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Tim Karr

@timkarr.bsky.social
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A crash-scene investigation at the crossroads of new media & public policy. Against media consolidation; for robust local journalism & actual digital democracy. Still attempting to master a cold take. www.freepress.net - This Free Press is not for sale.

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Jeff Bezos launches his public-relations campaign to paint billionaires as salt-of-the-earth, good-for-democracy Americans. It didn't go well: oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/bezos-defe...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's good to see some in media understanding their role in a democratic society. It's the others who need to relearn this lesson. In this (and many other) case(s), the students are the teachers: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
3. Tues. afternoon: The White House censors America(dot)gov; it no longer answers the price question. Judd Legum with the dirty details: popular.info/p/watch-trum...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
2. Tues. at noon: America.gov starts answering questions, including debunking Trump's own lie about grocery prices going down. (They aren't).
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have quibbles w/Cummins-Smith's main argument but this paragraph resonates. Yes, billionaires use wealth to amass power. Their usual means to that end is control of the media, which they distort to serve their narrow interests, the rest of us be damned. www.liberalcurrents.com/tax-the-weal...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scathing editorial by the all-female editorial board of the student-run Cornell Daily Sun. Naming names: www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
... These concessions amount to nothing that wouldn't have happened had the two entities remained separate and gone about their business — with the exception of the feckless oversight board. How'd that work for Facebook? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Russia, Russia, Russia. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Yeah, sure. www.status.news/p/espn-pablo...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Notice a pattern?
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Heaven forbid Rudy should be offended: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/n...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
...and as expected, many in more traditional media remain hesitant when it comes to "Lake America," choosing thus far to dodge Darcy's questions about their renaming plans. From the same Status piece:
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
....aaand Apple Maps joins Google on cowards' row:
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump: So, you change the name to 'Lake America' and I'll post one of your talking points about the anti-data-center movement, OK? OK.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The cowards at Google do evil, again.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Google and Apple map watch continues. Given their obsequious and cowardly track record under Trump 2.0, it seems only a matter of time.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Meta has made up the difference in stock valuation in the hours since news of its $18.7 billion settlement broke. Not even a slap on the wrist.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
President Harp is back at it:
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Attiah's statement. c/o Poynter
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Little Boy Ellison is now threatening to move Paramount HQ to Texas or Georgia or another unspecified state. Worth remembering that earlier this year Paramount stated it would save Hollywood, CA during the battle with Netflix for Warner Bros Discovery. They're flailing in response to the AG suit.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This line alone, delivered as if it's the new normal... www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/u...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
For shits and giggles, I asked ChatGBT to create an image that illustrated this news:
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Elon's Grokipedia is giving off a Metaverse vibe: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/grok...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Has anyone polled the American public to see whether and how much they trust billionaires, like Ellison, to rescue the news business from itself? I imagine that number will fall far below 28 percent. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Was Sharyn Alfonsi's investigation into ties linking major Wall St. institutions to Jeffrey Epstein the reason Bari Weiss fired the "60 Minutes" correspondent? New report released by Sen. Ron Wyden suggests that CBS is suppressing Alfonsi's interview on the topic. www.scribd.com/document/106...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
... Perhaps you should hire some, then. Instead of staffing up CBS News with columnists and media personalities with little prior journalism experience.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Then you (David Ellison) should fire Bari Weiss for reportedly telling "60 Minutes" correspondents and producers to inject right-wing talking points into their stories, even ones that were based on conspiracy theories and lies. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/o...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Summertime fridge haiku
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Just brutal. c/o @oliverdarcy.bsky.social www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
No contact with the outside world you say (on X)? Poor, poor pedo:
Andrew Tate
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
The friends you keep. c/o @marcacaputo.bsky.social at Axios: www.axios.com/2026/07/22/t...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Did anyone really need that?
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Are you ready for some #WorldCup football?!
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
... FOX News, on the other hand, carried Trump's speech live & failed to do a thorough factcheck of claims. Instead it used a tired both-sides approach—not truth-testing claims so readers know which side is accurate. However, it did bury the story, pushing it down several decks on its homepage...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
...G Stephanopoulos later said: "[Trump] continued his campaign to cast doubt on the 2020 election that he lost & the 2026 midterms he fears losing. He did it by making a series of misleading claims citing dated intelligence that failed to demonstrate that any votes were actually compromised..."
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
... Here's the conclusion as reported by Times correspondents David E. Sanger and Dustin Volz... www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/u...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
... First, the speech is his latest feeble attempt to rewrite the history of the 2020 elections, replacing the undeniable truth that Trump lost the vote with a conspiracy theory about foreign intervention and a "deep state" coverup designed to deny him his "actual" victory. The real results ...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I spent time yesterday asking top news networks about their plans to cover Trump's primetime push to fool us into believing a massive foreign & deep-state conspiracy disrupted U.S. elections, incl the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden. I then watched their coverage. Here's what I found: 🧵
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
As one famous Hobokenite once crooned: "It's a helluva town."
Hoboken view of Manhattan through the forest-fire smoke. July 16, 2026
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
While the AGs' antitrust case against ParaBros is focused largely on its threat to competition in the film & entertainment industries, Bonta also highlighted its (for some) more concerning impact on a free press. Interviewed by @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status: www.status.news/p/mark-thomp...
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"... If your business plan involves breaking the law, then it's not a good business plan, " Bonta adds. "The laws are there to be followed. Antitrust law is the law of California and of the United States, and we're enforcing that here."
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Unbiased coverage on today's expected (but yet to be confirmed) AG lawsuit against the Paramount/WBD megamerger from the New York Post's lead business reporter and pro-corporate gasbag: www.cnn.com/newsletters/... c/o @brianstelter.bsky.social
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
.... more than 175 private jets landed at "Hailey International" in just one day.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
If only certain media reporters would stop writing about this deeply corrupt ParaBros deal as a foregone conclusion. Please try harder:
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Taking out the trash: UK poll has garbage-minded incumbent down by 55 points in head-to-head-election with Count Binface.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Meanwhile on Twitter, Barstool bros are refining their embarrassingly bad takes:
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
One more for the slop pile. #ETTD
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Contrast this dipshitery (Gebbia is an Airbnb co-founder) with the company's pro diversity/pro-immigration ad now on heavy rotation during Fox's #WorldCup coverage.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Free-Speech Absolutist™ Elon Musk threatens to sue the Times' Nicholas Kristof for telling the truth (w/receipts) about the grim toll of DOGE's cuts to US overseas aid. Kristof responds with a challenge that would bring the Absolutist™ face to face with those suffering as a result of his actions.
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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Trump White House wants you not to believe your lying eyes; says this Getty image of the sparsely attended "American State Fair" is a fake. Snopes says otherwise. www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...
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