Journalists who are afraid of speaking truth to power are not doing their job. I would tell them "Get fired if you must, fuck your job - you're a journalist, not a lobby boy."

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Suuuuuper easy to say when it's not your ability to pay rent on the line.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Some jobs are not a mere job, they are a societal need and a calling. Should we accept doctors who would prefer to keep their job if it meant giving substandard care?

That's an extreme example maybe, but given the state of corporate news media and the effect it's had on society, I'll stand by it.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We can all make valid points here and there, at the end of the day there's gotta be food on the table.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It does rather underpin the value of strong social safety nets, doesn't it? When the only way to survive is to keep your job, it's not essentially different than forced labor.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I agree. At the moment i am keeping my job, but would rather take a small timeout, like 3 months. Just relax and take my time to think things over. The pandemic took everything i had set aside and the inflation has me spending my whole salary for the month. I could only quit this job if i already have another starting the next day, there's no way to spend even a week without income.

So, yeah atm it feels like forced labor.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 0 points 11 months ago

That’s why I say, fuck a UBI, we need a UBO, Universal Basic Outcome.

[–] urshanabi@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm sorry, why do you in particular have some keen insight or experience or knowledge which allows you to speak for these folks anymore than the other commenter?

EDIT: I should clarify, it would be very very easy to not do this; there, I did it now, there I didn't do it again, I can keep this going. Can you specify why in-and-of-itself supporting an unambiguous apartheid regime and settler-colonial state engaged in documented genocide over decades is not, again, in-and-of-itself enough to not support or write on or for it??

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

He was a lobby boy, she said "lose your jobby, boy." He wasn't good enough for her.

Now he's gone apologist, so she turned and balled her fist. Fascism shouldn't get support.