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Do Journalists Ask the Wrong Questions?

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Opinion Piece in the Washington Post by Matt Bai, 9/3/24

Headline:  “The media gets nothing from Kamala Harris. That’s mostly on us.”

Subhead:  “Conversations between candidates and reporters often fail to reveal anything. There’s a better way.”

” . . .conversations between journalists and candidates so often fail to reveal anything of substance. And the failure is mostly on our side.

“If we journalists are actually interested in revealing things about our candidates that enlighten voters and ennoble the process, then it’s time to completely rethink the questions we ask.

“Increasingly, interviews like this are structured with an ear toward social media, where mobs of ideologically charged critics on either side are always ready to whine about the question that wasn’t asked or the lie that wasn’t immediately called out.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/03/harris-media-interview-better-questions/

Do Interviewers Push an Agenda?

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Article by HealthCareWatcher in Daily Kos, 9/2/24

Headline: “The Media’s Sickening Double Standard on Interviews”

“For weeks on end, it was the talk of the beltway gasbags that “Kamala Harris has to do an interview to show she’s ready to be President.” In that six weeks, Donald Trump started posting fan fiction about Joe Biden parachuting into the Democratic Convention and taking his delegates back from Kamala Harris, re-posting the posts of Neo-nazis, and just generally being complete insane.

“Trump has sat for no such interview in his two years as a candidate.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/2/2267370/-The-Media-s-Sickening-Double-Standard-on-Interviews?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

 

Attacking the Press Has Consequences

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Article in Lost Angeles Times from AP, 8/31/24

Headline:  “Man who stormed into rally press area after Trump bashed media will face charges, police say”

“Police said Saturday that a man will face charges after he stormed into the press area at Donald Trump’s rally in Johnstown, Pa., as the former president spoke.

“The incident Friday came moments after Trump criticized major media outlets for what he said was unfavorable coverage, singling out CNN for its interview Thursday with his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz.

“Fierce criticism of the media is a standard part of Trump’s rally speeches, and his supporters often turn toward the press section and boo; some gesture with their middle fingers.

“Moments before the man ventured into the designated section, Trump called the media the “enemy of the people.” Video of the incident does not make clear what the man was yelling.”

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-08-31/man-who-stormed-into-rally-press-area-after-trump-bashed-media-will-face-charges-police-say

News Falls Into Social Media Black Hole?

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Audio Feature from CNN by David Rind & Clare Duffy, 8/28/24

Headline: “Social Media Scrutiny: Telegram, X, & the AI Election”

“The detention of Telegram founder Pavel Durov over the weekend has sparked major questions about free speech and criminal activity online. In this episode, we examine why the app has come under intense scrutiny in Europe and why a lack of moderation from American social media platforms has allowed election misinformation to flourish.

“Most tech founders are not household names. Those that are are usually either incredibly successful. Think Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, or infamous like Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos. Well, over the weekend, another name you may not know may have found himself in the latter category.”

Listen here – You could scroll past the ads after 35 seconds –
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/one-thing/episodes/97bb14c4-179e-11ef-aba1-2f81b79364a4

How Media Right & Left View Debate

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Article in The New York Times by Santul Nerkar, 8/30/24

Headline: “How Media Outlets on the Right and Left Are Covering the Debate Over the Debate”

“Conservative publications claim Vice President Kamala Harris is looking for reasons to back out of the debate. Liberal sites say it is former President Donald Trump who is seeking excuses to withdraw.”

Read here:  https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/business/media/debate-media-harris-trump.html

 

Truth Social in Trouble?

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Headline: “The whole ‘Truth’: Is Trump Media the next Trump brand to go belly-up?”

Article in Daily Kos by Walter Einenkel, 8/29/24

“Trump Media & Technology Group’s stock price dropped below $20 a share on Wednesday. This marks a new low for the Donald Trump-owned company since it went public five months ago.

Predictably, Trump is having one of his classic public freakouts on his Truth Social site, even as the social media platform rapidly depreciates . . .”

Read here:    https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/29/2266386/-The-whole-Truth-Is-Trump-Media-the-next-Trump-brand-to-go-belly-up?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_8&pm_medium=web

 

Media Are Transforming

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Article in Newsweek by Saul Hudson, 8/27/24

Headline: “Five Things Startup Founders Need to Know About Changing Media Landscape”

“A spate of content licensing agreements with artificial intelligence companies shows the media are in the midst of rapid disruption—again. Where once legacy print media stood as gatekeepers of information, now savvy users of social media dominate many conversations.

“Most media are digital, not print. Advertising operates under a completely different business model. It can all be dizzying, and for those who have kept pace with the innovations of the past 25 years, well done, but don’t get too comfortable. The rise of AI, crypto and other new trends is already pushing the media to become something new yet again.”

Read the article here:  https://www.newsweek.com/five-things-startup-founders-need-know-about-changing-media-landscape-1944944

 

 

Post-Cable But Want Local News?

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Streaming News Media

Article from Associated Press by David Bauder, 8/26/24

Headline: “Going local: A new streaming service peeks into news in 2024 election swing states”

In some states, for those who ditched their cable and still want to keep track of local campaign news.

“Fans of politics have another way to keep track of what’s happening in the most competitive states in the country through a new service that collects and streams local newscasts.

Swing State Election News, which began operation Monday, lets streamers choose from among 37 local television stations . . . ”

https://apnews.com/article/swing-states-election-tv-streaming-09fc97f64ad284f29134371a923a4d74

Using Ads to Disrupt Free-Speech

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From The Guardian by Adam Gabbatt, 8/24/24

Headline:   “Tactical ad breaks and lies: rightwing coverage of DNC is exactly as expected”

Sub-head:  “Hard-right hosts resurrect racist Obama birther conspiracy theory and lament Democrats’ treatment of Joe Biden”

“The coverage, which has at times avoided the more pointed Democratic criticisms of Trump by cutting to ad breaks, has also including the criticism of women both for smiling too much and not smiling enough, and the coining of a new name for Barack Obama: ‘Barack-Stabber’.

“As the week wore on, it became clear that one tactic for news channels was just to ignore certain things happening at the convention. When a video was aired at the DNC about about the January 6 insurrection, Fox News cut to an advert for a landline telephone.”

Read the article here:  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/24/oann-fox-news-dnc-harris-obama-biden