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Students Fill Gap of Local Coverage?

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Riddhi Setty & Carolina Abbot Galvao, 12/2/25

Headline:  “How Students Are Trying to Save Local News”

Subhead:  “Across the country, university programs are filling gaps in the coverage.”

At twenty-one, just after her graduation from the University of Vermont, Holly Sullivan became the editor of the Winooski News, the sole paper in Vermont’s smallest city—spanning a mile and a half, with about eight thousand residents who speak more than thirty languages. In the course of a few months, Sullivan went from being a student to editing articles and a newsletter that serve the area at large, written entirely by university students.

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https://www.cjr.org/news/how-students-are-trying-to-save-local-news.php

Credibility to Media Also Sinking?

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Article in The New Republic by Greg Sargent, 12/3/25

Headline:   “Trump Tirades at Media Darken as MAGA Bloodlust on Bombings Boils Over”

Subhead:  “As Trump and MAGA hit new levels of depravity on his boat bombings and anti-immigrant crackdown, the writer of a piece connecting these dots discusses the centrality of sadism to Trump-MAGA politics.”

“. . .Trump just unleashed a hateful rant to the media about Somali immigrants to set the stage for a coming campaign to arrest them en masse. Meanwhile, MAGA excitement over the Caribbean Sea bombings is spiking: Pete Hegseth tweeted out a deeply sadistic cartoon celebrating these extrajudicial killings. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://newrepublic.com/article/203887/trump-seethes-darkly-media-maga-bloodlust-bombings-boils

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz & Rob Savillo, 12/2/25

Headline:  “Scrounging for a Hegseth defense, right-wing commentators seize on NY Times report”

Subhead:  “Hegseth’s supporters split hairs over his culpability”

“Right-wing commentators have seized upon a New York Times report on the U.S. military’s September 2 extrajudicial killing of 11 people on board a boat the Trump administration alleged was carrying drugs in the Caribbean, claiming that the article ‘DEBUNKED’ a previous Washington Post report that triggered congressional scrutiny over potential war crimes. But the Times actually confirmed, rather than undermined, the Post’s account. . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/pete-hegseth/scrounging-hegseth-defense-right-wing-commentators-seize-ny-times-report

Wait! Aren’t Media Always Correct?

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Carolina Abbott Galvão, 11/26/25

Headline:  “Could Public Skepticism of the Press Actually Be Good for Democracy?”

Subhead:  “An expert on political communication explains how Argentina’s history of public lying created a protective barrier between citizens and information, and how distrust can help fight autocracy.”

“. . .the authors of The Patina of Distrust, a new book that explores how people interpret misinformation, argue that that perspective overlooks a crucial piece of the puzzle. Basing their findings on extensive research conducted in the wake of Argentina’s 2019 elections, they conclude that news consumers are less susceptible to falsehood than we might anticipate. . .”

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https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/public-skepticism-press-good-thing-patina-distrust-argentina-eugenia-mitchelstein.php

Ugly Interviewee?

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Article in The Guardian by Narina Dunbar, 11/26/25

Headline:  “Trump calls New York Times reporter ‘ugly’ in latest insult to female journalist”

Subhead:  “In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after an article questioned whether he was slowing down”

“Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday against a New York Times reporter, calling her ‘ugly inside and out’ in his latest personal insult against female members of the media after last week calling another ‘piggy. . .”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/26/trump-insults-new-york-times-reporter-katie-rogers

Media Are Waking Up?

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Article in The New Republic by Greg Sargent, 11/24/25

Headline:  “Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So”

Subhead:  “As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.”

“Suddenly, media outlets seem to have figured out that President Donald Trump is really, really unpopular. There’s been a palpable shift in the discourse: The New York Times reports that Republicans are quietly looking beyond Trump, suggesting he’s losing his grip on the party. Axios claims that it’s ‘red alert’ time for Trump and the GOP. . .”

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https://newrepublic.com/article/203559/trump-weak-failing-president-media-finally-saying

Some Good Things?

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 11/24/25

Headline:  “What we’re thankful for in media in 2025”

Subhead:  “Two dozen Poynter colleagues reflect on 2025’s bright spots, including brave local reporting, ‘Andor,’ meme Fridays, WIRED scoops and … a mug warmer?”

“Let’s face it, when it comes to the press and its place in a healthy democracy, this has been a horrible year. Aside from the continuing economic challenges facing media organizations, we have an administration that is doing all it can to muzzle the media. . .”

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/www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/what-were-thankful-for-in-media-in-2025/

Some Media Vanishing?

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Article in Media Matters by Ben Van Bloem, 11/21/25

Headline: “Right-wing media figures are starting to declare “MAGA is dead”

Subhead: “Some right-wing personalities are announcing the end of Trump’s MAGA movement and claiming ‘America First is ASCENDANT’ “

“A growing number of right-wing figures are criticizing President Donald Trump’s economic decisions, foreign policies, and continued handling of the Epstein files. Some in right-wing media are even declaring that the Trump-centric ‘MAGA movement’ is ‘dead.’ . . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes/right-wing-media-figures-are-starting-declare-maga-dead

Watch TV – Send Troops

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Article in ProPublica by Rob Davis, 11/12/25

Headline: ” ‘Riots Raging’: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops”

Subhead: “After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of ‘Portland rioters’ routinely instigating violence was misleading.”

“When President Donald Trump told reporters on Sept. 5 he’d started looking at sending the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, he said it was because of something he saw on television.

“He said the city was being destroyed by paid agitators. ‘What they’ve done to that place, it’s like living in hell,’ he said, a comment that became an internet meme as some Portland residents juxtaposed it with tranquil images of the city. . .”

Read the full story at:

http://“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops

Frenemies in the Media

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Article in Media Matters by Jack Wheatley & Gideon Taaffe, 11/11/25

Headline:  “Following Tucker Carlson’s interview with Nick Fuentes, fault lines have emerged as right-wing media battle over the future of MAGA”

Subhead:  “Some in MAGA media have tried to distance their movement from Fuentes and his ideas while others have suggested the white nationalist streamer is ‘mainstream now’ “

“Tucker Carlson’s friendly interview with white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes has precipitated a right-wing media struggle over the future of the MAGA movement.

“While many traditional right-wing media figures criticized Carlson for platforming Fuentes and not pushing back strongly enough on his rhetoric, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts posted in support of Carlson, calling the former Fox host’s detractors a ‘venomous coalition” and Carlson a “close friend” to The Heritage Foundation. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes/following-tucker-carlsons-interview-nick-fuentes-fault-lines-have-emerged-right-wing

 

 

Media Undiversifying?

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Riddhi Getty, 11/10/25

Hedline:  “Has the Media Reached the End of Its DEI Era?”

Subhead:  “Layoffs at CBS, NBC, and Teen Vogue show a shift in newsroom priorities away from the promises of 2020.”

” ‘Where’s all the Black journalists at now?’ Rendy Jones, a freelance journalist, asked on X last week. He was referring to a wave of recent layoffs at CBS News, McClatchy, NBC News, Axios, and Teen Vogue, which was absorbed into Vogue. Jones is one of many in the industry who observed that these cuts have hit journalists of color in particular. . .”

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https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/has-media-reached-end-dei-era.php