Techy-Tacky Journalism Advocacy...

Does it really have a place in today's mainstream media or should branded advocates be practicing this new form of journalism on their own platforms? 

Silencing leaders from speaking out and being covered nationally drives discourse down -- hence the talk of former President Trump's pants on social media dominating the news coverage of his recent speech in North Carolina.  Easier than discussing substance;  never mistake "busy work" production for true contribution.  The former actually contributes to the statism, where for years, nothing changes or gets done. Workers understand this, bad bosses do not.

If you silence political voices on monopoly-based platforms -- whether it be the national newspapers more relied upon now as their smaller competitors are swallowed up in the hedge-fund investment environment, or the dominant social-media companies -- you simply hide what others in the national  arena are doing, thinking and talking about.  

That's not journalism, and truth be told, it's not helpful in advocacy work either.  You have to let the sun light into the darkest places, not just pop out as a perennial wildflower after the storms have passed to put you and yours in the sunny spotlight.

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Kara Swisher:  "What’s telling is that Facebook came around after much performative pearl clutching and did exactly what I have been advocating for now for years. Same as they did with Alex Jones or Holocaust deniers."