NBC News reports on the changes in social media, claiming that “as X becomes increasingly 'toxic,' journalists flock to blue skis.” election.
“Journalists find Bluesky has more readers and less hate than the platform they used to know as Twitter,” NBC reporter Kat Tenbarge wrote in an article. published Saturday.
As Breitbart News reported, Bluesky is a left-wing echo chamber social media platform that has experienced explosive growth since the 2024 election.
“When award-winning news editor and reporter Ashton Pittman first joined the BlueSky app, he was the only Mississippi journalist known to be using the app,” Tenbarge said in the article. “It was,” he reported.
“That was the case until about five weeks ago,” Tenbarge added. “But now there are at least 15 Mississippi journalists on Blue Sky, making it a preferred platform for reporters, writers, activists and other groups increasingly alienated from X, Pittman said. Ta.”
Ironically, the NBC reporter was unaware that conservative speech was brutally suppressed on X back when the social media platform was Twitter.
Tenbarge went on to bizarrely claim that Elon Musk has turned Twitter (now X) into an “increasingly difficult place for journalists,” citing the platform's prioritization of images over links. .
Erin Reed, an independent journalist who covers transgender rights issues, told NBC News, “I think Mr. Bluesky's demographic is literally people who can't stand a toxic environment like Twitter. It's widespread,” he said.
“Journalists don't like toxic or hurtful comments,” Reid added. “We want to have conversations with people, but we don't want it to turn into a situation where it's all about name-calling.”
But the definition of “toxic” can be entirely subjective, as Reid previously compared Republican “anti-trans” legislation to “genocide.”
“Legal attacks on transgender people are genocide against us,” Reid wrote in a February 2023 X post. “They're trying to remove us from public life, strip us of all legal protections, separate transgender children from their parents, strip them of medically necessary care. It's going to kill people. .”
In his report, Tenbarge also cited journalist Talia Rabin, who claimed that Mr. He added that he had noticed an increase in anti-Semitism and pro-trans sentiment. -Nazi account of X. ”
Notably, Rabin resign from her point of view new yorker In 2018, a Marine Corps veteran was falsely “fact-checked” claiming he had a tattoo of a Nazi symbol, when in reality he had a tattoo of his platoon's “Titan 2” symbol while serving in Afghanistan. It was.
Tenbarge went on to claim that “numerous studies and analyzes have found that the use of hate speech increased after Mr. Musk took over the platform.” Over time, this platform became a bastion of the internet right wing. ”
However, CNN reported Last month, we reported that X has actually become more politically balanced in the years since Musk bought the social media platform.
“Back in 2022, 65% of people who regularly used X/Twitter for news were Democrats. [while] Only 31% were Republicans,” CNN reported, noting that today, X is “basically split among Democrats at 48%.” [and] Republican support rate is 47%. ”
“This new overall [X] “Makeup matches the overall electorate much better,” CNN added.
Alana Mastrangelo is a reporter for Breitbart News. you can follow her facebook And with X @ARmastrangeloand further Instagram.
