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Anyone else feel like 'concerns raised' is just empty posturing these days? I seem to see more and more concerned-agency and government statements that leads t
by headsoup 5y ago
Anyone else feel like 'concerns raised' is just empty posturing these days? I seem to see more and more concerned-agency and government statements that leads to no actual action...
- wccrawford 5y agoI think it's always been that way, but until recently journalists didn't realize they could create clickbait titles with it. The job of a watchdog is to bark. They do it a lot. Sometimes it's a meaningful bark, and sometimes it's not. Actually doing something about it is the job of someone other than the watchdog.
- amelius 5y agoSome watchdogs have teeth and use them in the form of fines.
- account42 5y agoYes, see e.g. https://twitter.com/iseuconcerned https://twitter.com/iseuconcerned