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Never has the disconnect been more stark between social media’s town hall and corporate media’s ivory tower. As I’ve previously reported, the Minnesota Somali Fraud story continues surging online, while all references in the top legacy platforms have been scrubbed from home pages. For instance, on the New York Times’ overlong website this morning, the word “Minnesota” appeared only once in a story headlined, “Winter Storm Batters Minnesota, Bringing ‘Potentially Life-Threatening Travel Conditions.’” Some kind of storm is battering Minnesota; that much is true. Meanwhile, on X, YouTuber Nick Shirley’s homespun investigative video exposing empty day care centers has shot past 108 million views:
https://x.com/nickshirleyy/status/2004642794862961123
... This studious disinterest is at least partly due to being in the fog of an extended hot-takes phase. Media can craft clever excuse narratives, but they may not hold up as new information emerges. Just yesterday, for example, a viral TikTok made the rounds, appearing to show that one of the suspicious ‘day care centers’ from Nick’s video —Sweet Angel Child Care— lists an official phone number on Google that sweetly rings through to Governor Tim Walz’s office.
Ruh roh. ...
Reuters’ ostrich-like progressive reporters could have squashed the story like a bug. It would have taken just one live daycare owner to go on record explaining how their operation was totally legit and why “for security” they refused to answer Nick Shirley’s questions. Oddly, Reuters seems to have avoided any confirmation calling. They didn’t even say they sought statements.
I mean, if random TikTokers can find the daycare centers’ phone numbers and squeeze out a few minutes to call them, what’s stopping Reuters and the other massively funded corporate news operations? If a TikToker can dial a number and get the governor’s voicemail, why can’t a multi-billion-dollar newsroom?
What does it say that TikTokers are being forced to take these obvious first steps?
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