Six months of Elon Musk’s Twitterverse
Video duration 25 minutes 19 seconds
Since Musk took over Twitter, the platform has changed for the worse, from restoring previously banned accounts to massive staff layoffs. Plus the pressure on the Venezuelan media.
Twitter, the damage Elon Musk has done to the brand, and the journalists who can’t quite leave the platform
contributors:
Bobby Allyn – technology reporter, NPR
Matt Binder – reporter, Mashable
Shirin Ghaffary – senior social media correspondent, VOX
Amanda Silberling – senior culture writer, TechCrunch
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Fox News settles with Dominion Voting Systems. “The Big Lie” came with a hefty price tag, but producer Flo Phillips explains how the conservative news network got away with much more than it paid for.
Venezuela’s alternative media movement
The social infrastructure in Venezuela is collapsing, and when journalists bring it up, they are dealing with the government of President Nicolás Maduro and its authoritarian tendencies. Producer Ryan Kohls looks at the media outlets being driven underground in Maduro’s Venezuela.
contributors:
Daniela Alvarado – The Press & Society Institute of Venezuela
Laura Helena Castillo Rodríguez – co-founder, El Bus TV
Roberto Deniz – journalist, Armando.info
Vladimir Villegas – host, Vladimir Villegas TV