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Media News
News about the media.
Journalist Kicked Out, She Was Too Fair
Torch-bearers were upset about her reporting!
From The Guardian article 4/7/24
Headline: “Journalist removed from Colorado Republican event for ‘unfair’ reporting”
Right Wing Media Puzzled on Trump’s Selling Bibles!
Picture from the 1973 Paramount movie “Paper Moon”.
Update Headline: “Trump Made $300,000 for Endorsing Bible, Financial Disclosure Shows”
Article in the New York Times by Shane Goldmacher, Russ Buettner, and Maggie Haberman, 8/15/24
“The Bible is on sale online for $60 with a copy signed by Mr. Trump selling for $1,000. ‘Yes, this is the only Bible endorsed by President Trump!’ the site advertises.”
Headline 3/29/24: “Right-wing media are split over Trump selling $60 “God Bless the USA” Bible”
From a Media Matters article by Justin Horowitz 3/29/24:
Net Neutrality Coming Back – FCC Votes
Headline: “Net Neutrality rules restored by US agency reversing Trump”
From Reuters article by David Shepardson 4/2/24:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-agency-vote-restore-net-neutrality-rules-2024-04-25/
Media Hiring Zealots a Mistake?
Headline: “Will the media learn the right lesson from the Ronna McDaniel debacle?”
From the Washington Post article by Jennifer Rubin, 3/29/24
Media Layoffs in U.S. – A Crisis?
Headline: “Is the US media layoffs phenomenon the next housing crisis?”
Article from Al Jezerra By Andy Hirschfeld3/27/24
News in the US Lost its Nerve?
From Semafor, ‘Very few have balls’: How American news lost its nerve” by Max Taii, 3/17/24
Maybe All News is Not Real, Ya’ Think?
A film about manufactured news – driven by ratings:
From the prescient Sidney 1976 Lumet film “Network” about a deranged news anchor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cSGvqQHpjs
Article by Steven Lee Myers in the New York Times 3/7/24
Headline” “Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S.”
Not too long ago, this modest website about the media was subject to a DNS attack by Russian bots and over 4,000 fake accounts had to be removed. Took some time. So it’s no surprise that some – over there – have also set up fake news sites (some are very crude) to influence things here.
Here’s the article for you to peruse, however NYT is paywalled.
Another One Bites the Dust
No more ad-Vice. From The Guardian – Article by Sirin Kale 2/27/24
Bloated salaries and a changing media landscape doom Vice News.
Leading by Bleeding
Sinclair Broadcasting has a formula for making money off of tragedy. From Washington Post 2/16/24.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/16/sinclair-broadcasting-conservative-media-trump/
Headline: “Sinclair’s recipe for TV news: Crime, homelessness, illegal drugs”
Sub-headline: “The local news powerhouse, whose chairman recently bought the Baltimore Sun, focuses on fear in broadcasts that often align with Donald Trump’s view of cities”