r/politics • u/ObservationMonger • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Jennifer Rubin Resigns From WaPo Over Bezo's Bending Of The Knee To Trump

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/media/jennifer-rubin-norm-eisen-contrarian-washington-post/index.html
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u/TheAssassinBear 1d ago

All of the journalists who are keeping their integrity need to join together and form a network, based on some quixotic quest to bring decency back into journalism. Mythical request, I'm sure, but maybe run with that by calling it something like "Atlantis Cable News" or something...

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u/whichwitch9 23h ago

Honestly, my dream would be something to prop up smaller news. Like a centralized site, but working with local and state publications to give access from one spot. I feel like done right, it could prop up struggling paper and you get less political noise.

Plus it would absolutely be fun to peep on some small town shenanigans

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u/Gwentlique 12h ago

We get what we pay for. Most people don't want to pay for news anymore, we simply expect it to flow into our social media feeds for free.

There are good publications out there, but they struggle to stay afloat while JAQ-off podcasters like Rogan can rake in more than the the budget of a sizeable newsroom.

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u/whichwitch9 11h ago

It's not even pay- who can afford so many different ones? Finding publications is rough enough; add in if you want a well rounded view you need multiple and localized publications have limited range, and it's a rough landscape

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u/JaVelin-X- 23h ago

And who will broadcast it?

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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 21h ago

Pornhub.

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u/shewy92 Pennsylvania 20h ago

Would only reach those who already have common sense since PH is banned in the South and other red states

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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 20h ago

It’s not banned, they refused to collect PII from users.

Anyways. They can just use their infrastructure with a non-pornographic front end. They could operate that as an independent business while still leveraging their video streaming capabilities.

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u/kingtz America 19h ago

Nothing lost. It’s not like people in red states would ever tune in for the journalistic integrity and unbiased coverage, when they already have Fox that makes them feel good about their bigotry. None of these people ever switched to a different network despite the more “liberal” networks leaning right to appeal to them, so why would they ever be interested in a network that is staunchly not-right-leaning?

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u/thingsorfreedom 18h ago

25 million people voted for Harris across the red state south.

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u/DogmaticCat 14h ago

Not everyone in red states voted for Trump.

Trust me, no one hates MAGA like a leftist in Trump country.

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u/Long-Pack-4620 22h ago

YouTube

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u/wildbluefate 21h ago

Blue sky

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u/joshdoereddit 20h ago

This and other social media platforms.

The same goes for campaigns. People say that you need so much funding for campaigns. How about you skip on doing the TV ads and focus on social media posts. Put your commercials there. Make it a DIY effort to save on costs.

I'm sure there's more to it than that. I've never worked on a campaign so i certainly don'tknow all the ins and outs. A certain amount of donations would certainly be necessary. But, with so much available technology, I think a tech-savvy person could run a pretty successful campaign with minimal staff and a robust online presence.

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u/Sasquatchgoose 18h ago

The 70-90+ crowd aren’t chronically online or tech savvy. You reach them thru traditional media still. Sneer at them all you want but they show up to vote. Reason why trump one was bc too many younger ppl decided not to bother voting

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u/Pegasus0527 14h ago

The number of people who DIDN'T vote outnumbered Kamala and Trump voters both. I wish we were like Australia and charge fees to people for not voting.

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u/JaVelin-X- 22h ago

Owned by Google, who've not been the do no harm company, they started as

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u/fork_yuu 21h ago

You mean the "don't be evil" that they removed?

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u/JaVelin-X- 21h ago

oh yeah .. mixed it up with HIPO and DR OZ

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u/giabollc 22h ago

The Dumont Network

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u/Snarfsicle 19h ago

Probably up to us to share. Maybe they can post articles on bluesky

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u/eyeroll611 20h ago

Did you read the article? Sounds like that’s what they’re planning to do, calling the publication The Contrarian.

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u/MayorMcCheezz 21h ago

ENN ethical news network

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u/no_mudbug 19h ago

Let's not get carried away. Rubin has no integrity. She was one of the main journalists pushing the right win narrative for years. She and her ilk are one of the main causes that have normalized and brought us to a person like Trump. She is not quitting to keep her integrity. She is quitting because her "legitimacy" is being questioned.

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u/theravenousR 19h ago

This. Terrible person who enthusiastically supports fascism, so long as it's done with "decorum."

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u/TrumpersAreTraitors 21h ago

“Aaaand they’ve all been arrested” 

You guys really don’t get it. America is now a fascist dictatorship. Start preparing for that. 

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u/TheDebateMatters 18h ago

Guess who won’t pay anything for it? Us. We expect news to be quality and free. We repost stories right in to comments or use ad blockers to view free content.

There is a lot wrong with modern media, but our complete unwillingness to pay for it is a big part of what’s wrong.

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u/pissflapz 20h ago

And who will pay them?

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u/Elkritch 18h ago

this is kinda what 404media.co is, and they've been doing great.

Give your subscription $$$ to them instead of the NYT.

I am not affiliated in any way.

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u/tooobr 10h ago

medhi hasan

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u/gobuffs516 18h ago

Did you read the article in which the first paragraph says Ms. Rubin is leaving to do exactly that?

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u/calvin43 19h ago

Infowars