"It’s been incredibly sad to see my beloved news industry struggle so publicly with whether and how to tell the truth about the wanton, brutal killing of Alex Pretti -- someone who did absolutely nothing wrong –- at the hands of the masked federal agents terrorizing his city."

~ Dan Froomkin

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
/1

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/moments-of-bravery-and-cowardice

"In my circles and group chats, the conversation immediately turned to Democrats. What can they do to stop Trump and protect the people of Minnesota, Maine, and whatever community Stephen Miller decides to terrorize next? Which Democrat will grab the nation’s attention and give voice to the anger and fear pulsing through the country?"

~ Dan Pfeiffer

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #BothSides #Democrats #Republicans
/11

https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-republicans-cant-escape-accountability

"They were chastised by a mushy mainstream that prized decorum over diagnosis and tone over truth."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
/10

(continued from /8)

"not only by MAGA true believers, but by those in positions of power in media, politics, and business who congratulated themselves on being sober-minded and pragmatic. Too many who understood what was coming were labeled hysterical. Alarmist. Radical. Unserious. They were told to calm down. To respect norms that were already being shredded."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
/9

"When the history of this age is written, there will be no shortage of evidence about what went wrong. There will be no plausible claim of ignorance. ...

Looking more closely, those who look back will find something else that demands explanation. They will see that the people who most clearly recognized the danger were often dismissed and ignored —" (continued)

~ Elliot Kirschner

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
/8

https://elliotkirschner.substack.com/p/we-knew-this-would-happen

"As journalists, we must remember that our responsibility is not to present both sides evenly; it is to make a determination about the facts that helps audiences understand a chaotic world."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
/7

"The administration’s gross misrepresentation of 'the facts' poses a particular test for newsrooms. If journalists uncritically repeat baseless claims about domestic terrorism in their coverage, they risk laundering, and spreading, the often ludicrous statements of MAGA officeholders. But the press is still squeamish about directly calling out the administration’s lies."

~ Jem Bartholomew

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #BothSides
/6

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/ice-terrorist-through-looking-glass-noem-trump-alex-pretti-ice-killing-murder-lies-contradictions-video-shooting.php

"I argued after the shooting of Renee Good that nothing makes people lose trust in news organizations as much as when they’ve seen something with their own eyes — and then see news coverage that doesn’t comport with what they themselves experienced.

And I think that will be even more true with the Pretti killing."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #NewYorkTimes #journalists #BothSides
/5

"And then you could sense a countervailing tide, presumably directed by more senior leaders, of coverage mired in both-sidesism and weasel words, carefully measured so as to not 'take sides' even when one side was the truth and the other was lies."

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #NewYorkTimes #journalists #BothSides
/4

"It was particularly fascinating to watch the New York Times, where you could see bursts of bold, direct, honest coverage of what reporters had seen with their own eyes.

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #NewYorkTimes #journalists #BothSides
/3

"It’s been incredibly sad to see my beloved news industry struggle so publicly with whether and how to tell the truth about the wanton, brutal killing of Alex Pretti -- someone who did absolutely nothing wrong –- at the hands of the masked federal agents terrorizing his city."

~ Dan Froomkin

#AlexPretti #Trump #MaskedThugs #murder #execution #media #journalists #BothSides
/1

https://criticalread.substack.com/p/moments-of-bravery-and-cowardice