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The media’s momentary fascination with Nikki Haley
The GOP candidate is “having a moment,” but media must realize she’s no moderate
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Mark Jacob
5
November 2023
Media Misses: We need more truth, not more Trump, in this dangerous time
A recent New York Times story misses the point
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Mark Jacob
8:47
9
Where are the Page 1 editorials against Trump?
Major newspapers should run front-page editorials declaring clearly that a vote for Trump is a vote to end democracy.
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Mark Jacob
10
15 ways Tom Cotton is awful
And how the press sometimes amplifies his awfulness
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Mark Jacob
5
Don’t let the media blame Democrats for the looming shutdown
Media pundits demand that Democratic grownups rescue GOP children to make government work
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Mark Jacob
4
It’s false ‘fairness’ to help right-wing politicians lie.
Why do journalists continue to let Donald Trump lie in their stories?
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Mark Jacob
12
October 2023
Fact-checking isn’t enough. We need fact-crusading.
The enemies of truth should be called out and confronted, not just corrected.
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Mark Jacob
27
When all else fails, Republicans turn to crime
As Republicans exploit the issue of crime, the press often struggles to put it in context
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Mark Jacob
6
The press can’t afford to ignore violent right-wing rhetoric
If we lose our capacity for outrage, we’ll lose everything
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Mark Jacob
3
Lifting the lid on Fox News propaganda
The right-wing outlet was eager to spread false claims of Biden’s absence this weekend
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Mark Jacob
2
Mainstream media is not going to save us
It’s not that most mainstream news organizations are anti-democratic – it’s that they seem frighteningly neutral on the question.
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Mark Jacob
8
September 2023
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