Posting Through It 067: You Asked, We Answered [Preview]
Jan 1, 2026
In this casual Q&A, the hosts tackle pressing questions from Patreon supporters. They delve into why fewer journalists cover disinformation and the troubling rise of figures like Jack Posobiec, sharing examples of his deceptive stunts. Reflecting on their own careers, they discuss the moral injury of being pushed out and voice frustration over Posobiec's seemingly rewarded bad faith. The conversation broadens to include the dangerous landscape of right-wing disinformation, highlighting a need for accountability.
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Disinformation Beat Is Shrinking
- The disinformation beat has contracted with fewer full-time reporters and quieter research orgs covering it.
- Jared Holt says this shrinkage leaves gaps as bad-faith actors gain institutional power.
Personal Cost Of Covering The Far Right
- Both hosts describe being pushed out of roles covering the far right and feeling let down by nonprofits.
- Jared Holt frames that feeling as a kind of moral injury from institutional retreat.
Posobiec As Symbol Of Rewarded Deception
- Michael Edison Hayden highlights Jack Posobiec as emblematic of disinformation figures being rewarded.
- He argues Posobiec's entire public life consists of fabricated content and promotion of violence-adjacent narratives.