American Blackout – Contemporary Tactics used to Control our Democratic Pro
American Blackout critically examines the contemporary tactics used to control our democratic process and silence voices of political dissent.
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“Newsfeed’s End”
Contemplating an end to my relationship with social media.
The Chomsky Problem - The New York Times
How we'd cover Ferguson if it happened in another country
How would American media cover the news from Ferguson, Missouri, if it were happening in just about any other country? How would the world respond differently? Here, to borrow a great idea from Slate's Joshua Keating, is a satirical take on the...
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Chris Hedges Interviews Noam Chomsky (2/3)
Shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner in DC Tonight
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The Real Reason Jeff Bezos Killed the Washington Post
The billionaire wanted the Post to die, because a vigorous, well-resourced newspaper does not help his bottom line.
Billionaire Bill Gates Uses Money to Shape the Media
The role of philanthropy in Bill Gates’s global empire is well known. But the Gates Foundation’s contributions to media organizations are huge, underexamined, and a significant part of how one of the world’s wealthiest men has built and protected his image.
Making Sense of News: Journalism, Context & Public Life
A practical guide to understanding the role of news in society, from reporting methods to public trust and accountability.
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this is getting fucking ridiculous - by Jeff Tiedrich
for the future of our democracy, this shit has got to end
‘Very few have balls’: How American news lost its nerve
In 2024, it’s harder than ever to get a tough story out in the United States of America.
Money laundering: Epoch Times CFO charged in alleged $67 million case
The Epoch Times is affiliated with the religious group Falun Gong, which opposes the Chinese Community Party and has supported former President Donald Trump.
Inside the Meltdown at CNN - The Atlantic
CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious journalism. How did it all go wrong?
The press versus the president, part one - Columbia Journalism Review
INTRODUCTION: ‘I realized early on I had two jobs’ The end of the long inquiry into whether Donald Trump was colluding with Russia came in July 2019, when Robert Mueller III, the special counsel, took seven, sometimes painful, hours to essentially say no. “Holy shit, Bob Mueller is not going to do it,” is how […]
So you want to get out of your bubble: try reading these conservative websi
In the fragmented world of new media it is all too easy to experience only opinions we agree with. These titles can help liberal readers change that
Legendary reporter Carl Bernstein: 'The truth is not neutral'
Carl Bernstein's memoir of his apprenticeship in reporting, "Chasing History: A Kid in the Newsroom," is on the surface a story about journalism, and about America, in a historical period that to most of us now seems long in the past. Bernstein's first job in the business came in 1960, as a 16-year-...
It’s Life and Death — Intellectuals Can’t Keep Serving the Status Quo - ZNetwork
In a highly fragile world facing existential threats, we need the voice of critical intellectuals more than any other time in history