I am so tired of reporting that considers actions as theatre rather than as governance.

Yes Victorian Labor has a branding problem, not helped by the lazy ‘Victoria is terrible’ narrative adopted by national media since 2020. (National reporting on Victoria’s COVID response was Terrible. Their continual misreporting & misrepresenting of the Andrews government’s actions & communications added immeasurably to the trauma of those years.)

I want our elected representatives to pursue good governance, adopting policies to achieve explicit outcomes in support the common good.

Reporting that limits itself to theatre & balance sheets while not even discussing the real questions - what are the problems these policies are designed to address & how effectively will they do this? - is a Big Fail.

Sadly I expect mostly vaccuous pap where political journalism used to be from the ABC these days. I hope for better from the Guardian. Shame on you. Do better. #LazyJournalism #AusPol #VicPol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/20/victorian-budget-treasurer-keeps-eye-on-election-in-balancing-act-between-spending-and-reining-in-debt?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Why do articles like this never mention that the customers who sexually harass these retail workers are men?

Maybe bc it’s so obvious that it doesn’t need saying.

Focusing instead on the experiences of female staff who are targeted for abuse, & the policies of the stores where this happens, continues a familiar practice of accepting some men’s predatory behaviour as normal (boys will be boys, he was drunk, he’s a good bloke) & expecting women to be responsible for managing the consequences of that behaviour (can’t you take a joke?).

Surely we’re past this by now?

Yet still this framing passes as normal. As does too many men’s predatory objectification of women.

See it? Name it. Silence is complicity. #misogyny #harassment #objectification #complicity #LazyJournalism 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/sexyland-workers-allege-harrassment-and-donated-pornography/105296652?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

So eine Überraschung aber auch, dass der «Experte» mit dem Geschäft für Ladendiebstahlsicherung zum Schluss kommt, dass Diebstähle «ganz enorm zugenommen» haben. 🤦‍♂️

#lazyJournalism

"Rachel Reeves has three options to dodge an economic crisis and all are unthinkable"

This headline is rubbish. They've written about them, so clearly they *are* thinkable. The writers thought about them. The options may be unconscionable perhaps. But they're evidently not unthinkable.

#pedant #LazyJournalism #LazyWriting
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/15/rachel-reeves-has-three-options-to-dodge-an-economic-crisis-and-all-are-unthinkable?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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@ctvnews
@ctvnews
@cdnpresspoli

* that CTV/Canadian Press "article" a disservice to readers/broader population
* article will be picked up / rebroadcast by conservative/populist shills as "proof" of increased violent crime
* fodder for demonization of marginalized populations: homelessness; addiction; mental illness

#reporting#journalism #watchdog #LazyJournalism #ShoddyReporting #dogwhistle #CTVnews #CanadianPress #DoBetter #accountability #DemocraticBacksliding #populism #EnablingFascism

Here is an example of lazy/negligent reporting re: pending elections in Canada & British Columbia

[2024-Sep-23] B.C. crime/public safety incidents ahead of fall election
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-look-at-recent-b-c-crime-and-public-safety-incidents-ahead-of-fall-election-1.7048460

* minimalist content: simply a listing of crimes
* no rationale for the article
* no authorship attribution
* no editorializing: context, need, purpose
* no references, citations to primary literature
* no statistics
* no discussion of crime trends (up or down)

#CanadianPress #CTVnews #LazyJournalism

[thread] lazy journalism, shoddy reporting

Dog whistle (politics): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics)

COMMENTARY: sources
https://persagen.org/docs/sources.html
https://persagen.org/docs/sources.html#ctv_news

* Always vet content: who/what/why/...

Lazy journalism leads to a misinformed citizenry
The survival of democracy depends on well-informed citizens
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2023/03/13/don-gale-lazy-journalism-leads

#journalism #reporting #watchdog #LazyJournalism #ShoddyReporting #DoBetter #DemocraticBacksliding #populism #EnablingFascism #DoBetter #dogwhistle

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That CTV/Canadian Press "article" (simply an unreferenced listing of crimes) is a disservice to their readers and the broader population, who need balanced reporting. It's lazy journalism, exemplified - no editorship whatsoever.

We expect/demand better: investigation, disclosure of sources / citations, links to main content sources, accountability, balanced reporting

@ctvnews | @ctvnews | @cdnpresspoli

#CTVnews #CanadianPress #LazyJournalism #accountability #reporting

It's a train, possibly a nice train, but I can't see anything "Giga" about it.
The passanger capacity is pretty much what you would expect from a commuter train, and in no way mind-blowing.

Still nice of #Yahoo to regurgitate what the Tesla PR sent them... #LazyJournalism
Being Yahoo it's likely no actual journalists were involved in this.

Tesla launches world's first all-electric 'Giga Train' with mind-blowing passenger capacity — and it's free to ride
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/tesla-launches-worlds-first-electric-111535136.html

Why the Media Won’t Report the Truth About Trump https://theintercept.com/2024/08/28/trump-campaign-election-media-coverage-journalists/ #uspoli #USElections2024 #trump #media #journalism #ShoddyJournalism #badjournalism #lazyjournalism

Top @dougjballoon NY Times Pitchbot material. A thing happened but we have to spin it negative because we support some centrism that is really right-leaning

Labour Won a U.K. Landslide. Why Doesn’t It Feel Like That?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/world/europe/uk-election-labour-landslide.html
#badheadlines #lazyjournalism #biasednews #journalism #centrism

@wood5y for some bizarre reason, not really related at all, that reminds me of an episode of Grand Designs. It was about 1km from my own distinctly ungrand house. Kevin McCloud was expounding on the glorious views across to the Cotswolds. The only way you'd see the Cotswolds from that house would be with a 250m periscope or the ability to set through about half a kilometre of 600 million year old granite.
#LazyJournalism

Getting A Few Things Straight
https://medium.com/@silkester/getting-a-few-things-straight-c87590ad090c

#ElonMusk #AI #HumanMachineConnectivity #Matrix #Propaganda #MindTricks #Illusions #Fraud #LazyJournalism

Magic Unicorn Money…
https://medium.com/@silkester/magic-unicorn-money-d65371535917?postPublishedType=initial

#ElonMusk #Finance #StockMarket #Fraud #NewsHypes #LazyJournalism

You can tell journalists as much as your like not to endanger safety by referring to "accidents", but virtually every publication in the world will still refer to the road crash that killed marathon genius Kevin Kiptum as an "accident". Wikipedia too
https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/world-marathon-record-holder-kelvin-kiptum-dies-in-accident-in-kenya-1587471.html
#LazyJournalism #Reporting #Marathon

What would the media do for "news" stories if sharks didnt exist?!

#LazyJournalism

HMP Bristol (Horfield) and HMP Leyhill have now amalgamated to form HMP Leyfield.

It's either that or more inaccurate Reach plc #lazyjournalism

I really hate seeing this shit. 🤬

#ChatGPT #LazyJournalism #cmonson

Modern icons - latest: a hatchback-sized gilt picture frame and gold leaf now embellish the VW Golf. #LazyJournalism https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/07/i-was-the-ultimate-in-cool-vw-golf-owners-remember-the-iconic-hatchback

Of course, all three articles are just #copaganda at this point because they’re just printing what the police department told them happened. No qualifying the statements with “According to police…” Just straight printing what the police PIO says as though it’s fact. 🙄 #LazyJournalism