Hillary Clinton hasn’t yet conceded the election to Donald Trump, but no one should blame themselves for what looks like an upset of historic proportions. CUNY journalism professor and BuzzMachine blogger Jeff Jarvis is taking the blame, or at least as much as he can, and doling out the rest.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/796224852575289344
You mean this isn’t it?
First, I #blame myself for not doing more–everything possible–to help elect @hillaryclinton. One more day, one more dollar.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
Next, I #blame my profession for failing to inform the public it serves. It is *not* sufficient to blame the public for not coming to us.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
I #blame The New York Times for the damned email and the rest of "balanced" media for using it to build false balance.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
Yeah, that was low the way the New York Times made Hillary Clinton set up a homebrew email server like that just so they could rat her out years later for some cheap clicks.
I #blame all media for continuing to base its business on volume & clicks. Trump was the clickbait more dangerous than they imagined.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
There’s no question that the press gave Trump an inordinate amount of attention during the primary season. Maybe the Clinton campaign shouldn’t have decided to elevate the “Pied Piper candidates so that they are leaders of the pack” and then “tell the press to them seriously.”
I #blame my gender for the sexism that is at the unreported root of what is happening.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
I #blame my race for the inherent racism in what is happening now.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
I #blame our educational system for not producing the college graduates who can earn a living & vote for hope over fear.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
Yes, I #blame the Clinton campaign for not understanding the need to grow from bottom up, not top down. Where were our grassroots?
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
I #blame @realdonaldtrump and his Red Hats for appealing to America's worst.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
I #blame Putin, Assange, and Comey for interfering with our democracy.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
Whom do you #blame?
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
Hmm … nothing springs to mind.
I honestly do not know whether the institutions that share blame–my institutions–can be repaired or rebuilt.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
I believe we are entering a wholesale institutional revolution and we do not know where this will end.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
I am deeply worried and depressed and see nothing to balance that.
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
I already #blamed media for not listening to, empathizing with, and thus serving the half of America who did this. https://t.co/kp2yTXw0pu
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
Mostly, I #blame my profession, media. We must undertake a harsh, honest post mortem for journalism. But I don't know whether it will help
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 9, 2016
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