You're way more generous than I would be, Mr. Jacob. I would refer to Fox as state-run media, a propaganda arm of the Republican Party writ large. In Hungary Mr. Magyar has gone on record that media outlets such as that will be disposed of. We should consider doing the same in this country or, at the very least, imposing far more regulation.
I used to be a big fan of CBS's Sunday Morning. I was still watching it (somewhat) until yesterday's show. What promised to be a story on the increase in accidents by big trucks (18 wheelers) turned out to be a story mostly about an immigrant (with a green card) who was in an accident that killed a pregnant woman. I think that was the final straw for me. Bari most definitely had her hand in that one. Thank you, Mark.
Thank you for this important essay, Mark, and for spelling things out in such plain, unvarnished terms.
However, there is another C word that I would add to your list: Corporatocracy. Until we have a clear appreciation of the fact that our major news outlets should not be owned by larger corporations, with vested interests of their own, we are not going to have a truly free press that is beholden only to pursuing the truth.
It is worth repeating that the reason that The Guardian is "one of the most reliable outlets on American politics" is that it is wholly owned and operated by a trust that was founded to ensure the paper's independence in perpetuity.
I'd like to also commend the Guardian. I like that there's both a UK and US edition, and that they take environmental news seriously, hard as it is to read sometimes. A lot of the new "never Trump" media are still stuck in their old Republican mindset that regulation is always bad and the natural world is a niche concern for those pesky environmentalists.
It drives me nuts to see Trump's latest lying screeds about the Iran war treated as breaking news. We know he's a serial liar and preaches death and destruction after the markets close on Friday only to claim negotiated breakthroughs before they open Monday. Yet the MSM treats every utterance as a change in the war's landscape. Every Trump announcement about the war should be reported with the disclaimer: "In his ever-changing, often disputed version of developments in the war, Trump now is saying..." Is that too much to ask?
Complicit should be changed to CRIMINAL.
You're way more generous than I would be, Mr. Jacob. I would refer to Fox as state-run media, a propaganda arm of the Republican Party writ large. In Hungary Mr. Magyar has gone on record that media outlets such as that will be disposed of. We should consider doing the same in this country or, at the very least, imposing far more regulation.
I’ve stopped reading any article with a “Trump Says” headline.
I used to be a big fan of CBS's Sunday Morning. I was still watching it (somewhat) until yesterday's show. What promised to be a story on the increase in accidents by big trucks (18 wheelers) turned out to be a story mostly about an immigrant (with a green card) who was in an accident that killed a pregnant woman. I think that was the final straw for me. Bari most definitely had her hand in that one. Thank you, Mark.
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Thank you for this important essay, Mark, and for spelling things out in such plain, unvarnished terms.
However, there is another C word that I would add to your list: Corporatocracy. Until we have a clear appreciation of the fact that our major news outlets should not be owned by larger corporations, with vested interests of their own, we are not going to have a truly free press that is beholden only to pursuing the truth.
It is worth repeating that the reason that The Guardian is "one of the most reliable outlets on American politics" is that it is wholly owned and operated by a trust that was founded to ensure the paper's independence in perpetuity.
I'd like to also commend the Guardian. I like that there's both a UK and US edition, and that they take environmental news seriously, hard as it is to read sometimes. A lot of the new "never Trump" media are still stuck in their old Republican mindset that regulation is always bad and the natural world is a niche concern for those pesky environmentalists.
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You forgot Allison Gill (Mueller She Wrote.)
What about The Bulwark?
I would add Heather Delaney Reese to your list of journalists to support. She is fantastic!
Thank you, Mark. I would add your name to the list.
I'd add the Financial Times and FAIR to the good guys.
Two thoughts:
Any story uncritically reporting "Trump says" is malpractice.
To your list of the courageous, I'd add Judd Legum ("Popular Infomation").
Thank you for naming names..In both " directions"..
It drives me nuts to see Trump's latest lying screeds about the Iran war treated as breaking news. We know he's a serial liar and preaches death and destruction after the markets close on Friday only to claim negotiated breakthroughs before they open Monday. Yet the MSM treats every utterance as a change in the war's landscape. Every Trump announcement about the war should be reported with the disclaimer: "In his ever-changing, often disputed version of developments in the war, Trump now is saying..." Is that too much to ask?