Drew Holden
@DrewHolden360
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Managing editor at @AmerCompass, @Commonplc. Link to my Substack about the media, @Holden_Court, is below. Maker of đ§”threadsđ§”
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Joined November 2017
Quick đ§”thread𧔠With the news that Walzâs reelection campaign wonât survive the spiraling child care center fraud scandal in his state, I wanted to reup some of the worst legacy media efforts to put lipstick on this particular pig. Follow along: —ïž
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This guy never misses.
Quick đ§”thread𧔠With the news that Walzâs reelection campaign wonât survive the spiraling child care center fraud scandal in his state, I wanted to reup some of the worst legacy media efforts to put lipstick on this particular pig. Follow along: —ïž
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Thread worth reading.
Quick đ§”thread𧔠With the news that Walzâs reelection campaign wonât survive the spiraling child care center fraud scandal in his state, I wanted to reup some of the worst legacy media efforts to put lipstick on this particular pig. Follow along: —ïž
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@StarTribune @nickshirleyy @TomBevanRCP @shipwreckedcrew @christopherrufo @rk_thorpe The legacy press are still going.
Quick đ§”thread𧔠With the news that Walzâs reelection campaign wonât survive the spiraling child care center fraud scandal in his state, I wanted to reup some of the worst legacy media efforts to put lipstick on this particular pig. Follow along: —ïž
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Others have done likewise.
Quick đ§”thread𧔠With the news that Walzâs reelection campaign wonât survive the spiraling child care center fraud scandal in his state, I wanted to reup some of the worst legacy media efforts to put lipstick on this particular pig. Follow along: —ïž
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Lots more of this.
Quick đ§”thread𧔠With the news that Walzâs reelection campaign wonât survive the spiraling child care center fraud scandal in his state, I wanted to reup some of the worst legacy media efforts to put lipstick on this particular pig. Follow along: —ïž
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Hilton will have to do more than this to keep this episode from being a public relations disaster for the company and its brands.
BREAKING: Hilton statement to @FoxNews: "Hilton hotels serve as welcoming places for all. This hotel is independently owned and operated, and the actions referenced are not reflective of Hilton values. We are investigating this matter with this individual hotel, and can confirm
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More broadly, newsrooms have shown too much deference to style demands from liberal pressure groups in a way that reinforces liberal biases in reporting, such as the widespread adoption of "undocumented"
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Amazing thread @DrewHolden360 capturing the (intentional?) butt fumble by the legacy media in covering a story that should disgust all Americans.
Quick đ§”thread𧔠With the news that Walzâs reelection campaign wonât survive the spiraling child care center fraud scandal in his state, I wanted to reup some of the worst legacy media efforts to put lipstick on this particular pig. Follow along: —ïž
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The news cycle seems to be moving faster than ever, but letâs not lose the memory of how the legacy media reliably rush in as firefighters whenever a Democratic interest goes up in flames.
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But the final phase of the cycle was the most predictable (if bizarre): itâs Republicans fault, says @atrupar, citingâŠa Republican governor from over a decade ago.
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When the cycle of coverage moved on to the mourning phase, @CBSNews lamented that Minnesota allegedly âlacked the teethâ to hold fraudsters accountable. Given the billions of dollars available for the stealing, I doubt that.
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But we saw the same thing from @NPR. Supposedly he had a âlack of evidenceâ and â richest of all â was âan âindependent journalistâ with an agenda.â A truism: when the legacy press canât win an argument on the merits, the target shifts to the messenger.
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And of course, there was plenty of shooting-the-messenger, @nickshirleyy, who they dub a âMAGA journalist.â Hereâs @CNN lamenting that he lacked the âfact checks and guardrailsâ that legacy media rely on. Maybe those were effective in ensuring this scandal wasnât uncovered.
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Apparently, at @CNN, if the potential fraudsters and the government potentially supporting them say thereâs no fraud, thereâs no fraud. (H/t @CurtisHouck)
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There were other bizarre elements of this. Billions of dollars in alleged fraud and @NPR is focused instead on the âthreatsâ facing the alleged fraudsters â at least some of which appear to be invented.
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But @StarTribune did one better, going to the child care centers that @nickshirleyy went to, finding evidence that fewer than half of them were doing what they said they were to receive millions in taxpayer subsidies, and claiming that was evidence thatâŠthe video was bogus?
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Again, outlets like @CBSNews just parroted the Minnesota government that may be overseeing a massive fraud scandal and called it news.
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You might think this kind of defense was a one off. But it wasnât. Hereâs a headline from @CNN doing the same. Just quoting a government statement without interrogation is not journalism. Itâs propaganda.
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But what really got me was outlets parroting claims from the Minnesota government that alleged child care centers were âworking as they shouldâ despite half of them actively being under state investigation. @NBCNews, is the presence of âongoing investigationsâ really ânormalâ?
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(Speaking of flashbacks, probably no surprise that a month ago @AP ran a piece quoting a Somali community activist in Minnesota urging people to âlook at what we did around here.â It seems people did.)
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