The ratio of bullshit to journalism has gone the wrong way by 12x, he says. The number of journalists has been cut in half and PR executives or comms executives at companies have gone up sixfold,. We just lost a journalist in Las Vegas was murdered in a very strange and upsetting situation where he wrote about corruption at a local agency. It's not like he won't be replaced.
Kara and Scott are back to discuss the demise of a journalism antitrust bill, as well as a potential deal between Vice and a Saudi media giant. Also, Twitter says payments to a whistleblower shouldn't affect its deal with Elon Musk. Then, Friend of Pivot Mark Bergen chats about his new book, “Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination.” Plus, Scott was on Bill Maher!
You can read the statement we mentioned from Little People of America here.
Mark Bergen is on Twitter at @mhbergen.
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