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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

"The email, sent around 5:45 p.m. with the subject line 'My manifesto,' said lead azide devices were hidden in and around the Pennsylvania State Capitol and Pennsylvania Judicial Center 'In the name of Palestine,'" according to the report.

ALSO READ: How The Onion’s founding editor finds humor in the dismal age of Trump

The report also says Capitol Police "told PennLive they are aware of the threat but will not be commenting on the incident at this time."

Journalism is in such a fucking spiral these days.

I wouldn't be surprised if this email was an Israeli stunt, TBH.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What makes this an indicator of journalism in decline?

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

ALSO READ: How The Onion’s founding editor finds humor in the dismal age of Trump

A story about politics leading to terrorism and bomb threats is a bad place to advertize articles about political satire writers. There is nothing funny about this.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing the author of the article didn't get to choose where the ad went in, and I wouldn't be surprised if the ad was inserted automatically without anyone reviewing what went there.

That's not about the state of journalism, that's about what companies are willing to let advertisers get away with.

There are many reasons to criticize what is going on in American journalism, but this is not a very good one.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Journalism is more than just journalists recording information. It's also about spreading that information. It being automatic doesn't make it any less shameful, if anything far moreso, and especially bad that they use the same font and size as the rest of the page.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But that doesn't reflect on the content of the story itself. Shouldn't that be what really matters?

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

No, I didn't get to read just the story by itself. The story itself was published in a format that was unnacceptable, imo. This is a symptom of the disease plaguing the modern world, automated and profit-first systems pushing and begging for another moment of our attention at the cost of composure and ethics.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So you're criticizing the sad state of journalism without evaluating the actual journalism?

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm criticizing Journalism. Period. This is a part of journalism, how they format and ship content is a huge part of journalism.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not according to any dictionary I've ever seen.

That's like saying newspaper classified ads are journalism.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying that a Newspaper isn't Journalism?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The ad part? No.

Hence it saying "writing for newspapers" not just newspapers.

Again, based on your claim, classified ads are journalism. Absolutely no one but you would even suggest such nonsense.