In the last two weeks, we've heard of the entire Sports Illustrated staff being laid off, 115 employees of the Los Angeles Times being laid off, as well as Business Insider and Forbes announcing layoffs. It's a dark time for political activists who call themselves journalists. I haven't been able to tap into much sympathy — probably about as much as these journalists had for the pipeline workers who were laid off the second Joe Biden took office.
We learned firsthand yesterday that the only Latina on the Los Angeles Times opinion desk had been laid off. It's so much worse than that, though. AP White House reporter and CNN analyst Seung Min Kim let us know the racial breakdown of the layoffs at the Los Angeles Times.
In @latimes layoffs, “The Latino Caucus will lose 38% of its members. The Black Caucus will lose 33% members. The AAPI [Asian American Pacific Islander] + MENASA [Middle East, North Africa, South Asia] caucuses will lose 34% of their combined membership.” https://t.co/h3GOvIJNRm
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) January 24, 2024
Seems weird to me that a newsroom has racial caucuses.
— Tim Carney (@TPCarney) January 24, 2024
Yeah, it does, doesn't it?
This kind of crap right here is why people find it hard to empathize with journos.
— Calamity Jen (@realjenx) January 24, 2024
I’d like to get news from someplace that doesn’t place racial identity above reporting facts.
— ChrisCX (@ChrisCXFit) January 25, 2024
Looks like the market is working.
So you are admitting they were all diversity hires?
— Ben Peterson (@jazzfan71) January 25, 2024
What race were the majority of the people laid off? Never mind, we don't care.
Glenn Greenwald has asked what so many of us have asked in the wake of all of these layoffs — will they inspire any introspection at all from the media?
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Will there ever come a moment when liberal journalists who work for corporate outlets, and who are being completely consumed by layoffs and financial failures and audience indifference, ask whether there's anything they've done to contribute to the profession's failure?
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 25, 2024
No. They'll just blame X for feeding people disinformation and the public for lapping it up without going through the "professionals."
It reminds me of Brian Stelter. He held down a gig for a while, and even hosted his own show on CNN, as the network's media reporter. The Washington Post has one too, but I can't remember his name. Wait, yes I can, it's Erik Wemple. Media outlets have hired reporters to cover the media. And yet they never see any red flags.
The lack of self-reflection seems to be a dominant trait in liberal circles these days.
— Rural Revolution (@pilgrimboy14) January 25, 2024
They're not journalists Glenn they're leftist activists. I know we all say this, but we need to really internalize this. Fanatics don't do things just for the money. There is no self reflection for the zealot, just the pursuit of the cause.
— The Architect (@9400BCE) January 25, 2024
They’ll invent new awards to give themselves during the coming denial phase.
— Rob Phillips (@robbyyy) January 25, 2024
They closed the Newseum. What a dark day that was.
It’s the entire reset agenda that is failing and crumbling before our eyes, and these layoffs are just a teeny part of the overdue avalanche.
— AnnaZ (@AnnaZ) January 25, 2024
The funny thing is, they all consider their news outlets to be "centrist." That's because every single one of their colleagues is also a leftist activist.
It will be interesting to see how many of them, once outside their propaganda bubble, become independent journalists that report both sides of a story.
— Social distancing champ (@LadyGriz) January 25, 2024
Self reflectors would not have allowed themselves to be used in the manner that they did to begin with.
— IncarceratedScarfaces (@sulaifetime) January 25, 2024
But it's an election year? Who is going to protect us from all the Russian disinformation?
They'll never get it.
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