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Slightly Lucid's avatar

I want to watch this. On my computer - not on a device!!!!

Paul Zickler's avatar

Whose would be correct. It’s even the title of the event. It’s weird how common blatant usage errors like this have become. No one even blinks.

An Rodriguez's avatar

"no one" - some, like us : )

An Rodriguez's avatar

" - " as in "minus", the mathematical operation

Tala OConnor's avatar

We are focused on an issue of much greater importance, my friend.

An Rodriguez's avatar

All trees are important in a forest, Tala.

I am happy that the article's title was corrected from the meaningless but evidently bothering typo.

Debra Heim's avatar

I hope to make it to this live. I was binge listening to your Transform podcast feed, and I learned quite a bit from you and your guest on the episode about Status Coup on what’s really going on in the reporting world. 😳 Thank you for continuing to inform us!

Zara's avatar

Some of us mistook this for tmrw, instead of today. Any recording of this?

mejbcart's avatar

have NO wi-fi, no Iphone, no apps, no wireless crap which radiates humans at all times. There is no way to make things available to HUMANS via PLAIN WIRE????

Mario A Leblanc's avatar

Why not here on substack Marianne? Or Rumble? Substack app means on the cellphone. We all know that cell phone is bad.

Moskowitz: Cellphone radiation is harmful, but few want to believe it

The telecommunications industry insists cellphone technology is safe. But the director of UC Berkeley’s Center for Family and Community Health is determined to prove it wrong.

By Anne Brice

https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/07/01/health-risks-of-cell-phone-radiation/

Richard Keppler's avatar

I was a fan of what Matt Taibbi was doing 10 to 15 years ago. I’m not a fan of what he’s doing now.

Lisa's avatar

I’m a big fan. He is currently my favorite journalist.

TrugLife's avatar

Remember when Marianne Williamson said "not so hasty!" about Kamala Harris and was roundly shot down for being a bad loser? Maybe Marianne Williamson has earned enough respect from enough people to get The People's votes and change the world. First job would be to stop foreign policy of bombing the middle east please Marianne... and free means-tested health care would revolutionise her country. I have high hopes for this woman: she strikes me as spiritual, compassionate and honest. At long last a worthy president?

Karl Hester's avatar

Wish I could attend, I hope the event will be recorded and I will be able to enjoy it later. Seems as though the “progressive” leaders are wishing your agenda was part of the conversation… Now…

cottonkid's avatar

Marianne,

Many of us would not have believed the extent of narrative crafting by the MSM if we hadn't experienced being told (relentlessly) that we are something that we are not.

cottonkid's avatar

Wow, I had no idea there was some kind of Taibbi-Williamson connection. I would have loved listening to their conversation on exactly this topic. But I can't figure out quite where it is. . . .

Shari's avatar

Taibbi is a rabbit hole.

Lisa's avatar

Legacy media are zombies, even cheering on “misinformation” ministries to provide only government-approved truth. Strange position for journalists and one that twenty years ago would have been rightly seen as insane.

DW's avatar

Interesting to see Marianne

doing this after being in support of the new Brazilian president.

AmylouiseDonnelly's avatar

Thanks, not a fan of Taibbi.

Not lately. Think I'll pass on this one.

Tala OConnor's avatar

Our critical thought processes -- some who do not see a real threat and danger to what has been publicly declared by the GOP candidate say they do not believe he will do what he says he will do. Well, in 2016, he solicited Russia's help, and Russia helped then and are helping now. This candidate also accomplished some of those things during his tenure. To continue saying he will not follow through with his next plan of action if, God forbid, he wins tells me that we have a serious critical thinking issue right now. I just don't understand why we're failing to see the threat that's been posed to our lives. Our lives, people . . .

Lisa's avatar

Well then I guess you can vote for the party of Liz and Dick Cheney. Joy! When the Democrats—who used to be the party most in support of free speech—stamp out “misinformation” all we will have left is government-approved truth. Sounds pretty fascist to me.

cottonkid's avatar

Well, that's really it, isn't it? In the past, I was almost a one-issue voter on climate change. These days, I'm so angry with the democrats over censorship that I don't know how I can possibly support them. And yet, how can one possibly support Trump?

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cottonkid's avatar

Most likely, "telling the whole truth" is a full time job. You're right that "concentrating on viable solutions" is the whole point, but I'm grateful for a journalist who lets me feel the "call to action" myself instead of thinking that he has to decide the correct direction for me and then also to lead the charge. I also appreciate the degree of professionalism that looks at water twenty ways before deigning to judge its wetness: I've loved his work best when he humanizes the people who've destroyed his profession.

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cottonkid's avatar

If Matt is still trying to be a journalist, I would not criticize him for failing to lead a movement. It's not a question of whether leadership is necessary; I'm merely observing that trust in media is so eroded in large part because journalists have become activists. What we need from journalists is simply that they do their job as journalists. Maybe I'm misunderstanding you.

You argue that Matt is right to save his ammo for the often unacknowledged fascist left, and I understand what you're saying; but the whole truth that you're asking for is better delivered when a journalist is ready to critique the right when speaking with the right, and to critique the left when speaking with the left. I would have thought this practice would be exactly what's missing in the "non-confrontational" interview style that you don't appreciate (and neither do I). It is on this point that I would criticize Mr. Taibbi--and I'm under the impression that you're halfway there, with me.

Sure, the correct direction is evident. However, I've noticed that not everyone agrees with my assessment. This must be acknowledged. It's also true that, while my opinions have strong foundations, they are sometimes wrong. This is exactly why the role of a journalist is not to tell me the correct direction, nor the best avenue for arriving there. The leader of which you speak, however, will rely on good journalism for understanding which way to go, and how.

When Matt's journalism uncovers something like government sponsored censorship, that fires me up. I feel the call to action. As for leadership, "someone always steps up."

Thanks for the the benefit of the doubt on "to deign." I meant, "to ordain." And unfortunately, it's my brain that did it. :(