Broken Press

668 examples of press incompetence

Posted by @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social •

I might have hoped for a break after the horrendous Sunday (🧵above) but they top themselves today, making Trump's illegal blackmail of economic allies and *tax* on Americans into a game-show and book blurb. This is how it covers dictatorship and fascism.

President Trump’s tariff threats have turned into a play for cold, hard cash as he tries to leverage U.S. economic power to cajole other nations to make multibillion-dollar investments in order to maintain access to America’s market. The president’s second-term trade agenda has clear echoes of his “Art of the Deal” approach, essentially demanding that trading partners show him the money in the form of investment pledges or else face astronomically high tariffs. The financial promises give Mr. Trump the opportunity to flex his negotiating prowess in relatable terms and show off the splashy sums he is pulling into America, adding to the reality show intrigue of his trade agenda. As the Trump administration races to reach trade deals with dozens of countries ahead of a Thursday deadline, he has embraced a strategy that goes beyond opening international markets and reducing the U.S. trade deficit.
President Trump’s tariff threats have turned into a play for cold, hard cash as he tries to leverage U.S. economic power to cajole other nations to make multibillion-dollar investments in order to maintain access to America’s market. The president’s second-term trade agenda has clear echoes of his “Art of the Deal” approach, essentially demanding that trading partners show him the money in the form of investment pledges or else face astronomically high tariffs. The financial promises give Mr. Trump the opportunity to flex his negotiating prowess in relatable terms and show off the splashy sums he is pulling into America, adding to the reality show intrigue of his trade agenda. As the Trump administration races to reach trade deals with dozens of countries ahead of a Thursday deadline, he has embraced a strategy that goes beyond opening international markets and reducing the U.S. trade deficit.
Posted by Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis)@mastodon.social •

One more: Not just opening but shattering the Overton window, The Times unilaterally declares that the attack on higher education "has gone from fringe to mainstream." No. Fascism is still fringe everywhere but in the .

A Tiny Conservative News Outlet Pioneered the Attack on Higher Education Campus Reform was founded years ago to expose what it calls leftist bias on college campuses. The online site’s cause has gone from fringe to mainstream.
A Tiny Conservative News Outlet Pioneered the Attack on Higher Education Campus Reform was founded years ago to expose what it calls leftist bias on college campuses. The online site’s cause has gone from fringe to mainstream.