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The Two Chances for the Media to Show It Really Cares About Democracy
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (292+ words) The mainstream media has two huge upcoming opportunities to prove that it prioritizes democratic principles over placating President Trump and his base. I hope the journalism community, which has been far too accepting of this autocratic administration, finally rises to…...
Hegseth Announces New Pentagon Press Corps Full of Right-Wing Grifters
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1485+ words) After successfully pushing out even Fox News from covering the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has filled his new press corps with sycophants and yes-men from the likes of ultraconservative organizations like Turning Point USA. This comes just over a…...
Is There Any End to The Atlantic’s “End”-ism Fetish?
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (167+ words) I asked Google AI: “How often has the Atlantic announced the end of something?” The bot turned out to be even more fed up than I am: The Atlantic has proclaimed “the end of” various cultural, political, and societal concepts…...
Judge Cites Hegseth’s Own Words as He Blocks Pentagon’s Media Limits
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1420+ words) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s complaints about media coverage came back to bite him Tuesday. A federal judge ordered a preliminary injunction against the Defense Department’s restrictions on press access to the Pentagon, based in part on “a consistent stream…...
Trump Calls New York Times Treasonous, Threatens to Expand His Lawsuit
3+ week, 3+ day ago (973+ words) President Donald Trump furiously accused The New York Times of supposedly “treasonous” reporting about his disastrous peace deal with Iran. In reality, Iran shuttered trade through Strait of Hormuz yet again over the weekend, citing Israel’s ceasefire violations in Lebanon....
Big Tech Is a Thief and a Liar, Says New York Times Publisher
3+ week, 5+ day ago (231+ words) Sulzberger’s core argument when addressing the annual WAN-IFRA World News Media Conference on June 1 was that Big Tech is stealing the news media’s property and undermining democracy, and that the only solution is for news organizations to work together to…...
CBS Hit With Fresh Scandal Over Ousted 60 Minutes Correspondent
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1505+ words) 60 Minutes correspondent Cecelia Vega was fired while she was in the midst of a feature on U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese—perhaps the most prominent institutional voice against Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and the…...
What Today’s Media Can Learn from the Civil Rights-Era Black Press
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (43+ words) The New Republic You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here....
Transcript: The Media Can Learn from the Civil Rights-Era Black Press
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1866+ words) This is a lightly edited transcript of the June 9 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Kathy Roberts Ford: Oh, so great to be here,…...
Why The New York Times Is Wholly Responsible for Bari Weiss’s Rise
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1223+ words) But anyway. They hired Weiss. You would have thought that would have been enough. But no! Two years later, the Times hired a young conservative firebrand named Adam Rubenstein, who also had The Wall Street Journal on his résumé. Oh,…...