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US Elections Have Impact on International Media

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Article in Poynter by By: Cristi Hegranes, 10/2/24

Headline:  “International news is on the line in the upcoming presidential election”

“So much is on the line in the U.S. presidential election, including the future of international philanthropic giving — and the international news it funds.

“Politics aside, a second Donald Trump victory would undoubtedly ensure that more donated dollars from individuals and foundations will go to domestic causes, rather than abroad. Conventional wisdom suggests that elections heighten overall donor engagement, but that’s not true for international causes.”

” . . . there is always a downturn in international giving during election season, and the future of that giving will depend largely on who ends up in the White House.”

” . . . of course, the current investment trend in local news in the U.S. is necessary and deeply important. But this is also a critical moment for international news, which receives just a fraction of journalism philanthropy.

https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/international-news-is-on-the-line-in-the-upcoming-presidential-election/

 

The Media, Miss Fossil-Fuel Flood Link

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Feature by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now 9/30/23

Headline: “Fossil-Fueled Climate Change Left Out of Media Coverage of Hurricane Helene: Scientist Peter Kalmus”

“Helene is expected to be one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history and was fueled by abnormally warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, but most of the media coverage has failed to connect the devastation to the climate crisis.”

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/9/30/hurricane_helene_climate_crisis

Media – Middle East Cop-Out During Debate?

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Article by Edward Carver in Common Dreams, 10/2/24

Headline: “Only Debate Question on Middle East War ‘Encapsulates What Is Wrong With US Media Coverage’ “

Subhead: “The Council on American–Islamic Relations said the question was “reckless and biased” and ‘sounded like it could have written by AIPAC, not CBS.’ “

“Foreign policy experts and civil rights groups criticized CBS News’ moderators following Monday night’s vice presidential debate for asking only one narrowly framed question about conflict in the Middle East.”

“. . .focusing on the Iran threat was a way of avoiding larger questions—that Brennan’s narrow framing was intentional.

” ‘If the CBS moderators wanted to avoid talking frankly about the aforementioned issues which might mean—here it comes—raising criticism of Israel, this was the way to do it,’ she wrote. ‘Make it all about Iran.’ ”

https://www.commondreams.org/news/debate-middle-east-media

Media Sued for False Information – What Happens?

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Article by Sam Levine in The Guardian, 9/30/24

Headline: “What price are US media outlets paying for spreading election lies?”

Subhead: “A wave of lawsuits ending in settlements show defamation law is not going to save us from election misinformation”

“As voting got under way for the 2024 US presidential election, the voting technology company Smartmatic and the conservative outlet Newsmax reached an agreement about election lies in the last one.”

. . . “Some of the settlements have come with on-air apologies and retractions. Others, including the agreement between Fox and Dominion, have not. In some cases, the terms of the agreements have not been disclosed at all, leaving the public in the dark about what price, if any, outlets are paying for spreading election lies.”

. . . “Lidsky cautioned against expecting too much from trials. ”

“ ‘The public hasn’t, as a whole, bought into the definitive declaration of truth,’ she said. ‘There are, through motivated reasoning, people who are going to continue to believe what they want to believe.’ ”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/30/election-lies-misinformation-media

 

Traditional Media Sink or Swim?

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Article in the New York Times By Farah Nayeri, 9/29/24

Headline: “As Mainstream Media Faces Unprecedented Challenges, Can It Save Itself?”

Subhead: “A panel at the Athens Democracy Forum explores how and whether traditional news organizations can regain the influence and trust that once defined them”

“On the first day of the fall semester at Boston University, Michelle Amazeen, an associate professor of mass communication, asked her graduate students to fill out a questionnaire listing their favorite movie, band, book and news source. She was in for a surprise.

“Next to news source, many of her 16 students left a blank. Several mentioned TikTok, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). One named a mainstream publication (The New York Times) as their source of news and information.

“By and large, young adults are getting their news, if they get it at all, from social media,” Ms. Amazeen said. As far as they’re concerned, “social media is exciting and it’s accessible,” because there’s little effort or expense required: just a scroll down a smartphone screen.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/world/democracy-media-challenges.html

Social Media Dump

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Article by By Don Jacobson on UPI 9/28/24

Headline: “Trump Media co-founder, investor dumps shares following lockup period”

Is the end near?

“A co-founder of former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social messaging platform has dumped his shares following the expiration of a mandatory -lockup’ period, a public filing shows.”

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/09/28/major-Trump-Media-investor-dumps-shares-following-lock-up-period/5831727550906/

The Former . . . ? Doesn’t Like The Media

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Article by by Dominick Mastrangelo in The Hill, 9/27/24

Headline:  “Amanpour: Melania Trump’s ‘mainstream media’ remark is ‘dangerous”

“CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour is chastising former first lady Melania Trump over comments she made attacking the mainstream media in a recent interview.

“ ‘Mrs Trump is mistaken, political violence is not the fault of the ‘mainstream media and I wish she would take back this false and dangerous accusation,’  Amanpour wrote in asocial media post Friday morning.

“The CNN anchor was referencing  an interview Trump gave on Fox News a  day earlier.

. . . “Former President Trump and his allies regularly attack the mainstream media, singling out CNN in many cases as ‘fake news’ and ‘the enemy of the people.’ ”

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4903456-christine-amanpour-melania-trump-mainstream-media-remark/ Former President Trump and his allies regularly attack the mainstream media, singling out CNN in many cases as “fake news” and “the enemy of the people.”

Media Outlets for Sale? That’s Smokin!

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Article in The Guardian by Anna Bawden and Mark Sweney
Wed 25 Sep 2024 12.35 EDT

Headline: “Pressure mounts on publisher of Economist over ties to tobacco”

Subhead:  “Exclusive: Experts pull out of health conferences run by Economist Impact after revelations of commercial links”

“Pressure is mounting on the publisher of the Economist over its commercial ties with the world’s three biggest tobacco companies, after numerous senior NHS and international health experts pulled out of two more Economist Impact health conferences after the Guardian’s investigation into its links with big tobacco.

. . . “Prof Sir Michael Marmot, director of the Institute of Health Equity at University College London and a global authority on health inequalities, said: “I was not aware Economist Impact were supported by big tobacco companies when I accepted the invitation to speak at this event. Now I am aware, I will no longer be appearing at the conference. I have never and would never work with the tobacco industry, and I am disappointed these details were not disclosed in advance”

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/sep/25/pressure-mounts-on-publisher-of-economist-over-ties-to-tobacco

New Purpose of Media – Normalizing Wierdness?

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Article by By Josephine Harvey in the Huffington Post 9/25/24

Headline: “Mary Trump Slams Media’s Dangerous Interpretations of Her Uncle’s Gibberish”

Subhead: ” ‘The push to normalize Donald is Breathtaking’ said Donald Trup’s Niece”

“Mary Trump has accused legacy media organizations of normalizing former President Donald Trump and injecting meaning into his increasingly incoherent statements, and warned of its “dangerous” effects.”

. . . ““It’s as if the legacy media has decided that its job is not to report what he’s saying, but to translate it for us,” she added. “The problem is twofold. One, they’re not telling us that’s what they’re doing. They’re reporting it as if these are the things Donald is saying coherently.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-trump-donald-trump-media_n_66f41197e4b01c2b5008ec52