In the a-line-I'd-like-to-have-written category, here's Dave Karpf talking about reading Olivia Nuzzi's new book:

"I’d like to take a step back and discuss hatereading as a genre. "

#OliviaNuzzi #NewYorkTimes #RFKJr #HateReading

davekarpf.substack.com/p/on-ha…

On Hatereading as Method

Ridicule is our last, best weapon

^{Dave Karpf (The Future, Now and Then)}

Noting the many ways in which the media assist Trump in representing inhumanity and indecency as the opposite of what they are, Mark Jacob says,

"Trump doesn’t know much about public policy or human decency, but he sure knows about marketing – and manipulation of the media."

#media #democracy #truth #NewYorkTimes
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stopthepresses.news/p/the-medi…

The media must stop helping Trump market misery

Journalists don’t have to repeat the regime’s cutesy nicknames for its corrupt campaigns

^{Mark Jacob (Stop the Presses)}

"You’re disgusted by commercial or billionaire ownership, and angry about journalism driven by corporate concerns over public mission."

Count me among the disgusted. And count me very happy to read each of the people and quite a few others who have no foothold in the traditional media world on a daily basis.

#media #democracy #truth #NewYorkTimes #HeatherCoxRichardson #PaulKrugman #JuddLegum #MarisaKabas
/5

"Many of you mentioned writers like Heather Cox Richardson, Paul Krugman, Judd Legum and Marisa Kabas, among many others. You also mentioned podcasts and individual columnists.

Many of you expressed disillusionment, or even rage, at 'Big Journalism,' or mainstream media — or whatever you want to call the big traditional institutions."

#media #democracy #truth #NewYorkTimes #HeatherCoxRichardson #PaulKrugman #JuddLegum #MarisaKabas
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Sullivan writes:

"Last week, I asked you, the readers of American Crisis, to tell me about your media diet. Where are you getting the news and information you find reliable and important?

Your comments were illuminating. Many of you mentioned how much you have come to rely on independent — not institutional — voices."

#media #democracy #truth #NewYorkTimes
/3

the Times printed a front-page above-the-fold headline and article trolling Biden on the immigration issue. Biden. Not Trump. When Trump is in the White House and Biden is long gone.

The New York Times is not about to redeem itself anytime soon, and many of us will keep congratulating ourselves for turning our back on that shameful media outlet and seeking good information and reporting elsewhere.

#media #democracy #truth #NewYorkTimes
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Margaret Sullivan retains an old-fashioned belief in the possibility that traditional media can right themselves and return to their mission of speaking truth even when it''s inconvenient and defending equality and justice for all.

I no longer have that faith, but applaud her for holding onto it. The infuriating example she gives of how the New York Times continues betraying that mission right up to yesterday —

#media #democracy #truth #NewYorkTimes
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margaretsullivan.substack.com/…

Trust in mainstream media is at rock bottom. Can it be fixed?

Why so many news consumers are turning to individual voices and away from institutions

^{Margaret Sullivan (American Crisis)}