Media Noticing “Secret Plan”?

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Article in New York Times by Annie Karni, 10/28/24

Headline: “Trump Hints at ‘Little Secret’ With House Republicans, Setting Off a Panic”

Subhead: “The former president seemed to delight in fueling speculation about what he is cooking up with House Republicans, prompting Democrats to worry about election fraud. Speaker Mike Johnson refused to explain.”

“Speaker Mike Johnson was taking in former President Donald J. Trump’s grievance-fueled closing rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday afternoon when the main actor onstage turned to him and drew him into the drama.

“I think with our little secret we’re going to do really well with the House, right?” Mr. Trump said, addressing Mr. Johnson directly. “Our little secret is having a big impact. He and I have a little secret — we will tell you what it is when the race is over.

“This aside, delivered with a small chuckle, set off a frenzy among frightened Democrats who have been living with something akin to post-traumatic stress disorder caused by the last two presidential election cycles, and who are now primed to fear the worst.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/us/politics/trump-secret-house-republicans-panic.html

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Article in The Daily Kos by Dan K,10/28/24

Headline: “Trump’s ‘Little Secret’ is starting to Get Media Notice [\update: Don’t Panic. Sort Of]”

“Last night and this morning much of the media reporting on the MSG rally was focused on the racism, the misogyny, and the sheer and utter stupidity of pissing off large numbers of voters in crucial swing states. Not much attention was paid to another, equally alarming, claim by Trump that he and Mike Johnson had a “secret plan” to fix the election, so he wasn’t worried about the vote.

“It took 12 hours, but that is starting to change.

“NYT just posted this a few minutes ago: Trump Hints at ‘Little Secret’ With House Republicans, Setting Off a Panic”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/28/2280418/-Trump-s-Little-Secret-is-Starting-to-Get-Media-Notice?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

 

Media – Anticipatory Obedience

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Owners kowtowing to . . . ?

Article in The Guardian 10/26/24 by Lois Beckett

Headline:  “ ‘Anticipitory obedience’:  newspapers’ refusal to endorse shines light on billionaire owners’ motives”

Subhead:  “The Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post both declined to endorse a “candidate – a sign of political media capture”

“When two American billionaires blocked the newspapers they own from endorsing Kamala Harris this month, they tried to frame the decision as an act of civic responsibility.”

“. . . Veteran journalists and media critics are using a very different phrase to describe Soon-Shiong’s and Bezos’s choice: they’re saying the two billionaires, among the richest men on the entire globe, are performing ‘anticipatory obedience’ to Donald Trump.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/26/anticipatory-obedience-newspapers-endorsement-refusal

 

Which Podcasts are Reliable?

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From Ad Fontes Media 10/24/24

Headline:  “Junk News is Like Junk Food”

Subhead:  “We love them, but both damage our health and our society as a whole. What can we do?”

“We, as humans, have basic needs for several things. One of them is food. Another is information. We are always, by necessity and want, taking in both.”

“. . .Ad Fontes Media has known for years that podcasts, as well as YouTube and other social media platforms, have become a popular place for people to get their information. For that reason, we began analyzing news and news-like podcasts for their bias and reliability in 2021.

“As Podcasts Grow in Popularity, Harris and Trump Appear as Guests to Reach New Audiences

“Find out which shows can be trusted on the October Media Bias Chart for podcasts.

“Our team has now rated more than 740 of them, and 48 are featured on the October Media Bias Chart® for podcasts that was released earlier this week. Learn more about the chart, including which eight podcasts are included for the first time:”

https://adfontesmedia.com/podcasts-grow-popularity-oct-24-chart/?utm_source=Ad+Fontes+Media&utm_campaign=348e0cf117-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_17_01_44_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e5ace1450d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&goal=0_7489d5d067-348e0cf117-433946301&mc_cid=348e0cf117

Alternative Media All the Time

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Article in Politico by Rachael Bade, 10/26/24

Headline:  ” ‘All Trump, All the Time’: Inside the Trump Campaign’s Media Strategy”

Subhead: “A top Trump adviser opens up about the effort to court a different set of voters.”

“Perhaps the most surprising thing about Donald Trump sitting down with podcast heavyweight Joe Rogan on Friday was that it hadn’t already happened. The former president has been on an expansive nontraditional media tour during the 2024 race, sitting down with a range of podcasters, but often those targeting young men in search of the Bro vote.

“Helping chart the course is one of Trump’s most trusted advisers, Jason Miller, who laid out the campaign’s approach in an interview with the Playbook Deep Dive podcast.

“Miller and Trump have a long history together. He’s worked on each of Trump’s campaigns since 2016, in roles ranging from comms guru to senior strategist, and he isn’t afraid to elaborate on the campaign’s strategy or defend Trump’s most controversial comments.”

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/26/trump-podcast-campaign-2024-elections-00185619

World Media Literacy is Important

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Article in Poynter by Muskan Bansal, Renata Salvini and Brittani Kollar, 10/25/24

Headline:  “An academic’s media literacy journey from India to Oman”

Subhead:  “Dr. Tamilselvi Natarajan’s passion for media literacy led to the creation of a media literacy club at Bayan College”

“The International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) Disarming Disinformation initiative is a three-year program, supported by the Scripps Howard Fund, that aims to slow the spread of disinformation through multiple programs such as investigative journalism, capacity building and media literacy education. ICFJ partnered with MediaWise from the Poynter Institute to develop and deliver media literacy programming.

“The media literacy training of trainers program accepted global participants for two different cohorts. The participants are community leaders who will educate others on the importance of media literacy and how to apply those skills in real life. The article below is one of five impact stories selected from the first cohort in celebration of media literacy week. ”

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/an-academics-media-literacy-journey-from-india-to-oman/

 

Quacking like a . . .

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Article in Media Matters by Charis Hoard, 10/25/24

Headline:  “John Kelly warned that Trump is a fascist. Right-wing media absurdly claim by citing him that Kamala Harris is inspiring “assassins.”

“. . .  ‘If you keep calling someone Hitler, eventually, someone will feel morally obligated to take action’ ”

“This week, retired Gen. John Kelly — former chief of staff to former President Donald Trump — asserted in interviews with The New York Times that he believed Trump ‘falls into the general definition of fascist’ and that he has previously praised Adolf Hitler.

“Vice President Kamala Harris echoed the sentiments during her town hall on Wednesday night when asked about Kelly’s comments, sending right-wing media into an uproar.

“In a desperate attempt to spin the serious remarks about Trump into a negative story about Harris, right-wing media figures attacked the Democratic nominee, calling her hypocritical, claiming that she was repeating unsubstantiated claims, and suggesting she’s inciting violence against Trump by agreeing with Kelly’s comments.”

https://www.mediamatters.org/kamala-harris/john-kelly-warned-trump-fascist-right-wing-media-absurdly-claim-citing-him-kamala

Media and the Machines

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Article in Media Matters by Jack Winstanley, Jack Wheatley & Reed McMaster, 10/24/24

Headline:  “Far-right media figures are reviving their conspiratorial crusade against Dominion Voting Systems”

Subhead:  “With early voting underway, some right-wing media figures are falsely claiming that Dominion voting machines are “switching the votes”

“As early voting gets underway in many states, far-right media outlets and personalities have begun promoting a conspiracy theory that Dominion voting machines have “switched” votes, which echoes the debunked conspiracy theory about Dominion voting machines that was heavily promoted by far-right and right-wing media, such as Fox News, in 2020.”

https://www.mediamatters.org/foxdominion-lawsuit/far-right-media-figures-are-reviving-their-conspiratorial-crusade-against

Springtime for Media?

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from “The Producers”

Article in The Intercept by James Risen , 10/25/24

Headline:  “Mainstream Media Was Afraid to Compare Trump to Hitler. Now the Press Has No Excuse.”

Subhead:  “Statements by John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, have made it nearly impossible for the media to avoid Hitler comparisons.”

“For decades, reporters have been taught not to make Hitler analogies in stories about American politics. Adolf Hitler was so uniquely evil that any comparison of an American politician with the Nazi leader was considered unfair and out of bounds.

“And then came Donald Trump.

“Trump is the first modern American political figure to force journalists to reassess whether Hitler references meet their editorial standards.

“In my columns and other articles for The Intercept, I have drawn attention to the increasingly obvious parallels between Hitler and Trump and between the Nazi movement and the MAGA cult. Yet most mainstream journalists have stubbornly stuck to the de facto ban on Hitler analogies and have refused to compare the two.”

“. . . But in explosive new statements, Trump’s own former White House chief of staff has made it virtually impossible for the press to justify a continued ban on Trump/Hitler references..”

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/25/trump-hitler-john-kelly-medi/

No Human Anymore . . . No Human Anymore . . . No Human . . .

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Article from AP on CNN Business, 10/24/24

Headline:  “Polish radio station replaces journalists with AI ‘presenters’ “

” A Polish radio station has triggered controversy after dismissing its journalists and relaunching this week with AI-generated “presenters.”

“Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched this week, with what it said was ‘the first experiment in Poland in which journalists … are virtual characters created by AI.’

“The station in the southern city of Krakow said its three avatars are designed to reach younger listeners by speaking about cultural, art and social issues including the concerns of LGBTQ+ people.”

“. . . The change got nationwide attention after Mateusz Demski, a journalist and film critic who until recently hosted a show on the station, published an open letter Tuesday protesting ‘the replacement of employees with artificial intelligence.’ ”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/24/media/polish-radio-ai-presenters-scli-intl/index.html

Assessing the Media

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Article in Daily Kos by DoctorBeast68 10/24/24

Headline:  “There Must Come a Reckoning for Our Media”

“In two weeks, Americans will decide whether the United States shall continue as a representative democracy and the shining beacon on the hill of freedom and liberty, or will devolve into a corrupt autocratic state where political enemies are jailed or killed and the world’s greatest military will be deployed within our own borders to racially cleanse our nation of immigrants, both legal and otherwise. Those are stark choices.”

“. . . The media cannot escape its culpability in the erosion of democratic norms. There must come a reckoning for those who have failed to stand up for the truth, who have chosen profit over principle, and who have treated this moment of existential threat as merely another news cycle. Journalism is supposed to serve the public, to inform and educate, not to entertain and exploit.

“In fact, while the media sells the story of a close, nail-biting election, the reality on the ground tells a far different story. Polling stations are seeing record turnout, early voting numbers are shattering expectations, and the enthusiasm gap between those who seek to preserve democracy and those who support its destruction is stark. Far from being an evenly split electorate, a majority of Americans clearly understand the gravity of this election and are voting accordingly.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/10/24/2279113/-There-Must-Come-a-Reckoning-for-Our-Media