Steve Thompson PhD<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@associatedpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>associatedpress</span></a></span> doubles down with its biased report, making it the lede on their homepage today. </p><p>Don't miss its accompanying imagery which purports pro-Palestinian protesters as part of the mix. Nothing like relying on outliers when there are millions (not "crowds") of participants and you want to get your individual slant across.</p><p>For a far more accurate take on the HandsOff protests, get it from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://x-activitypub-bridge.deno.dev/users/759251" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CNN</span></a></span> as noted in a reply post and here: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/us/hands-off-protests-trump-musk/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/05/us/hands-of</span><span class="invisible">f-protests-trump-musk/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JOURNALISM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JOURNALISM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MEDIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MEDIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HADSOFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HADSOFF</span></a></p>