From the Associated Press article:
Events
Current Activites of FCM and in the past
Jon Stewart Holds Media to Account, Calls Carlson Big Dick, Helped Get CNN’s “Crossfire” Cancelled.
Jon Stewart vs. Tucker Carlson in 2004 on CNN, caused sparks to fly and made people think about the nature of the news media. Worth watching.
12/31/19, Corona Virus News First Reported – Media Became Infected Worldwide.
This Vanity Fair article shows how news about the new virus spread through the media – like a virus!
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/12/how-the-earliest-covid-coverage-shaped-our-world
Paddy Chayefsky’s Film, “Network”, Showed Us How TV Would Evolve.
“Why Me,” asks Howard Beale?,
“Because you are on television, dummy,” responded network-head, Ned Beatty.
News or Entertainment, The Guardian Asks? Echos of the Film “Network”?
CNN mess over Cuomo shows dangers of news-as-entertainment
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/dec/12/cnn-chris-cuomo-news-media-infotainment
Was the Howard Beale Show a forerunner?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FOD1jZr-S4
TV Historic News Podcast
New podcast by Bill Curtis and Brian Williams with historic moments in TV news history.
“We Interrupt This Broadcast” Home page:
Cable News Media – Yes or No?
From Politico:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/03/time-to-pull-the-plug-on-cable-news-523720
If Local Journalism Dies . . .
From the Washington Post:
Article shows a map of the current “newspaper deserts”.
The Vindicator newspaper rolls off the presses in Youngstown, Ohio, in 2019. The 150-year-old paper closed in August that year. (Tony Dejak/AP)
Does Journalism Die Behind a Paywall?
Do the Kansas City Star and other newspapers continue to decrease circulation by limiting feedback and hiding behind a paywall?
https://www.tonyskansascity.com/2021/11/kansas-city-star-shuts-down-website.html