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Guess Who Uses Legacy Media?

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Article in the Washington Post by Eric Wemple, 12/3/24

Headline: “Who still trusts legacy media? Fox News, that’s who.”

Subhead:  “At the same time the right-wing network is draining trust from legacy media, it’s relying on legacy media’s reporting.“

“. . .Nowhere is the influence of major news providers more robust, after all, than on the airwaves of Fox News. Across the daily schedule of the No. 1 cable news network, that influence is inescapable, with host after host citing stories from The Post, the New York Times, Reuters, CNN, Politico, Axios and so on — all outlets heavy with reporters who bring scoops to bear on topics dear to Fox News viewers.

“Gallup reported in October that a frightening 36 percent of U.S. adults have no trust at all in the media.. . ”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/03/fox-news-legacy-media-bashing/

Media Need Protection

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Article in Daily Kos by Max Burns, 12/2/24

Headline:  “What the Media Missed: Trump’s new war on the press”

“Viewers hoping that the corporate media had finally learned its lesson after nearly a decade of Trumpian manipulation likely came away from the Sunday shows disappointed, as anchors across the political spectrum devoted almost all of their time to breathlessly cataloguing Donald Trump’s unhinged list of political nominations.

“That was especially true over on “Meet the Press,” where anchor Kristen Welker seemed practically giddy while describing Trump’s plan to “shake up” (destroy) the federal government.

“Lost in the froth was any context for why Trump’s nominees are so dangerous—and why increasingly alarmed Senate Republicans could pose unexpected headaches for Trump’s latest picks. . .”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/2/2289736/-What-the-Media-Missed-Trump-s-new-war-on-the-press?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_1&pm_medium=web

Talk Radio Slants One Way

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Podcast on NPR by Staff 11/29/24

Headline:  “How Conservative Talk Radio Came to Dominate the Airwaves”

“How did the right get their vice grip of the airwaves, all the while arguing that they were being censored? On this week’s On the Media, a look at the early history of American radio, and why, in the post-war era, the U.S. government encouraged more diverse viewpoints on the airwaves — until it didn’t. Plus, the technological and legal changes that led to the popularity of conservative talk radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh. [00:10] Reporter Katie Thornton explains how radio programming shifted from the 1930s to the 1960s, and how the FCC attempted to prevent propaganda on the airwaves.”

https://www.npr.org/podcasts/452538775/on-the-media

Will the Press Remain Free?

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Article in Common Dreams by Joe Queally, 12/1/24

Headline:  “Trump Picks ‘Deeply Strange’ Kash Patel – Who Vowed to ‘Come After People in the Media’ – for FBI Director”

“. . .Journalist Medhi Hasan, co-founder of Zeteo, said that while previously working for MSNBC he had done a deep-dive on Patel, during which he discovered just what ‘a deeply strange and alarming and sycophantic figure’ Trump’s pick is.”

 

” . . .Last year, during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, Patel vowed that Trump’s enemies would be targeted if the former president returned to power. ‘We will go out and find the conspirators not just in government, but in the media,’ Patel said at the time.

” ‘Yes, we’re going to come after people in the media,’ Patel explained to Bannon, talking about journalists and others who he claimed ‘help Joe Biden rig elections.’ ”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/kash-patel-fbi

Something Wrong with Reporting?

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Jeff Jarvis, 10/29/24

Headline:  “Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?”

Subhead:  “From sanewashing to false equivalence, many readers have had it with their favorite news publications. Editors would do well to listen.”

“Even before the owners of the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post overruled their editorial boards and, without warning or explanation, spiked endorsements of Kamala Harris—triggering resignations of journalists, a public uproar, and mass subscription cancellations—liberal disappointment and anger with some of the largest national news organizations was already boiling over.

“Of course, the right-wing has had it out for the press across generations and continents, labeling news media Lügenpresse (‘the lying press’) or ‘fake news.’ Donald Trump has attacked and threatened the press. That is not new. Nor is liberal loathing of Rupert Murdoch’s bully pulpits, which act as political agents (though the Wall Street Journal editorial board just mined fresh depths, dismissing the threat of fascism as merely a meme and marking Democrats as ‘the national socialists’.

“What is new and striking is the current wave of grievances regarding political coverage coming from once-devoted liberal readers as well as experienced journalists.”

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/liberals-infuriated-media-cancel-subscription-editorial-endorsement-times-washington-post-jarvis.php

Another Journalist Abduction

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Article in Common Dreams by Jessica Corbett, 11/28/24

Headline:  ” Rights Groups Alarmed by Arrest of Pakistani Journalist Matiullah Jan”

Subhhead:  “Amnesty International said that his arbitrary detention ‘on trumped up charges after he was abducted in the late hours of November 27 is an affront on the right to freedom of expression and media freedom.’ “

” Human rights and press freedom groups on Thursday expressed concern after Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan’s family said he was “abducted,” and then a judge placed him in police custody for a terrorism and narcotics case that critics call “bogus.”

” ‘Matiullah Jan has been abducted from the parking of PIMS tonight at around [11:00 pm] by unmarked abductors in an unmarked vehicle ‘ Jan’s son, Abdul Razzaq, said on the journalist’s X account . . .”

” ‘This follows his courageous coverage of the protests in Islamabad. I demand that my father be let go immediately and his family immediately be informed of his whereabouts,’ added the son, who later posted a video on social media.”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/matiullah-jan

R.I.P. Traditional Media?

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Article in Daily Kos by NoFortunaeSon, 11/30/24

Headline:  “It’s Okay to Let The Establishment Media Die”

Excellent article examining the recent failures of media to promote democracy

“. . .So billionaires are capturing media to promote politics hostile to democrats, and the remaining media … has been attacking democrats for decades? Just what the heck are Democrats defending here?”

“Josh Marshall has an excellent article well worth a read on how Democrats have found themselves on the side of defending institutions in an era of populist, institutional mistrust. For example, a major thrust of Trumpism is attacking the press. Democrats respond by rallying to the defense of the media, because a free press is a concept Democrats (rightly) hold in high regard. But this is mistake. . . ”

“. . . So far, the free press is showing remarkable signs of enduring Trump. We don’t need this abusive relationship with establishment media, and we certainly don’t need to reward it financially.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/30/2092920/-It-s-Okay-to-Let-The-Establishment-Media-Die?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

Canada Leads Battle of Media Titans

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Article in The Guardian by Leland Cecco, 11/29/24

Headline: “Canadian media companies sue OpenAI in case potentially worth billions”

Subhead: “Litigants say AI company used their articles to train its popular ChatGPT software without authorization”

“Canada’s major news organizations have sued tech firm OpenAI for potentially billions of dollars, alleging the company is “strip-mining journalism” and unjustly enriching itself by using news articles to train its popular ChatGPT software.

The suit, filed on Friday in Ontario’s superior court of justice, calls for punitive damages, a share of profits made by OpenAI from using the news organizations’ articles, and an injunction barring the San Francisco-based company from using any of the news articles in the future.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/29/canada-media-companies-sue-openai-chatgpt

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Article in the New York Times by Matina Stevis-Gridneff, 11/29/24

Headline:   “Major Canadian News Outlets Sue OpenAI in New Copyright Case”

Subhead:  “A coalition of some of Canada’s biggest media companies is seeking billions of dollars in compensation for what they say is copyright infringement on their work through ChatGPT.”

“These artificial intelligence companies cannibalize proprietary content and are free-riding on the backs of news publishers who invest real money to employ real journalists who produce real stories for real people,” said Paul Deegan, president of News Media Canada.

“A coalition of Canada’s biggest news organizations is suing OpenAI, the maker of the artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, accusing the company of illegally using their content in the first case of its kind in the country.

Five of the country’s major news companies, including the publishers of its top newspapers, newswires and the national broadcaster, filed the joint suit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Friday morning.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/world/canada/canada-openai-lawsuit-copyright.html

Gotta Catch ’em All (Media that is)

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Article in Daily Kos by Mark Sumner, 11/28/24

Headline:  “Media capture is no joke”

“For the past week, Elon Musk has repeatedly commented about buying MSNBC. At the same time, Musk accused the news outlet of peddling “puerile propaganda” and derided MSNBC’s ratings, which have—as might be expected—dropped since the election. The result has been a string of comments on Twitter and Fox News in which Trump supporters chortle over the thought of replacing Rachel Maddow with Joe Rogan and exult in the distress they believe Musk’s comments must be generating on the left.

“Many of Musk’s “jokes,” and those of toadies like Rogan, have been accompanied by the kind of homophobic, racist, or misogynist memes that have come to dominate Twitter since Musk laid down $44 billion to destroy that platform. But even as Musk and his social media pals laugh, no one should consider this a farce. It’s a threat. . . ”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/28/2289221/-Media-capture-is-no-joke?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

Revenge Against Media Coming

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Article in The New Republic by Greg Sargent, 11/27/24

Headline:  “Trump’s Eruption of Rage at NYT Offers Unnerving Hint of What’s Coming”

Subhead:  “As Trump rants at the Times after coverage of his creepy young aide, former Times public editor Margaret Sullivan reflects on what his press crackdown may look like—and how the media can respond.”

“This week, Donald Trump erupted in fury at The New York Times. He appeared triggered by a story about an aide named Natalie Harp, who serves as his gatekeeper with creepy levels of devotion. What caught our eye is that in his rant, Trump demanded that the Times show obeisance to him because he won the election, perhaps providing an early glimpse of how he will seek to cow the media into submission. We talked to Margaret Sullivan, the former Times public editor and author of the great Substack American Crisis, who explains what Trump’s crackdown on the press might look like—and how well the media will respond to it. Listen to this episode here. A transcript is . . .” – in the link below:

https://newrepublic.com/article/188857/trumps-eruption-rage-nyt-offers-unnerving-hint-whats-coming