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Is an investigative news site hosted on Substack a blog?
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this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
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Damn, this is pretty tough.
On one hand, substack is essentially a blog site. Definitely not the bog standard definition of one since it's geared towards serious writers and a subscription model, but that's the niche it serves, a hopped up blog platform.
But, that specific blog is done by legit journalists, if more of the modern form away from mainstream media. I don't necessarily think much of their work tbh, but they do put in the time and effort, it isn't all opinion pieces and bullshit. So, it isn't the usual blog level of tripe, though it also isn't a full on source of news either. There is a strong bias in what they choose to report on, and how. Some of it verges on op-ed because of that, but it isn't all op-ed (which is essentially a blog being supported by a paper or other media source to begin with).
I think that it's a judgement call. I don't agree with the call that was made, but it is part of modding a community like that to limit what sources are acceptable and aren't. I would not have removed it on the basis of the platform, I would have wanted to check the specific article and see if it was a blog post in disguise, or not and base it on that.
Which means that this wasn't power tripping, just a bad call.
That being said, the article itself is kinda meh. It's throwing out numbers that are legit, but they're cherry picked to stay with the thesis of the author. It's a blend between an op-ed (and that specific author is prone to this) and a legitimate reporting on a subject. Still don't think that it should have been removed for that reason, but the article is just him picking numbers to support his opinion.
Edit:
A quote from the article that shows why it's a meh to bad article, emphasis mine.
Yet, she had no answer for how they diverged, other than “And I am certainly not Donald Trump.” In an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she reiterated these points, and followed with a gobbledygook response about American aspirations and opportunity and small businesses. In other high-profile interviews, she similarly declined to offer any ...
That's not good reporting. It's just snark, which is bad journalism, even though other parts are better done.
Political analysis is always opinionated. Most news sites doing polls in 2024 can be disregarded as factually false after the election results. Nor were their justifications for the big tent correct. The level of scrutiny applied to dropsite and other independent media feels selective if they are not applied to mainstream media.
Modding is applying rules. There is no rule being applied here.
The rule applied was made explicitly clear. The fact that you don't agree with the mod's categorization doesn't mean that one wasn't applied. At worst it means it was applied incorrectly or inconsistently.
Signed, a local pedant.
Which rule