{"id":182402,"date":"2021-02-19T03:25:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T00:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/medias-censorious-gatekeepers-are-mad-because-theyre-losing-power\/"},"modified":"2021-02-19T03:25:56","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T00:25:56","slug":"medias-censorious-gatekeepers-are-mad-because-theyre-losing-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/medias-censorious-gatekeepers-are-mad-because-theyre-losing-power\/","title":{"rendered":"#Media\u2019s censorious gatekeepers are mad \u2014 because they\u2019re losing power"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Media<\/a>\u2019s censorious gatekeepers are mad \u2014 because they\u2019re losing power<\/strong>”
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With Donald Trump out of office and de-platformed, you\u2019d think mainstream media gatekeepers would be happ<\/a>y. You\u2019d think wrong.<\/p>\n

Though the media-Big Tech regime is doing its best to silence opponents and seize control of the high ground, the news<\/a> from within is grim. They aren\u2019t happy with how things are going.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because they know they\u2019re losing. Some are losing audiences and revenues. But more important, they\u2019re losing control of the narrative.<\/p>\n

And since control of the narrative, and the power and self-importance that accompany that control, is the most important thing in their lives, they can\u2019t be happy.<\/p>\n

Consider the cri de coeur<\/em> of Washington Post public editor Hamilton Nolan<\/a>, inspired by Tesla\u2019s decision to scrap its media-relations department. How could that happen?<\/p>\n

Nolan knows how, and that\u2019s what bothers him: Tesla scrapped its media-relations department because the media don\u2019t much matter to it. Tesla has plenty of ways to get its story out without relying on the media, and that makes the media much less important \u2014 and much less powerful.\u00a0And it\u2019s the power part that hurts the most.<\/p>\n

Writes Nolan: \u201cWe are living through a historic, technology<\/a>-fueled shift in the balance of power between the media and its subjects. The subjects are winning. . . . As journalists, we all view this as a horrifying assault on the public\u2019s right to know, and on our own status as brave defenders of the public good. And that is all true, for what it\u2019s worth. But this is about power.\u201d<\/p>\n

It sure is. And the media have less. Some of that is because of technology, but more of it is because reporters and editors have lost their standing with the people whose \u201cright to know\u201d they allegedly uphold.<\/p>\n

The \u201cright to know\u201d claim rings hollow when The Washington Post, along with virtually every other mainstream outlet, did its best to kill the still-undisputed Hunter Biden stories published in these pages ahead of the election. Do the people have a \u201cright to know\u201d things in general<\/a>? Or just the things Nolan would want them to know? Seems more like the latter, and people have noticed.<\/p>\n

Right now, much of the media regurgitate news releases for those they favor \u2014 like the stories about President Biden\u2019s firewood or First Lady Jill Biden\u2019s scrunchie that were served up as news this week. And the media shut down stories they don\u2019t<\/em> want people to know about, like Hunter\u2019s. Why should Tesla or any other news subject go along with that?<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, The New York Times ran a hit piece on the \u201cSlate Star Codex\u201d blog, on the basis, apparently, that lots of Silicon Valley people read it and it says un-PC things sometimes. As Matt Yglesias wrote<\/a>, the coverage boiled down to this: \u201cScott Alexander\u2019s blog is popular with some influential Silicon Valley people. Scott Alexander has done posts that espouse views on race or gender that progressives disapprove of. Therefore, Silicon Valley is a hotbed of racism and sexism.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Reason\u2019s Robby Soave commented<\/a>, \u201cone starts to get the feeling that the Times simply wants to tarnish every view that exists outside its own narrow purview, perhaps because the Times has appointed itself the gatekeeper of the unsayable and resents having to relinquish this role to newer media ventures.\u201d<\/p>\n

One starts to get that feeling because it\u2019s true. The Times has also gone after the Clubhouse app<\/a>, an audio forum that lets people talk about things in real time, also apparently because the paper doesn\u2019t like the idea of free speech. In a tweet, the Times warned that \u201cunfettered conversations\u201d are taking place on Clubhouse. Quelle horreur!<\/em> Bring out the fetters posthaste!<\/p>\n

Actually, fetters seem to be what the Times wants. In an earlier episode, New York Times hall monitor Taylor Lorenz falsely accused Clubhouse participant Marc Andreessen of using the word \u201cretard\u201d in a conversation, then issued a non-apology apology when cornered. Other journalists complained that because Clubhouse doesn\u2019t keep or allow recordings, there\u2019s no way to hold people \u201caccountable\u201d for saying something controversial.<\/p>\n

In all cases, the complaint is that people are bypassing the gatekeepers and saying what they want to say. Given the behavior of the gatekeepers, that doesn\u2019t seem like a bug but a feature.\u00a0Bypass away!<\/p>\n

Glenn Harlan Reynolds is a professor of law at the University of Tennessee<\/em>\u00a0and founder of the InstaPundit.com blog.<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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