#Media
The difference between platforming and journalism laid out quite well by @markjacob
#HateCrime #Suspect Who Allegedly Threw #Glass at #LGBTQ #Victim while shouting #antiLGBTQ #slurs #Arrested in #sanfrancisco
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Hatecrimes #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #Media #MoralPanic #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes
https://sfstandard.com/criminal-justice/hate-crime-suspect-threw-glass-lgbtq-arrested-san-francisco/
Ummm, what? Didn't I read this story many months ago? Or am I clairvoyant?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nurse-transport-truck-saint-john-hospital-1.6868746
"Kiss that goodbye, you’re going to kiss goodbye to a lot of publishers. You could think that would mean inflation for ad prices, only again CPMs go in one direction." Brian Morrissey
I don't usually go for the doom and gloom perspective on media in general, but Morrissey's crystal ball is more tuned in than most and he zeroes in on several compelling and depressing points.
“Treating truth and lies as worthy of equal consideration makes the media complicit in MAGA [Russian] deception."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/media-coverage-2024-republican-election-lies/
(See Mastodon thread of article: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/110498505332327306)
In this case, treating reliable sources and known liars as worthy of equal consideration makes the media complicit in Russian deception.
(Image source: https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-nova-kakhovka-dam-in-ukraine?r=7p2cc&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post)
In todays edition of "CHOOSE YOUR NEWS", we contemplate a declaration of the "end of the supply chain issues", while major shipping ports in the Western USA shut down again.
CHOOSE. YOUR. NEWS!
1 - CNN: "White House hails the end of the supply chain nightmare" https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/08/economy/supply-chain-inflation-white-house
OR
2 - NBC: "West Coast ports shut down as union workers ‘no show’ after breakdown in wage negotiations"
https://cnb.cx/3WJaSEB
Great read on the TV/Streaming miasma.
Quote from Steven Soderbergh:
“It’s absolutely conceivable that the streaming subscription model is the crypto of the entertainment business.”
The Binge Purge
#media #streaming #tv #entertainment
With the ongoing noise and backlash we knew exactly where we wanted to focus or #LGBTQ insights report this year. #Media is critical to changing hearts and minds, hopefully for the better. Our research shows global support for brands and content creators that understand #RepresentationMatters. Download the latest #Nielsen #DEI report 🌈 ❤️ 🏳️⚧️ 🤲🏾
https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2023/examining-lgbtq-representation-in-media-and-advertising/
"The World’s Largest Media Companies In 2023"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2023/06/08/the-worlds-largest-media-companies-in-2023-comcast-and-disney-stay-on-top #comcast #disney #media #moguls #monopolies #journalism #4E #locke #bagdikian
"The recruiters of CNN’s new chief executive should pose this question to every candidate: What should an anchor do when a guest says something untrue?
...There are thorny follow-up questions: What if the person lying is the president? What if he’s lying about your network? What if his #lies are an assertion of power and your fact-checks only help him?
These are serious questions about the role of #journalism in a fractured, feuding society."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/07/next-cnn-ceo-chris-licht-david-zaslav-donald-trump/
ruh-roh
"TV’s Streaming Model Is Broken. It’s Also Not Going Away”. https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/streaming-industry-netflix-max-disney-hulu-apple-tv-prime-video-peacock-paramount.html
#TV #Media #Streaming
#Netflix #Hollywood #WGA
#Disney #Attention #BigTech
📺
"Some photographers, audience engagement editors and audio producers will also be affected"
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https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-06-07/los-angeles-times-newsroom-layoffs-merida-soon-shiong
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#photography #information #media
BBC’s ‘confession’ and wrestler protests: Three news items, three sources – and all three were wrong?
Indian media loves its source-based news items, the easiest way to leak news to papers and channels. But what was remarkable was all three stories backfired, with other sources – named and unnamed – popping up and saying they were wrong.
#media #television #news #bbc #FakeNews #WrestlersProtest #india
Writer Penny Pepper on The Telegraph's appalling 'tax calculator' - an online tool to help its readers figure out how much of their taxed salary funds the welfare state:
'All human beings within the human family cannot be reduced to such packets of worth; of a capitalist uselessness.'
#disability #media #welfare #socialcare #healthcare
This piece says that extremism isn't really bipartisan at all, and then cites polling which shows that voters think it is.
Maybe headlines like this have something to do with that.
Our media are so deeply broken.
Kävi niin korpeamaan, että laitoin (taas) Ylelle palautetta.
#äärioikeisto #media #journalismi #kieli #sanat #merkityksellisyys
Sanan #äärioikeisto käyttäminen on suomalaiselle medialle niin vaikeaa, että ennemmin jopa tehdään otsikko, joka antaa ymmärtää, että republikaaneissa olisi vasemmistosiipi - siis johdatellaan lukija enemmin asiavirheeseen, kuin puhutaan asioista oikealla nimellä.
On tämä (tähän vapaavalintainen kirosana) pimeetä!
"Republikaanien oikeistosiipi kapinoi puhemiestä vastaan edustajainhuoneessa"
FYI: Vice #Media files for bankruptcy to enable sale to lenders including Soros and Fortress https://bit.ly/3WXy3eh
Algorithms can be useful in detecting fake news, stopping its spread and countering misinformation
#Technology #Algorithms #FakeNews #Media #Truth #Misinformation #Disinformation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence
https://the-14.com/algorithms-can-be-useful-in-detecting-fake-news-stopping-its-spread-and-countering-misinformation/
The whole CNN/Licht fiasco, run by Zaslav and John Malone, is at root a problem of monopoly.
We let our news companies be bought up by huge entertainment or Wall Street conglomerates run by business types, not journalists.
And then—surprise!—our news puts profit over journalism.
Media antitrust now.
#USpol #media #monopoly #competition #BreakEmUp
Artist Q+A with Jelly Roll | Billboard Country Live
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/video/artist-q-a-jelly-roll-billboard-country-live/
50 Years of CMA Fest Panel with Brian Kelley, Lauren Alaina, & More | Billboard Country Live
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/video/50-years-of-cma-fest-panel-billboard-country-live/
Songwriters of Country Panel | Billboard Country Live
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/video/songwriters-of-country-panel-billboard-country-live/
With the ink barely dried on stories about Licht's war on truth-telling journalists at CNN...
Bye bye... Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Go play w/Elon in his sandbox
>>> Chris Licht Fired at CNN After Programming Blunders, Staff Revolt
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/07/chris-licht-leaves-cnn-town-hall-atlantic/
> "CNN chief executive Chris Licht....was fired Wednesday, capping one of the shortest tenures for a CEO at the cable network."
...
#ChrisLicht #CNN #mediajobs #media #disinformation #news #CableNews #broadcasting
Women of Country Panel with Carly Pearce, Hillary Scott, Lily Rose, & Madeline Edwards | Billboard Country Live
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/video/women-of-country-panel-billboard-country-live/
Billboard Counts Down the Best Revenge Songs About an Ex | Billboard News
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/video/billboard-counts-down-the-best-revenge-songs-about-an-ex/
Kelsea Ballerini on Morgan Evans Divorce, Billboard’s Country Live Recap & More | Billboard News
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/video/kelsea-ballerini-morgan-evans-divorce-billboards-country-live-recap-billboard-news/
#SymoneGrace #SashaColby #LandonCider #EurekaOnhara #ChaseStokes #BillboardNews #BillboardCountryLive #Bbnews #Videos #Media
Canada’s Trudeau pans Google and Meta for ‘bullying’ to stop bill
Make Use Of: If You Had to Stop Using One Type of Online Service, Which Would It Be? [Poll] https://www.makeuseof.com/stop-using-one-online-service-poll/ #Tech #MakeUseOf #TechNews #IT via @morganeogerbc #StreamingMusic #MediaStreaming #Internet #Media #Poll
The Future of Country Panel with Bailey Zimmerman, Megan Moroney, & More | Billboard Country Live
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/video/the-future-of-country-panel-billboard-country-live/
Le sigh. Hooray "stunning sunsets." #ClimateChange mentioned zero times.
#Media is culpable.
#FoxNews #Slammed for #Celebrating #PrideMonth—'#Woke #bandwagon'
Fox News is the latest company to become the target of a #boycott #campaign after it #celebrated #PrideMonth.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Media #FoxNews #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #Transphobia
https://www.newsweek.com/fox-news-woke-pride-lgbtq-boycott-1804912
The Music of ‘Yellowstone’ Panel | Billboard Country Live
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/video/the-music-of-yellowstone-panel-billboard-country-live/
#Yellowstone #Paramount #BillboardCountryLive #Billboard #Videos #Media
#writer #writers #writingcommunity #blog #blogging #publishing #media #journalism #spies Generally there are only 20 or so logons per week to my blog (click my name to find it) from Singapore. This week there were more from there than the US, Russia, and Germany (usually Nos. 2 and 3) combined. Could it have been the spy chiefs who were meeting there? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-04/shangri-la-dialogue-security-meeting-singapore-spy-chiefs/102438900
I see there is a #heat warning in place for #London and the southern half of the UK over the weekend... so, we can expect lots of onion paper to feature extensive stories about how the UK is surviving the great heat-up... even as we up North have normal weather; my guess is if you reversed the polarity of the weather (hot up North), it would be related to the inside pages.
But, hey, we'll see, perhaps I'm unduly cyclical about the south-centricity of the #media....
I'm not though, am I?
#Apple #Google #AppStores #News #Media #Journalism: "The fact that Apple and Google charge 1,000% more to process transactions than other payment processors tells us that they do not fear outside competition. The fact that they both charge many publishers the same outrageous commissions tells us that they don’t compete with each other, either.
Competition in mobile app stores would open up competition for mobile payments, and that would drive prices down to the industry norm of 2-3 percent. That means that every news organization that receives subscription payments through an app would see an increase of 25 percent or more for each and every one of those payments (and news companies that don’t accept mobile payments at all because of the high fees could start).
The EU is well on its way to making this a reality. The new Digital Markets Act requires mobile companies to offer simple, secure access to rival app stores. In the USA, the Open App Markets Act, a Senate bill introduced in the last session, would do the same."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/save-news-we-must-open-app-stores
“If the primary source of local news (for many people) is local television, it’s not a shock that less than a third of people would say they think local news is holding public officials accountable.” #Media https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2023/local-news-watchdog-accountability-public-officials/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
Licht sacked, good riddance.
Let's hope they don't install something even worse, but it doesn't feel like the CNN board thought there was an editorial problem, more like they thought the editorial mission wasn't executed seamlessly. On the plus side, "rebellion" as described by CNBC sounds like something healthy.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/07/cnn-ceo-chris-licht-out-after-trump-town-hall-atlantic-article.html
😄 Dems starting to worry by golly...
#media #news #BridgeInNewJersey
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4037218-rfk-jr-s-rising-profile-sparks-democratic-jitters/
RFK Jr.’s rising profile sparks Democratic jitters
You don't shape a news organization to appeal to the consumers of such information. You guide it to expose and defeat what has led them into the depths.
“Treating truth and lies as worthy of equal consideration makes the media complicit in MAGA [sub Russian] deception."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/media-coverage-2024-republican-election-lies/
(See Mastodon thread of article: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/110498505332327306)
In this case, treating reliable sources and known liars as worthy of equal consideration makes the media complicit in Russian deception.
(Image source: https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-nova-kakhovka-dam-in-ukraine?r=7p2cc&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post)
If you're interested in independant left wing journalism in Canada and you haven't checked it out already, I highly recommend The Maple. See this excellent interview from Jacobin.
Left-Wing Media Is Expanding Its Reach in Canada
An Interview with @alexcosh by David Moscrop via Jacobin
#CdnPoli #Media #LeftWingMedia #Journalism
https://jacobin.com/2023/06/left-wing-media-canada-the-maple-passage-merger
This is so accurate that it actually hurts
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-media #media
Kid is going to kindergarten in #florida and I got an email from the school about #textbook adoption.
I admit I haven't been paying as close attention to anything other than the news articles-- but as we know the real stuff is in the #statutes, not the #media.
Can those familiar with how these are being implemented/enforced please help me with responding to this the email from the school.
🧵
cc: #blackmastodon #queer #boost #DeSantis #school #equality #transrights #queerrights #gayrights
When you see a story on #CNBC, you're not getting the viewpoint of *economists*, even if one is quoted, you're mostly getting the viewpoint of sexist, racist, corporate, frat bro Wall St. douchebags, filtered through #NBC, the media company that paid Trump $1M per episode of the Apprentice and helped catapult him to the presidency.
E.g., compare this piece to the Fed perspective in my earlier toot, above.
"Main driver of inflation: Wage hikes" -CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/01/main-driver-of-inflation-wage-hikes.html
--
#economics #media
CNN’s embattled CEO Chris Licht is out
#blogpost | #betweendrafts — Apple Vision Pro: Welcome to the Latest Turn of the Media Convergence Revolution
After #cnn fired Jeff Zucker, I offered some ideas for @gbhnews about how to reinvent the network. With Chris Licht now gone, I'm dusting them off and offering them again. #media https://www.wgbh.org/news/commentary/2022/02/09/five-ideas-to-reinvent-cnn-after-zuckers-departure
INTERNET FOR THE PEOPLE:
New at Popula, Q&A from @keharloe with @bentarnoff
There's a better way
#journalism #media #internet #privatization #coops
https://popula.com/2023/06/07/mediaquake-internet-for-the-people/
"1. Avoid the temptation to begin the story of this manmade humanitarian and ecological catastrophe by bothsidesing it. That's not journalism."
#Russia #Ukraine #ecology #disaster #NovaKakhovka #media #BothSidesism
/3
"Another consequence is ecological mayhem, among other things the loss of wetland and other habitats. A third is the destruction of Ukrainian farmland and other elements of the Ukrainian economy. So much is happening at once that the story is hard to follow. Here are a few thoughts about writing responsibly about the event."
"The Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, controlled by Russia, has been destroyed. One consequence is a humanitarian disaster that, had it not taken place within a war zone, would already have drawn enormous international assistance. Thousands of houses are flooded and tens of thousands of people are in flight or waiting for rescue."
~ Timothy Snyder
#Russia #Ukraine #ecology #disaster #NovaKakhovka #media
/1
https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-nova-kakhovka-dam-in-ukraine
Breaking News!
#telegraph, #sundaytelegraph and #spectator are to be put up for sale.
Interesting to see who is interested in buying any of them. - and government reaction in terms of #media #ownership and #plurality issues
New video:
Prince Harry appears in Court!
But how will the media respond?
"Mr. Licht’s departure represents a dramatic fall not long after he departed as an executive producer of Stephen Colbert’s top-rated late night show and vowed to bring a middle-of-the-road balance to CNN’s journalism. When Mr. Licht took the job, he told friends it was a “calling.” The job would prove much more difficult."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/business/media/chris-licht-cnn.html
Chris Licht is out at #CNN. He couldn't have possibly survived that brutal profile in The Atlantic. #media https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/media/chris-licht-cnn/index.html
The Houston Landing aims to be one of the largest nonprofit newsrooms in the U.S. that focuses on local news. Today we hit a new milestone and launched our full website:
Our journalism isn't hidden behind paywalls. Read our latest investigations, news stories and guides, and let us know how we can do better! #journalism #houston #texas #media #nonprofit #news
That didn’t take long.
#CNN #ChrisLicht #media #ETTD
Chris Licht Is Out at CNN https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/business/media/chris-licht-cnn.html
"4 - Push candidates to justify their positions.
#Republicans who hide out in right-wing media have grown accustomed to seeing their absurd positions go unchallenged. That’s not acceptable in mainstream media coverage...
It’s the mainstream media’s job not simply to recite candidates’ positions but to expose #hypocrisy, #lies and leaps of logic."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/media-coverage-2024-republican-election-lies/
2 - Pressure Trump’s opponents to state their objections.
The non-Trump candidates have generally been wary of contradicting him...
If candidates won’t admit real disagreements with Trump, there’s no cogent argument for why Republicans should pick someone else. It’s up to reporters to help voters decide if Trump’s opponents are alternatives or simply Trump imitators...
[get] his opponents to explain why they are running and what they truly stand for."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/media-coverage-2024-republican-election-lies/
Jelly Roll Reveals 5 Things You Don’t Know About Him | Billboard Cover
Check it out! 👇
https://www.billboard.com/video/jelly-roll-five-things-you-dont-know-about-country-star/
#MusicNews #JellyRoll #Country #BillboardCover #Billboard #Videos #Media
"The media must refrain, for example, from false equivalencies and amplification of lies. They become liars’ enablers when, for example, they make assertions such as: Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson says President Biden won in 2020, a claim Trump disputes.
Treating truth and lies as worthy of equal consideration makes the media complicit in MAGA deception."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/media-coverage-2024-republican-election-lies/
#Journalism #News #Media #Lies #Disinformation #FactualNotNeutral
![Text from article [edited for length]:
...the mainstream political media should carefully consider their proper role in the 2024 GOP primary race, which includes former president and coup-instigator Donald Trump... Given that experience and fidelity to the truth are no longer prerequisites for the GOP nomination (as we saw in 2016), the media must assume the responsibility of helping voters sift between fact and fiction. When so many candidates wander far from reality and reject democratic values, the media takes on the special obligation to tease out the truth. They cannot be passive observers.
That requires more than transcribing the candidates’ conflicting claims. The media must refrain, for example, from false equivalencies and amplification of lies. They become liars’ enablers when, for example, they make assertions such as: Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson says President Biden won in 2020, a claim Trump disputes. Treating truth and lies as worthy of equal consideration makes the media complicit in MAGA deception.
Whether in debates, interviews, brief press availabilities, or print and online analyses of candidates’ views, outlets would be wise to follow at least six guidelines:
1. Do not countenance the ‘big lie.’
2. Pressure Trump's opponents to state their objections.
3. Challenge candidates on nonsensical “woke” attacks.
4. Push candidates to justify their positions.
5. Press candidates on abortion.
6. Challenge candidates on voter suppression.](https://assets.toot.cafe/cache/media_attachments/files/110/498/522/136/381/893/small/b32cf79db3799ce2.png)
"Given that experience and fidelity to the truth are no longer prerequisites for the GOP nomination (as we saw in 2016), the media must assume the responsibility of helping voters sift between fact and fiction. When so many candidates wander far from reality and reject democratic values, the media takes on the special obligation to tease out the truth...
That requires more than transcribing the candidates’ conflicting claims."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/05/media-coverage-2024-republican-election-lies/
Prince Harry gives evidence in UK court against tabloid publisher
Should be plenty of "real news & honest views" in this interview between the artist and her producer.
US report on Abu Akleh killing must be made public, senator urges
Ok, an adjective akin to the national emergency of daily mass shootings.
To follow up @WashingtonMonthly, report on how USA became flooded with the guns bringing about that nightmare.
Gun maker ~ $ ~ NRA ~ Republicans.
Your peers will not touch the story, and that amounts to assisting those responsible. Looking the other way on what is making public spaces unsafe.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2023/06/02/the-myth-of-the-responsible-gun-owner-an-american-nightmare-part-i/
The Myth of the Responsible Gun Owner: An American Nightmare
New at Media Nation: Chris Licht understood what was wrong with #cnn but had no idea of how to fix it. #media https://dankennedy.net/2023/06/05/chris-licht-understood-what-was-wrong-with-cnn-but-had-no-idea-of-how-to-fix-it/
@tzimmer_history These newsletters always see to the heart of their topic. #US #Media
wow, i was totally blown away by this excellent video analysing the myth of heroic masculine purpose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKdT_d-_vYs
this is feminist praxis for real. it's a man talking to fellow men about the ways that they are shaped by culture, and looking at whether these stories actually serve them.
the video didn't get into it, but if you take a purely materialist analysis ("who benefits and who pays from x idea being in someone's head"), then the myth of masculine purpose benefits the army, the corporation, the state, the powerful.
the army very much benefits if a man "commits himself to a purpose and pushes himself beyond his limits in pursuit of that purpose." that's a dream soldier, is what that is. that's making a person into a literal tool.
anyway, i can go on and on about this, especially since this isn't a heroic fantasy that i grew up with. when i was little, i'd see these kinds of superhero stories and like, i knew that i would probably never be super strong or tough or could fight people physically, so the stories were sort of irrelevent to me. although i do know women who find superhero stories resonant, i just didn't see what it had to do with me. i'm not a fighter, i'm a lover! 😆
there was a certain moment when i realized that for many little boys, they probably imagine *themselves* in the shoes of the superhero or whatever. then when i saw elon wearing an iron man suit, i realized that this fantasy still very much lives within many, many men. it gave me a shudder. so i'm glad that there's high quality media being put out that helps men understand this fantasy.
while i never idolized a superhero, there were action characters from pop culture that i idolized & looked up to. probably the most notable one for me was sarah conner from terminator 2, specifically. man, i thought she was cool. she was small, but she had used her time in captivity to become strong in her own way. the way they showed her escaping prison, it was something that i could imagine myself doing, not like the stuff that superheroes do. she's also so haunted and is wound a little tight...because some messed up stuff has happened to her! so yea, i identified with all that lol. even as a kid.
#culture #media #CulturalAnthropology #stories #narrative #tropes #masculinity #feminism #CulturalAnalysis #CulturalStudies #MediaStudies #VisualCulture
Journalist Bao Choy wins appeal at Hong Kong’s top court
A concise definition of "wokeness" is "having an awareness of how historical and structural inequities lead to disparate outcomes in a society with equal protection under the law."
Just plug that into every iteration you see and everything that's going on in this country becomes a lot clearer.
Then there's the bizarre fixation on the imagined threat of "the Left," which has always to be kept in check by the "objective" arbiters of "the" truth in the meida, while the hard right goes unexamined and excused….
I recommend reading this essay in its entirety, carefully. I also think this problem is not likely to be cured anytime soon, since arrogance combined with unmerited privilege make self-examination very difficult.
Simon Tisdall rehearses 2 old (but still problematic) Q.s for the #left:
Is the Left more interested in fighting with its allies (& itself) over the vanity of small differences, opening the door for the #Right to win #elections?
Is a move to the right (centre) merely validating the very rightest positions that the left should be fighting against?
What Tisdall, perhaps, downplays is the issue of #media ownership & its sharing of the political agenda.
The most hated brands in America:
1. Trump
2. FTX
3. Fox
4. Twitter
5. Meta (FB, IG, WhatsApp)
6. Spirit Airlines
7. TikTok
#Brands #Twitter #Meta #TikTok #Apps #Companies #Media #Lists #DataPrivacy #Cybersecurity
"Have you ever noticed how when you look at any mainstream newspaper, broadcast or news website, you never see views from those who oppose the existence of the U.S.-centralized empire? Or those who want to close all foreign U.S. military bases? Or those who want to dismantle capitalism? Or those who want a thorough rollback of the creeping authoritarianism our civilization is being subjected to? "
-- Caitlin Johnstone
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/31/caitlin-johnstone-it-rarely-looks-like-this/
#propaganda #imperialism #media #authoritarianism #news #military
"Everyone (myself included) who is still on Twitter has some hard questions to ask themselves. There is no pretending any more that Twitter is anything other than a far-right social network headed by a CEO who revels in chaos and is platforming extremism. So why are news organisations still on it? Why is anyone who considers themselves to have liberal values still on it?"
~ Arwa Mahdawi
#Twitter #Musk #journalists #media
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/03/twitter-conservative-media-elon-musk-ron-desantis
@jeffjarvis
…
12 Print Evolves: Until 1800
13 Aesthetics of Print
14 Steam and the Mechanization of Print
15 Electricity and the Industrialization of Media
16 The Meaning of It All
PART III: Leaving the Parenthesis
17 Conversation vs. Content
18 Death of the Mass
19 Creativity and Control
20 Institutional Revolutions
#TheGutenbergParenthesis
#Journalism #Media #History #commodon @communicationscholars
We deceive ourselves if we imagine New York Times and other mainstream media outlets don't know better, as they employ the deceptive both-sides nonsense.
They know better. They just do not intend to do better.
This rhetoric allows them to comfort their many deep-pocketed Republican owners, managers, readers who want to pretend that in voting Republican, they're not colluding with something malodorous, to get their tax cuts.
#media #BothSides #NewYorkTimes
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-false-equivalence-between-the-far-right-and-the-hard-left
Prince Harry expected to give evidence in a London court
If you're interested in how the media treats AI hype, you might enjoy this:
"... the hidden object is not a technology, but a bid for power. This is a plot twist familiar from Greek myths, cautionary tales and superhero stories, and it’s extremely compelling for journalists because most technology news is boring as hell."
- @rachelcoldicutt, "On Understanding Power and Technology"
https://rachelcoldicutt.medium.com/on-understanding-power-and-technology-1345dc57a1a
"West Virginia leads the nation in drug deaths, with more than three times the per capita rate of California; why is there no media drumbeat against Gov. Jim Justice?”
Broke-Ass Stuart shoots fish in a barrel, with loads of receipts. This is an excellent compendium of recent sources for SF media coverage vs. reality
https://brokeassstuart.com/2023/05/31/the-character-assassination-of-san-francisco/
Almost forgot that I've got a BlueSky account. In case you're there as well, my account is metinseven.bluesky.social
Don't know if I'll use it a lot though, as there's no desktop / Web client yet, and I love Mastodon. ❤️
As I ponder why streaming sucks as a user experience, I am struck by just how limited the UI is, for all of them. The only use case is not “open app, pick algorithm-recommended show.” There’s value in old school, linear, channel surfing. It’s not either/or. These apps could do both.
Transgender tee shirts for toddlers? What could go wrong with scaring people with the idea that that's something.
There is a concept in #psychology called the "finite pool of worry" ...
Via @emptywheel:
How did we decide to call the targeting of vulnerable people by the far right "the Culture Wars"?
No one is calling up Target and making physical threats bc they sell shirts with crosses on them.
How did the #media come to give sustained attention to a bunch of far right wingers yelling "woke! woke! woke!" rather than the fact that their only policy proposals are to beat up Disney and undermine sound health guidelines? #fascism #Republicans
For the millionth time… editors, the #media and #journalists… a #Tesla vehicle is, **at no time**, capable of “self-driving”.
There is no “self-driving mode”.
Publishing these terms and descriptions only serve to advance Tesla’s and #Musk’s lies and are an immense public safety hazard.
"Because 'white' is still widely seen as normal, as the norm: as what really counts and defines the nation. Think of the way angry white reactionaries who storm school board meetings are described as 'concerned parents' – but Black parents are special interest groups and progressive educators or 'activists.'”
As Thomas Zimmer notes, CNN's claim that it's just offering balance to media coverage of US politics that has long excluded the perspectives of "real" (i.e., MAGA) Americans depends on hidden assumptions about who's real and who's not:
“'Parents,' 'working class,' 'Christians' – whenever such categories are used without any qualifier, they basically come with a silent 'white.'"
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-fascistic-myth-of-trumps-special
Next was a fantastic panel at #UPenn on emerging issues in #tech, #IP, and #entertainment and #media #law w/Gideon Parchomovsky, Jennifer Rothman, & Christopher Yoo. This is a fascinating look at a lot of the issues that are still vitally important today (the panel is from the fall, & does seem to correctly call most of the cases that have been decided since then), and I particularly liked the discussion on rights of applying #AI to dead people. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSshnz453gY (4/6)
'It absolutely can': Dem dismantles Chuck Todd for claiming Congress can't regulate Supreme Court - Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism https://www.rawstory.com/amp/chuck-todd-supreme-court-2660715257 Sheldon Whitehouse knows his stuff #uspolitics #media
Here's something I wrote for @JURISTnews about the fraught historic relationship between the #WhiteHouse and its press corps -- a topic I'll explore in greater depth in a book to be published next year. https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2023/05/white-house-at-odds/ #journalism #media #presidency
How Much Colorado Love? Or a 16-year Hacker News Front Page analytics
I've pulled 5,939 front pages from Hacker News, dating from 20 February 2007 to 25 May 2023, initially to answer the question "how often is Colorado mentioned on the front page?" (38 times, 5th most frequent US state). This also affords the opportunity to ask and answer other questions.
Preliminary report: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36098749
“The reporters’ process underscores one of our central beliefs at ProPublica: Publishing a story about injustice isn’t enough if we don’t reach the people who are directly affected.” #Media https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-reached-dairy-farm-workers-while-writing-about-them?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon