Corporate Media

Legacy Media Not Looking

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Article in Common Dreams by Joseph Bouchard, 9/16/25

Headline:  “Trump’s Venezuela Boat Strikes Are War Crimes, So Where’s The Media?”

Subhead:  “Why hasn’t the mainstream media pressed the administration on these strikes being illegal and dangerous (and unpopular)?”

“On September 2, the Trump administration shared footage purporting to show a US strike on a Venezuelan fishing boat. Even if we take the incident entirely at face value (and there are a lot of reasons to question the video itself)—the US Navy attacked a fishing boat off Venezuela, killing 11 people. On Monday, another strike was allegedly conducted on a boat, killing three people. The way the media has handled these strikes is an indictment of the state of American neoliberal reporting in a neofascist age. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-boat-strikes-crimes

Trial Times

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 9/16/24

Headline: “The New York Times has done so much for Trump—but it’s never enough”

“Following months of mainstream media capitulation toward President Donald Trump and his administration, Trump filed a $15 billion lawsuit on Monday night against The New York Times. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/9/16/2343832/-The-New-York-Times-has-done-so-much-for-Trump-but-it-s-never-enough?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web

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Article in Poynter by Angela Fu, 9/16/25

Headline:  “Legal experts doubt Trump’s chances in his $15B defamation suit against The New York Times”

Subhead:  “The case, filed in Florida, faces high hurdles under longstanding defamation precedent”

“President Donald Trump sued The New York Times Monday, demanding at least $15 billion in damages for what he alleges has been defamatory coverage of his rise to power. . .”

“Regardless of venue, Trump must meet a high burden to prove he was defamed. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2025/trump-sues-new-york-times-lawsuit/

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Article in The Guardian by Michael Savage, /16/25

Headline:  “Donald Trump files $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times”

Subhead:  “Title says it will not be ‘deterred by intimidation tactics’ after US president announces latest legal action”

“Donald Trump has filed a $15bn defamation lawsuit against the New York Times in his latest use of legal action targeting a major media outlet. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/16/donald-trump-says-he-is-suing-new-york-times-15bn-lawsuit-against-newspaper-ntwnfb

Media Not Scoping it Out Right?

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Article in The New Republic by Perry Bacon, 9/12/25

Headline:  “The Media Is Totally Blowing Its Coverage of Charlie Kirk”

Subhead:  “Some pundits are arguing that Charlie Kirk practiced politics ‘the right way.’ This only serves to whitewash the ideas that he promulgated. “

“. . .TNR contributors Ana Marie Cox and Meredith Shiner say that the press is largely whitewashing Kirk’s actual politics, citing a column by The New York Times’ Ezra Klein as a prime example. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://newrepublic.com/article/200411/media-blowing-coverage-charlie-kirk

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Yona TR Golding, 9/12/25

Headline:  “How News Streamers Covered the Killing of Charlie Kirk”

Subhead:  “The hugely popular world of online news and commentary offers a window into how young people consume current events.”

“. . .network television was struggling to find the right words to respond to the horrific events, falling into predictable patterns. Fox News held Kirk up as a martyr. . .”

“. . .The streamers carry none of that burden. Their audiences know Kirk well—Kirk, too, was a product of this world, with a popular podcast and a social media presence wherein he posted prolifically, offering often extreme right-wing takes on political hot topics . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/charlie-kirk-twitch-streamers-reaction.php

Media Monopolies?

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Article in The New York Times, 9/11/25

Headline: “Paramount Plans Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery”

Subhead: “Any deal would further reshape the media industry, putting CBS News, CNN and two major movie studios under the same corporate umbrella.”

“. . .A merger of the two Hollywood giants would reshape the media industry, putting some of the most renowned news and entertainment brands under the same roof. It would unite two of the biggest movie studios and two of the most influential news networks, CBS News and CNN. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/business/media/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-bid.html

Network on the Edge?

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Adan Piorem 9/11/25

Headline:  “A Tipping Point at CBS News”

Subhead:  “Who would have thought this is the piece that would get me fired?” Bill Owens, the former executive producer of 60 Minutes, said in the screening room. For the past year, CBS journalists have been up against extraordinary pressure.”

“. . .The second Trump administration would deliver an unprecedented level of deference from media leadership to a hostile president. Journalists at CBS News would come under increasing scrutiny. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/feature/cbs-news-redstone-ellison-60-minutes-trump-israel-gaza-tipping-point.php

 

Checkmate, Media!

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Article in Poynter by Ren LaForme & Alex Mahadevan, 9/10/25

Headline: “Gamergate was a warning that the media failed to heed”

Subhead:  “Before QAnon and MAGA, Gamergate pioneered a decentralized playbook for undermining the press”

“In the mid-2010s, loosely organized online movements began spilling into the real world, catching popular culture off guard and leaving many journalists flat-footed in unfamiliar internet territory.

“You know their names. Pizzagate. QAnon. And the most consequential of all, MAGA: a mainstream political movement fueled in part by a fervent online contingent. But before all that came Gamergate, the proving ground where the tactics were tested. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2025/what-was-gamergate-controversy-ethics-games-journalism/

No More Media Gate

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Article in AP by David Bauder, 9/10/25

Headline:  “Graphic video of Kirk shooting was everywhere online, showing how media gatekeeper role has changed”

“. . .For more than 150 years, news organizations like newspapers and television networks have long been accustomed to ‘gatekeeping’ when it comes to explicit content — making editorial decisions around violent events to decide what images and words appear on their platforms for their readers or viewers. But in the fragmented era of social media, smartphones and instant video uploads, editorial decisions by legacy media are less impactful than ever. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-video-graphic-online-social-media-6cfd4dfde356b960aeea69c01ea3ec34

What Should Media Call Things

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Jon Allsop, 9/9/25

Headline: “War Games”

Subhead:  “Should the press follow Trump in calling the Pentagon the ‘Department of War’?”

“. . .Pete Hegseth, the Fox & Friends host turned defense (sorry, war) secretary, returned to his old stomping ground to roll the pitch. (‘We think words and names and titles matter,’ he said, before attempting to tease an upcoming change to the signage behind him by pointing over the wrong shoulder.) . . .”

“. . .The rebrand may sound—and, on some level, absolutely is—very silly: a predictable move for a military apparatus that is ultimately led by a pair of TV stars obsessed with looking and sounding cool. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/war-games-defense-department-hegseth-trump-name-change.php

Conservative Media-Empire Battle is Over

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Article in The New York Times byJim Rutenberg & Jonathan Mahler, 9/8/25

Headline:  “Inside the Deal Ending the Murdoch Succession Fight”

Subhead: “Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father’s media empire will retain its conservative slant.”

Read the article at:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/business/media/murdoch-family-trust-succession-deal.html

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Article in The Guardian by Lauren Aratini, 9/8/25

Headline:  “Murdoch family reaches deal to resolve succession fight over media empire”

Subhead: “Family announces Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son, Lachlan Murdoch, will secure control of business”

“The succession battle at Rupert Murdoch’s media empire has ended.

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/08/rupert-murdoch-lachlan-family-succession-deal

Reporters Time for Life Jackets?

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Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 9/5/24

Headline: “The Bezos Briefing”

Subhead:  “As The Post bleeds reporters, its top editor Matt Murray sat down for a meeting with Jeff Bezos in Miami, Status has learned”

“Late last month, just before the Labor Day holiday weekend, The Washington Post’s executive editor, Matt Murray, found himself face to face with the newspaper’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos. . .”

“The meeting came against the backdrop of a wave of newsroom departures, this one triggered by buyout offers that sent some of The Post’s best-known bylines toward the exits. That exodus followed yet another round of defections earlier this year, when star talent left for rivals such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Atlantic. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.status.news/p/jeff-bezos-washington-post-matt-murray-meeting