When I was a young gay person at the Washington Post, there were all these editors advocating, covering the side that wanted to quelch and change people. We're playing into the hands of people who want to restrict and eliminate,. not just restrict, but eliminate. The New York Times is just as much an advocate by picking and choosing coverage as anybody else. And so I just feel like over coverage can be advocacy in a way, and they pretend it's not.
Kara and Scott discuss Tesla’s “Master Plan 3,” and TikTok's new time limits. Also, the world of Twitter competitors is growing with Jack Dorsey’s new app Bluesky joining the ranks. Plus, the COVID-19 lab leak theory got a heated boost this week. Friend of Pivot Mehdi Hasan joins to help us definitively decide whether or not Kara’s Chevy Bolt is sexy.
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