was telling me that they were shocked at how little press coverage the first one got, even in places like the NYT. Reminded me of how NPR made it very clear they only consider protests really newsworthy if they turn violent.
Sure, getting plastered while watching the Price is Right is enviable, but I still don’t think it’s newsworthy
January 15, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Sure, getting plastered while watching the Price is Right is enviable, but I still don’t think it’s newsworthy
There is literally nothing newsworthy in this article.
The woman killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis last week served on the board of her son’s school, which linked to documents encouraging parents to monitor ICE and directing them to training. https://cnn.it/49yoNEa
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 AM
There is literally nothing newsworthy in this article.
4 bylines on this shit! This isn’t newsworthy. It’s just the polite way for them to affirm the narrative amongst some that he’s a “Jew Hater”. This isn’t newsworthy otherwise.
January 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
4 bylines on this shit! This isn’t newsworthy. It’s just the polite way for them to affirm the narrative amongst some that he’s a “Jew Hater”. This isn’t newsworthy otherwise.
it never fails: every year that I’ve worked the capitol clash (while working in news) something incredibly newsworthy happens in Virginia.
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 AM
it never fails: every year that I’ve worked the capitol clash (while working in news) something incredibly newsworthy happens in Virginia.
I did not know "mum makes alright looking themed birthday cake" was newsworthy
January 15, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I did not know "mum makes alright looking themed birthday cake" was newsworthy