Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Whoever writes the definitive book about the collapse of democracy in American needs to devote at least one chapter to the writers of twee headlines — twee, useless, obfuscating, minimizing. 391441235
Thaddeus @democracywork.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Right. Also, this kind of headline works against journalistic and economic self-interest. It says to readers, “Don’t bother clicking and reading. Nothing important is happening here. It’s just a ‘wrinkle.’” 051
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Twee headlines, 99% of which appear in one specific publication. The other 1% is spillover imitation And whose authors are never ever identified or asked to explain or take responsibility for these judgments. "Never," that is, since nuking of the Public Editor position at this specific publication 0242
Basically an Honest Bobo in Paradise @boboinparadise.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Wrinkle, violation, tomaytoh, tohmahtoe, amirite? 020
Eric Blyler @ericblyler.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Reichstag Fire May Temporarily Hamper Some German Civil Liberties 0100
Michael Markman @mickeleh.bsky.social · 29/11/2024… but, please, concentrate on the management and owners who demand the twee headlines. Headline writers don’t set the tone and style. They merely produce according to what’s required to keep their jobs. 081
Dan Savage @dansavage.bsky.social · 29/11/2024"Corrupt move to facilitate graft, theft, and corruption adds adorable wrinkle dinkle to incoming administration." 625116
Ian Cocococo @invisibleidiot.bsky.social · 29/11/2024A wrinkle to an otherwise perfectly coherent situation. 010
sunnyjim.bsky.social @sunnyjim.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I thought all their transparency pledges were basically a rejection of everything, how is this a wrinkle? 000
johngove.bsky.social @johngove.bsky.social · 30/11/2024“Adds a wrinkle”? Pathetic! It should read “exposes Trump’s blatant and well known gaslighting in yet another way.” 000
marythetrainer🦋🐢🤷🏻♀️😏🌎 @marythetrainer.bsky.social · 30/11/2024A ”wrinkle”? How about a stone wall? 000
Je @catsruleanyway.bsky.social · 30/11/2024This is an excellent point. And I'm not afraid of not knowing something, admitting it, and looking it up: 010
Ralf W @raflw.bsky.social · 30/11/20242050: “Was the New York Times Foolish or Complicit? It Is Largely Unclear” Largely Unclear is a favorite signifier at the Times these days when we readers see the truth with our naked eyes, but they have a different option they’re hawking 010
Suanish @suanish.bsky.social · 29/11/2024You’re that Dan Savage? I think I remember you. Nice to see you. 😎🦋 020
Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 30/11/2024Tell me this is the NYT without telling me this is the NYT. Same fucking energy bsky.app/profile/numb... Comfortably Boo@numb.comfortab.lyIt's like NYT has the same template, and only fill in the blanks different words. First screenshot is when Trump called immigrants "vermin" he wants to exterminate. Second is when Trump said Kamala Harris just now "turned" black for political gain. (second screenshot via @lukeoneil47.bsky.social) 0141
Flowers01 @flowers01.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Am I missing something - doesn’t he legally have to sign or he can’t take office? 000
Toronto Hedonist 🇨🇦 @tohedonist.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Sadly, Leonard Cohen was wrong about one thing. youtu.be/DU-RuR-qO4Y?...youtu.beLeonard Cohen - DemocracyYouTube video by LeonardCohenVEVO 000
Jimmy Pribble @jimmypribble.bsky.social · 29/11/2024"Loss of democracy a weird downer after election." 170
DarkBluebird @dark-bluebird.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Absolutely. The MSM has a LOT to do with the loss of our democracy we can see on the horizon. The only explanation for it is greed. 1110
Neon Nomad 🇨🇦 @neonnomad.bsky.social · 29/11/2024“Admin official says transit camps for deportees not “concentration camps”. - NYT 2026 1100
geoshaun.bsky.social @geoshaun.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I imagine in 20 or so years these people will be thought of as “collaborators” either willingly or ignorantly. 110
liberaloctopus.bsky.social @liberaloctopus.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Complicit. Complicit. Complicit. 000
Bill Mooney @bmooney.bsky.social · 29/11/2024It’s the minimizing headlines that lost 2 NYT and 1 Washington Post subscriptions from our household. “Bury the lede” seemed to be the editorial style. 0121
wilken @wilken.bsky.social · 30/11/2024The worst thing is you can read any book on the Weimar republic and find the story. We've been here before and we are blindly tumbling down the same path. 000
realGuyFawkes. @realguyfawkes.bsky.social · 29/11/2024They don’t care how it looks. People need to stop operating under the assumption that the old norms matter. They don’t. There’s only one way to deal with these people. 020
Bob da cuck @barovil.bsky.social · 30/11/2024I guess it is a good thing America is not now nor has it ever been a Democracy. 000
Jackie Jormp-Jomp @janeyjimplin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024The Belle and Sebastian school of headline writing 110
Old Vermonter. With a fluffy sidekick. @handle.invalid · 29/11/2024"Deportation, liquidation of religious minorities may tarnish Chancellor's pledge of One Germany, One Nation." 050
Ben Cooley @benjcooley.bsky.social · 30/11/2024"Insurrection Adds Wrinkle for Future of Democratic Presidential Succession" - fascism is coming to America. "Anti-Vaccine Efforts Add Wrinkle to Health of America's Elderly" - 300,000 Americans died pointlessly. etc. 000
katekelton.bsky.social @katekelton.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Oh but don’t forget wrinkles are very very very very very very very very bad - oh now wait, I am hearing that only applies if you’re a woman, carry on😂😂😂😂 000
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