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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES – NOVEMBER 12, 2024
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_ Our cup runneth over _
Steve Bell, 2019
* The Media Never Had the Ball
* Delete Your X Account!
* Racist Texting Goes Viral
* Trump Wins, Media Lose
* Bending Big Tech to His Will
* OpenAI Goes For-Profit
* What Happened at That Amsterdam Football Game?
* Banning Social Media for Kids
* The Far Right Goes Wild on the ’Net
* Demon Cartoonist Tells All
THE MEDIA NEVER HAD THE BALL
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By Andrea Fabozzi
il manifesto Global
Trump and the circle of billionaires who have decided to invest in
him, representatives of the class that bears the greatest (if not
full) responsibility for the disasters we are now facing – the
economic crisis, the climate crisis, the wars – have been successful
in presenting themselves as the way out of the quagmire.
DELETE YOUR X ACCOUNT!
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By Nitish Phase
Slate
There’s no need to put any of us through the exhausting liberal
takes, the gloating far-right responses, and the all-but-inevitable
algorithm changes that will smother dissenting users for good, under a
steaming pile of Trump rants and A.I. slop. We had a good run. Now
it’s time to run somewhere else.
RACIST TEXTING GOES VIRAL
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By Ashley R. Williams, Jack Forrest, Jillian Sykes and Sean
Lyngaas
CNN
Authorities across the United States are investigating
after racist text messages – some with references to “slave
catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s
painful and bigoted past – have been received by children, college
students and working professionals from unrecognized phone numbers in
the wake of the presidential election.
TRUMP WINS, MEDIA LOSE
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By Carlo Versano
Newsweek
While the president-elect may not have personally ended the media,
defined for the purposes of this story as newspapers, TV, radio and
the like—including the outlet you’re reading—the press as a
whole comes out of Tuesday’s election a far diminished force. Elon
Musk broadened the point on Tuesday night. “You are the media
now,” he told his 200 million followers on X.
BENDING BIG TECH TO HIS WILL
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By Robert Booth
The Guardian
The 47th president will have a key role steering some hugely
consequential years for the development of AI and handling the tech
oligarchy of the big five firms – Apple, Google,
Meta, Microsoft and Amazon – which wield the data and processing
power that shapes the social and economic lives of billions of
people.
OpenAI Goes For-Profit
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By Kelsey Piper
Vox
OpenAI is attempting a transition to a more conventional corporate
structure, reportedly one where it will be a for-profit public benefit
corporation like its rival Anthropic. But nonprofit to for-profit
conversions are rare, and misinformation has swirled about what,
exactly, “OpenAI becoming a for-profit company” even means.
WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT AMSTERDAM FOOTBALL GAME?
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By Sana Said
Mondoweiss
Emerging video evidence and testimonies from Amsterdam residents
indicate that the initial violence came from Maccabi Tel Aviv fans,
who also disrupted a moment of silence for the Valencia flood
victims. But despite that footage and Amsterdammer testimonies,
coverage – across international media, especially in the United
States – focused on the counter-attacks against the anti-Arab mob.
BANNING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR KIDS
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By Harriet Marsden
The Week
Australia’s prime minister announced proposals for world-first
legislation banning children under 16 from social media. Anthony
Albanese’s proposal would also not exempt children under 16 already
on social media – they won’t be allowed to use Instagram, TikTok
or YouTube even if they have parental consent – as concerns grow
worldwide over the threat of cyberbullying and predatory grooming.
THE FAR RIGHT GOES WILD ON THE ’NET
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By John Feffer
Foreign Policy in Focus
South Koreans are petitioning their government to punish those who
participate in collective shaming exercises on the Internet. In the
United States, the strategy is to make social media platforms pay for
their role in disseminating hate. But this is just tinkering at the
margins. Digital companies must institute changes—or be forced to do
so by government, public demand, or legal action.
DEMON CARTOONIST TELLS ALL
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By Steve Bell
Verso
I found my way around the libel laws and pushed the boundaries of
taste and decency. I’ve long believed in the importance of
reportage in cartooning. There is always a story to be found and told,
and some of us do it with pictures. You work out a way of telling the
story as you draw, and in a daily strip you build characters in real
time.
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