Selective Coverage

Selective Analysis in NYT

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 10/15/26

Headline:  “New York Times cleans up Vance’s bigotry”

“Earlier this week, Vice President JD Vance became one of the most prominent Republican voices to attack Texas’ Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico with bigoted homophobic and transphobic remarks.

“But in covering these smears, The New York Times downplayed Vance’s hateful rhetoric and even sought out a justification from a friendly pro-Republican source. . .”

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/10/15/800112897/media/new-york-times-cleans-up-vances-bigotry/

Reporters Unwelcome

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Article in Poynter by Angela Fu, 10/15/26

Headline: “A shrinking local press is making it easier for public officials to restrict access”

Subhead: “Reporters across the country say they’re being denied credentials, shut out of government spaces and stonewalled by public officials”

“As CNN, Politico and MS NOW challenge their White House ban in court, a similar press access battle is playing out in Utah — one that dates back to the beginning of last year. . .”

“Across the country, journalists at the state and local levels are experiencing many of the same access issues as their national counterparts. They are being turned away from press conferences, stonewalled by politicians and excluded from government spaces they previously had access to. . .”

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https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/local-news-press-access-public-officials/

Too Chicken to Answer Questions?

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones 10/12/26

Headline:  “Opinion | Jennifer Griffin has covered 8 defense secretaries. She’s never seen a Pentagon like this.”

Subhead: “On  ‘The Poynter Report Podcast,’ the longtime Fox News correspondent reflects on nearly four decades of reporting, from war zones to Washington”

“. . .Griffin went on to explain why, but also said, ‘There are still very important stories being broken. Every time there’s a story the Pentagon doesn’t want, they call it fake news. That’s just a real cop-out. That’s a cop out for not wanting to answer questions — not wanting to answer questions from Congress, not wanting to answer questions from the press, and I don’t think the American people are buying it anymore’. . .”

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https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/fox-news-jennifer-griffin-pentagon-pete-hegseth/

Propaganda / Media

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 10/8/26

Headline:  “Fox News at 30: Even the pretense of impartiality is all but gone”

“Fox News’ role as a Republican propaganda machine is clear to anyone who has bothered to peruse its programming — President Donald Trump knows it, Fox co-founder Rupert Murdoch knows it, disgraced network co-founder Roger Ailes knew it, and longtime viewers like me certainly know it. . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-30-even-pretense-impartiality-all-gone

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review by Susie Banikarim, 10/9/26

Headline: “After Thirty Years, Fox Remains the House Ailes Built”

Subhead: “Racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and consistently high ratings. . .”

“. . .Though much has been made of the fracturing of right-wing media, Fox remains the most popular and powerful source of news-like content for many Americans. . .”

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https://www.cjr.org/laurels-and-darts/after-thirty-years-fox-news-remains-house-ailes-built-racism-misogyny-xenophobia-high-ratings.php

CBS Puts Whole Hand on Scale

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Article in Poynter by Tom Jones, 10/8/26

Headline:  “Opinion | CBS gives JD Vance a prime-time town hall just before the midterms”

Subhead: “The Michigan event gives the vice president a national stage as Republicans make their closing argument to voters”

“In timing that is certainly good for a Republican Party looking for a last-minute rally ahead of the midterm elections, CBS announced Wednesday that it will air a town hall with Vice President JD Vance on Oct. 17 — just two and a half weeks before the pivotal Election Day. . .”

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https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2026/jd-vance-cbs-town-hall-midterms/

Media Reported “Little Excursion”?

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Article in Poynter by Amy Sherman and Maria Briceño, 10/6/26z

Headline:  “Trump said the Iran war would last weeks. Now he says the media got it wrong.”

Subhead:  “Trump now says his 4-6 week estimate was about eliminating Iran’s nuclear threat. That’s not what he said at the time.”

“Donald Trump told them would be over in a matter of weeks — has led to higher inflation and energy prices, including for gasoline.

“Now seven months into the conflict, Trump is defending his decision to attack Iran with Israel on Feb. 28, but he’s recasting his initial timeline for what he once labeled a ‘little excursion.’. . .”

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https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/trump-iran-war-timeline-media-fact-check/

Coming Storm in the Media

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Article in Columbia Journalism Review By Carolina Abbott Galvão, Ivan L. Nagy and Riddhi Setty, 9/23/26

Headline: “How Should We Cover the Climate Story?”

Subhead:  “Speaking with climate reporters about staying on the beat—because, as Bill McKibben put it, ‘for better or for worse, by this time next year, there’s no doubt in my mind that climate coverage will be at the forefront.’”

“. . .Climate journalism can feel like a series of devastating yet foreseeable tragedies, all happening against a drumbeat of bad news—like the United Nations report this month that global temperatures will rise past a dangerous threshold. Meanwhile, climate desks at legacy organizations have shrunk or disbanded, including at NPR. . .”

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https://www.cjr.org/feature/how-should-we-cover-the-climate-story.php

Rt. Media Says “A.I is No Problem”

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Article in Media Matters 9/15/26 by Helena Hind, Jane Lee & Evlondo Cooper

Headline: “Right-wing media downplay AI safety concerns as a hoax by comparing them to climate change and “COVID hysteria”

“Right-wing media are following President Donald Trump in dismissing calls to slow down AI development in the wake of multiple hacking incidents as a ‘hoax,’ comparing concerns over AI to ‘climate change apocalyptic talk’ and ‘COVID hysteria’ including support for vaccines. . .”

“Trump vehemently rejected the idea of an AI slowdown in a series of Truth Social posts on September 14, calling the push for caution a ‘hoax,’ ‘scam,’ and a ‘SICK conspiracy.’ . . .”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/right-wing-media-downplay-ai-safety-concerns-hoax-comparing-them-climate-change-and

Fox – See-No-War

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 9/10/26

Headline:  “Trump’s war in Iran is over—at least according to Fox News“

“President Donald Trump’s months-long war in Iran has cost lives and economic stability. But Fox News has a solution to the problem: Just stop talking about it.

“Media Matters for America analyzed coverage of the war between March and August and discovered that, as things got worse for the United States, Fox stopped airing stories about it.

“The decline was especially noteworthy on Fox’s evening shows, which are hosted by some of the network’s marquee names. Across “The Five,” “Hannity,” “The Ingraham Angle,” “Jesse Watters Primetime,” and “Gutfeld!,” coverage of the war fell by 78%. . .”

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/9/10/800096520/media/trumps-war-in-iran-is-over-at-least-according-to-fox-news/

Censoring Information From Military

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Article in The Atlantic by Erik Slavin, 9/9/26

Headline: “The Inside Story of What Happened at Stars and Stripes“

Subhead: “For generations, the newspaper has served American military families. That work must continue. And it must remain editorially independent.”

“. . .Uniformed military leaders have not lost the means to analyze and act on useful journalism. But publicly denouncing the reporting or the news outlet makes it far less likely that they will. Attacking people for telling the truth creates a chilling effect for truth tellers—including those who are themselves in the military.

“The best journalism unearths information that complex bureaucracies overlook or suppress, intentionally or not. . .”

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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/pentagon-military-newspaper-independence-supression/688547/