Global News' TikTok reporter Rachel Gilmore is very elitist about who can be a journalist for someone whose job title is "TikTok reporter" for Canada's 3rd place network - Kotaku In Action 2

Global News' TikTok reporter Rachel Gilmore is very elitist about who can be a journalist for someone whose job title is "TikTok reporter" for Canada's 3rd place network (twitter.com)

posted 2 years ago by YesMovement 2 years ago by YesMovement +23 / -0

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– YesMovement [S] 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0

https://twitter.com/SheilaGunnReid/status/1589693439691874304

Chill out, TikTok snob. Don't be mad that our citizen journalists are outworking you while you post Band-aid selfies and whine about mean tweets.

https://twitter.com/SheilaGunnReid/status/1589693686535049216

The uppity gatekeeping from cry baby blue check journos is delicious.

Another blue check (Business reporter at @CanadianPress) whines about Ezra's comment, saying "Journalism isn't an activity. It's a job.". Blocks replies to her tweet because of course she does: https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1589713134888943616

That's not a dichotomy. It is an activity that can also be a job. Whether or not you're paid for it doesn't determine if it's journalism. In fact, if you cash a cheque from Trudeau (as 99% of Canadian journalists do), I'd argue that the "job" part undermines the journalism part.

https://twitter.com/SheilaGunnReid/status/1589748443618344962

A job subsidized by Trudeau is neither morally superior nor higher in quality than one done independently, and maybe unpaid, in the pursuit of the facts.

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