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Russian Propaganda Influences US Media – Surprise?

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Boris &  Natasha from Huffington Post

Article in New York Magazine Intelligencer by Nia Prater, 9/4/24

Headline: “Benny Johnson, Tim Pool Say They’re Victims in Russia Media Scheme”

“On Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department unveiled a bombshell indictment in New York’s Southern District, alleging that Russia was behind the funding of a United States–based right-wing media company and that it used the business’s influencers to push disinformation and Russia-backed propaganda. The company, Tenet Media, employs several prominent conservative commentators, including Benny Johnson and Tim Pool.

“Prosecutors say that Kalashnikov and Afanasyeva helped to funnel nearly $10 million from foreign entities to an American right-wing media organization.”

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/right-wing-creators-say-theyre-victims-in-russia-media-plot.html

 

It Can’t Happen Here – Can It?

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Article in the Washington Post By A.G. Sulzberger (New York Times Publisher), September 5, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT

Headline: “Opinion: How the quiet war against press freedom could come to America”

Subhead: “Some foreign leaders have ruthlessly curtailed journalism. U.S. politicians could draw from their playbook”

“After several years out of power, the former leader is returned to office on a populist platform. He blames the news media’s coverage of his previous government for costing him reelection. As he sees it, tolerating the independent press, with its focus on truth-telling and accountability, weakened his ability to steer public opinion. This time, he resolves not to make the same mistake.

“Within a few years, only pockets of independence remain in the country’s news media, freeing the leader from perhaps the most challenging obstacle to his increasingly authoritarian rule. Instead, the nightly news and broadsheet headlines unskeptically parrot his claims, often unmoored from the truth, flattering his accomplishments while demonizing and discrediting his critics.“

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/05/sulzberger-free-press-new-york-times/

Truth Social Media Falling Into the Void?

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From United Press International by Sheri Walsh, 9/3/24

Headline: “Trump Media shares hit new low, slip below $18 for first time”

Fron United Press International by Sheri Walsh, 9/3/24

“Trump Media and Technology Group’s shares hit a new low Tuesday, dropping below $18 for the first time since it began public trading in March.

“In June, Trump Media shares were down nearly 40% following the former president’s conviction in May on 34 counts of falsifying business documents to cover up an alleged affair with an adult film actress. Trump has denied the affair and pleaded not guilty to all charges. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 18.”

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/09/03/trump-media-shares-new-low/8001725410524/

Do Journalists Ask the Wrong Questions?

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Opinion Piece in the Washington Post by Matt Bai, 9/3/24

Headline:  “The media gets nothing from Kamala Harris. That’s mostly on us.”

Subhead:  “Conversations between candidates and reporters often fail to reveal anything. There’s a better way.”

” . . .conversations between journalists and candidates so often fail to reveal anything of substance. And the failure is mostly on our side.

“If we journalists are actually interested in revealing things about our candidates that enlighten voters and ennoble the process, then it’s time to completely rethink the questions we ask.

“Increasingly, interviews like this are structured with an ear toward social media, where mobs of ideologically charged critics on either side are always ready to whine about the question that wasn’t asked or the lie that wasn’t immediately called out.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/03/harris-media-interview-better-questions/

Do Interviewers Push an Agenda?

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Article by HealthCareWatcher in Daily Kos, 9/2/24

Headline: “The Media’s Sickening Double Standard on Interviews”

“For weeks on end, it was the talk of the beltway gasbags that “Kamala Harris has to do an interview to show she’s ready to be President.” In that six weeks, Donald Trump started posting fan fiction about Joe Biden parachuting into the Democratic Convention and taking his delegates back from Kamala Harris, re-posting the posts of Neo-nazis, and just generally being complete insane.

“Trump has sat for no such interview in his two years as a candidate.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/2/2267370/-The-Media-s-Sickening-Double-Standard-on-Interviews?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

 

Attacking the Press Has Consequences

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Article in Lost Angeles Times from AP, 8/31/24

Headline:  “Man who stormed into rally press area after Trump bashed media will face charges, police say”

“Police said Saturday that a man will face charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pa., as the former president spoke.

“The incident Friday came moments after Trump criticized major media outlets for what he said was unfavorable coverage, singling out CNN for its interview Thursday with his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz.

“Fierce criticism of the media is a standard part of Trump’s rally speeches, and his supporters often turn toward the press section and boo; some gesture with their middle fingers.

“Moments before the man ventured into the designated section, Trump called the media the “enemy of the people.” Video of the incident does not make clear what the man was yelling.”

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-08-31/man-who-stormed-into-rally-press-area-after-trump-bashed-media-will-face-charges-police-say

News Falls Into Social Media Black Hole?

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Audio Feature from CNN by David Rind & Clare Duffy, 8/28/24

Headline: “Social Media Scrutiny: Telegram, X, & the AI Election”

“The detention of Telegram founder Pavel Durov over the weekend has sparked major questions about free speech and criminal activity online. In this episode, we examine why the app has come under intense scrutiny in Europe and why a lack of moderation from American social media platforms has allowed election misinformation to flourish.

“Most tech founders are not household names. Those that are are usually either incredibly successful. Think Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, or infamous like Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos. Well, over the weekend, another name you may not know may have found himself in the latter category.”

Listen here – You could scroll past the ads after 35 seconds –
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/one-thing/episodes/97bb14c4-179e-11ef-aba1-2f81b79364a4

How Media Right & Left View Debate

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Article in The New York Times by Santul Nerkar, 8/30/24

Headline: “How Media Outlets on the Right and Left Are Covering the Debate Over the Debate”

“Conservative publications claim Vice President Kamala Harris is looking for reasons to back out of the debate. Liberal sites say it is former President Donald Trump who is seeking excuses to withdraw.”

Read here:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/business/media/debate-media-harris-trump.html

 

Truth Social in Trouble?

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Headline: “The whole ‘Truth’: Is Trump Media the next Trump brand to go belly-up?”

Article in Daily Kos by Walter Einenkel, 8/29/24

“Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock price dropped below $20 a share on Wednesday. This marks a new low for the Donald Trump-owned company since it went public five months ago.

Predictably, Trump is having one of his classic public freakouts on his Truth Social site, even as the social media platform rapidly depreciates . . .”

Read here:    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/29/2266386/-The-whole-Truth-Is-Trump-Media-the-next-Trump-brand-to-go-belly-up?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_8&pm_medium=web