Media Misinformation

Did Media Panic?

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Article in Mediaite by Ahmad Austin Jr., 8/28/25

Headline:  “CNBC Analyst Rips Media’s Trump Panic After Latest Jobs Report Turns Out Good: ‘Not Sending Any Smoke Signals’ “

“CNBC Analyst Rips Media’s Trump Panic After Latest Jobs Report Turns Out Good: ‘Not Sending Any Smoke Signals’ . . .”

“At the end of his report, Santelli noted how the drama surrounding President Donald Trump’s feud with the Federal Reserve — despite all the media attention — has had little impact on the economy itself. . .”

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https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/cnbc-analyst-rips-medias-trump-panic-after-latest-jobs-report-turns-out-good-not-sending-any-smoke-signals/

Murdoch Blames Renewable Energy

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Article in Media Matters by Ilana Berger, 8/27/25

Headline:  “Murdoch media find a scapegoat for New Jersey’s high electric rates”

Subhead:  “As data centers demand enormous energy outputs and Garden State grid operators reportedly slow-walk new projects, right-wing media take shots at renewable energy”

“Murdoch media outlets are blaming high electricity bills in New Jersey on ‘green-energy mandates.’ But experts and local politicians say price hikes are being driven by data centers, which ‘guzzle electricity around the clock,’ and decisions made by the regional operator. . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/rupert-murdoch/murdoch-media-find-scapegoat-new-jerseys-high-electric-rates

Journalists Can Make a Choice

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Article in FAIR by Staff, 8/27/25

Headline:  “On the Ethics of Embedding With Génocidaires”

“On Sunday, August 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a dramatic announcement: After 674 days of barring foreign media from Gaza, Israel was planning to begin staging guided tours, under Israeli military control, for embedded members of the foreign press. . .”

“Just seven hours later, Israel assassinated the beloved, world-renowned Palestinian Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif, along with five other journalists, in a targeted airstrike as they sheltered in a tent for members of the press just outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. . .”

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https://fair.org/home/on-the-ethics-of-embedding-with-genocidaires/

Fake AI Authors Taken Down

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Article in The Guardian by Maya Yang, 8/21/25

Headline: “Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated ‘freelancer’ “

Subhead:  “At least six publications have taken down articles under the name Margaux Blanchard that were AI-generated”

“Multiple news organisations have taken down articles written by an alleged freelance journalist that now appear to have been generated by AI.

“On Thursday, Press Gazette reported that at least six publications, including Wired and Business Insider, have removed articles from their websites in recent months after it was discovered that the stories – written under the name of Margaux Blanchard – were AI-generate . .”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/21/ai-author-articles-wired-business-insider

Urgent Reporting Can Wait

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Article in FAIR by Janine Jackson, 8/19/25

Headline: “Media in Hiding From the Most Urgent Questions of the Day”

“. . . Corporate media are calling this kind of thing reporting, but reporting would keep at least one foot in the facts. So when White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (X, 8/12/25) tweets that ‘crime stats in big blue cities are fake,’ would a press corps worth its salt say ‘some advocates dispute that,’ or would they show all the actual real-world data?

“Ideally, the blathering of a man who thinks that ‘the real rates of crime, chaos and dysfunction are orders of magnitude higher’ than that might be met with questions about, for one thing, whether he knows what ‘orders of magnitude’ means, but also, where is he looking for these official rates of ‘chaos and dysfunction’?

“But the press corps we have are engaged, like the New York Times, in hiding from the most urgent questions of the day. . .”

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https://fair.org/home/media-in-hiding-from-the-most-urgent-questions-of-the-day/

Alaska Was Great Success!

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Article in AlterNet by David Badash, 8/19/25

Headline:  ” ‘Pure cult spin’: Leavitt uses press conference to rage against media after Trump’s failed summit”

“In a series of sharp criticisms, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted the media for its coverage of President Donald Trump’s Alaska Summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, claiming despite the goalposts that Trump himself had set but did not meet, it was ‘highly productive’ and ‘successful. . .”

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https://www.alternet.org/media/leavitt-press-conference/

Dominion Over Rt. Wing Media

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 8/18/25

Headline:  “Right-wing media outlets are still paying up for 2020 election lies”

“Right-wing media company Newsmax has agreed to pay out $67 million in a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems for promoting lies about the 2020 election. The announcement adds to a tally of over $900 million paid out by right-wing outlets for peddling these lies, underlining their role in spreading mass disinformation. . .”

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/18/2339006/-Right-wing-media-outlets-are-still-paying-up-for-2020-election-lies?

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Article in UPI by Allen Cone, 8/18/25

Headline:  “Newsmax settles defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems for $67M”

Subhead:  “Dominion alleged statements made in Newsmax’s coverage about the 2020 election were defamatory.”

“Newsmax on Monday agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems in a defamation suit against the conservative media company over its 2020 presidential election coverage. . .”

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https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/08/18/Newsmax-settle-defamation-suit-Dominion-Voting-Systems-67-million/7281755536574/

Kill the Media, Hide the News

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Article in Daily Kos by Thom Hartmann

Headline:  “Are Americans Being Conditioned by Our Media to Become ‘Good Germans’?”

“. . .Nazi loyalists and party-friendly oligarchs took over the press outlets that remained in a massive media consolidation project, ensuring that every headline and every radio news report served the regime much like Fox ‘News’ and rightwing hate-radio/podcasts do today for Trump. . .”

“In both 1940s Germany and today’s America, the effect is similar: the public is shielded from the human scale of state-led actions against targeted groups, making it easier for those policies to continue without mass pushback. . .”

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/15/2338560/-Are-Americans-Being-Conditioned-by-Our-Media-to-Become-Good-Germans?

Media Evolution or Revolution?

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Article in The Atlantic by Jessica Yellin, 8/13/25

Headline:  “The Awkward Adolescence of a Media Revolution”

Subhead:  “Truth is still alive on social media—but it’s not easy enough to find”

“There’s a quiet revolution in how millions of Americans decide what’s real. . .The Reuters Institute reports that this year, for the first time, more Americans will get their news from social and video platforms—including Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and X—than from traditional outlets. . .”

“For anyone who cares about credible information, this is a potentially terrifying prospect. Social media rewards virality, not veracity. . .”

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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/awkward-adolescence-media-revolution/683863/