Fake News

Youth – Dim View of the Press

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Carolina Abbott Galvao, 11/5/25

Headline:  “Biased, Boring Liars”

Subhead:  “More than three-quarters of teens surveyed have negative views of the press, a new study finds.”

“A study published today by the nonprofit News Literacy Project paints a bleak picture of how young people view the press. It found that more US teens think ‘reporters are skilled at lying than informing the public,’ and about half believe the news media frequently engages in ‘unethical practices such as making up quotes.’ When asked what word best describes news media, 84 percent of teens surveyed ‘expressed a negative sentiment,’ often using words like ‘fake,’ ‘false,’ and ‘lies.’ . . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/biased-boring-liars-news-literacy-perceptions-media-youth-cynicism.php

Rt. Wing & Media Enemies

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Article in AlterNet by Jon Stoehr, 11/5/25

Headline:  “Democratic elites fall for lies from Trump and the right-wing media complex”

“. . .to Donald Trump. All Democrats, all liberals, all progressives, all leftists, and all socialists, democratic and otherwise, are the name. They are radical Marxist anarchist communists or whatever word salad pops into his soupy brain. There are no enemies to his right. There is nothing but enemies to his left. Does he respect his enemies enough to speak truthfully about them?

“No, he lies. . . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.alternet.org/trump-media-democrats/

Media and the New Distortion

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Article in The Guardian by Arwa Mahdawi, 11/4/25

Headline:  “Trump and his media buddies are taking the muddling of reality to a whole new level”

Subhead:  “How scared should we be by Trump’s heavily edited appearance on a US news programme this weekend, and Elon Musk’s Grokipedia?

“. . .As we all know, a good journalist should always make the rich and powerful feel comfortable.

“While I wait for that day to come, I’m watching and learning from the head honchos at CBS. Trump appeared on CBS News’s 60 Minutes on Sunday night for his first sit-down with the show in five years and commented on how much better the network has become after its owner, Paramount, was taken over by his billionaire allies, the father-and-son duo Larry and David Ellison. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/04/trump-media-buddies-are-muddling-reality-whole-new-level

Sir! – Your Loyal Press Corps is Here!

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 10/23/25

Headline:  “Opinion | The Pentagon’s new press corps — journalists or advocates?”

Subhead:  “When real reporters walked out, the Pentagon handed press badges to the MyPillow crowd and MAGA influencers”

“For years, the Department of Defense — one of the most important, scrutinized and reported-on departments in our government — has been covered extensively by reporters from inside the Pentagon. This included journalists from some of the most respected and accomplished news outlets in the business, such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN, just to name a few. . .”

“But those outlets are no longer in the Pentagon after refusing to sign a new press policy that prohibits journalists from accessing or soliciting information that the Defense Department doesn’t make available to them, including even unclassified information. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/pentagon-press-corps-mypillow-tv-lindell-tim-pool/

Unhealthy Media Claim

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Article in Media Matters by Zachary Pleat & Craig Harrington, 10/14/25

Headline:  “Right-wing media falsely claim benefits go to undocumented immigrants as millions of Americans face health coverage losses”

Subhead:  “Right-wing media join the Trump administration’s campaign to dismantle American health care system”

“. . .Right-wing media responded to Democrats’ demands by falsely claiming that the health care coverage losses Democrats are trying to reverse are actually benefits that will illegally go to undocumented immigrants.

“To this end, right-wing media are conflating lawfully present immigrants, who can qualify for some health benefits, with undocumented immigrants, who cannot. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/health-care/right-wing-media-falsely-claim-benefits-go-undocumented-immigrants-millions-americans

Reporters Only Stenographers Now?

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Article in The Washington Post by Scott Nover, 10/14/25

Headline:  “Media including Fox News overwhelmingly reject Pentagon press policy”

Subhead:  “The network, which is generally supportive of the Trump administration, has joined ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN in not signing the Defense Department press policy.”

“. . .Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the nation and the world informed of important national security issues,’ the news networks wrote. ‘The policy is without precedent and threatens core journalistic protections. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/10/14/fox-news-among-broadcasters-refusing-sign-pentagon-press-pledge/

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Article in Mediaite by Sarah Rumpf, 10/14/25

Headline:  “Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Press Crackdown Gets Absolutely Walloped on Fox News by Retired General”

“Retired General and former Vice Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army Jack Keane was bluntly critical of the Pentagon’s new press restrictions Tuesday, telling Fox News anchor Bret Baier this was an improper attempt to “spoon-feed information” to journalists. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/pete-hegseths-pentagon-press-crackdown-gets-absolutely-walloped-on-fox-news-by-retired-general/

 

Foxy Healthcare

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 10/3/25

Headline:  “The masks slip as Fox propagandists reveal they want health care premiums to skyrocket”

“Fox News propagandists are overwhelmingly backing the GOP’s bogus shutdown message that congressional Democrats are refusing to fund the government because they want to give health care to illegal immigrants. But every once in a while their masks slip, and they reveal that they oppose extending the crucial Obamacare subsidies at the heart of Democrats’ actual position, which would trigger drastic premium price hikes for millions of Americans”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/masks-slip-fox-propagandists-reveal-they-want-health-care-premiums-skyrocket

MAGA Media Hate Trans-People?

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Article in Common Dreams by Stephen Prager, 9/12/25

Headline:  ” ‘WSJ, Media Outlets Slammed for Spreading Feds’ False Claim That Kirk Shooter Expressed ‘Transgender Ideology’ “

Subhead:  “ ‘What a truly disgusting week for American journalism,’ said one transgender writer.”

“The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets are facing widespread criticism after publishing a false report that the assassin who shot right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in Utah this week had left behind symbols of ‘transgender ideology’ at the scene of the crime. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/charlie-kirk-2673989947

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Article in The Verge by Elizabeth, Lopatto, 9/12/25

Headline:  “The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation”

“While I generally respect The Wall Street Journal, every once in a while it sees fit to remind me that it is, in fact, owned by Rupert Murdoch. This time, it printed something dangerously close to anti-trans blood libel in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s shooting. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theverge.com/politics/777630/wsj-trans-misinformation-charlie-kirk

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Article in Media Matters by Gideon Taafe, et. al., 9/12/25

Headline:  “Right-wing media rushed to blame killing of Charlie Kirk on trans people”

Subhead: “Authorities pushed back on unverified claims that the alleged shooter’s ammunition was inscribed with ‘transgender ideology’ ”

“. . . Some media figures seized on the scant reporting as key evidence of the suspect’s motivations, with right-wing commentators and outlets claiming the killer was a ‘leftist Trans radical,’ labeling the killing an act of ‘trans terrorism,’ and calling for the ‘trans movement’ to be labeled ‘as a terrorist movement’. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/right-wing-media-rushed-blame-killing-charlie-kirk-trans-people

Simple Trans Math

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Article in Daily Beast by Will Neal, 8/31/25

Headline: ‘It’s Simple Math’: CNN Anchor Shuts Down Trump Aide’s Wild Rant

Subhead:  “Sebastian Gorka got himself ruthlessly fact-checked by the network after claiming there’d been an uptick in mass shootings by transgender individuals.”

“President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism czar got into a fiery clash with a CNN anchor after he was accused of fixating on the trans identity of the Minnesota school shooter. . .”

“But network anchor Brianna Keilar said he ‘missing the bigger picture,’ pointing out that of the 32 school mass shootings that have occurred in the country since 2020, only two others were carried out by perpetrators who identified as transgender or gender-diverse. . .”

” ‘It’s simple math. Two of 32,’ Keilar responded, adding that the network ‘could not stick with your facts because they are not accurate.’

“This appeared to particularly incense Gorka, who accused CNN of making up ‘fake news’ on the spot in order to discredit his argument.  . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/its-simple-math-cnn-anchor-shuts-down-trump-aides-wild-rant/

Ethics for Reporters?

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Julie Gerstein & Margaret Sullivan, 8/21/25

Headline:  “Thirteen Journalists on How They Are Rethinking Ethics”

Subhead: “We asked newsroom leaders and ethicists what they’re keeping or changing in an era of Trump, “fake news,” AI, and industry decline.”

“. . .This summer, the two of us—Margaret Sullivan and Julie Gerstein, of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia University—have been exploring, in a series of pieces with CJR, whether those ethics are sufficient for journalists in the modern moment. Whether, in the face of artificial intelligence, “fake news,” eroding protections for sources, and the weakening of their business model, journalists should adjust their core tenets. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.cjr.org/feature/thirteen-journalists-on-how-they-are-rethinking-ethics-newsroom-leaders-ethicists-trump-fake-news-ai.php