Links to commentary from ScheerPost and to an interview from the Real News Network, followed by links to segments of a January 2023 report from the Columbia Journalism Review; others are accessible by clicking on their names below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM
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How dare Tucker Carlson let Putin talk! by Max Jones | ScheerPost In the aftermath of Tucker Carlson’s recent interview with Russian president Vladimir Putin, some corporate journalists offered relatively detailed analysis of the interview, while many did anything but. Most often, they dissuaded audiences from watching the interview by assuring them that “nothing new” occurred, painting Carlson . . . READ MORE . . .
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The collapse of U.S. media is accelerating our political crisis. Chris Hedges of The Real News Network interviews journalist Gretchen Morgenson about her book These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs — and Wrecks — America. Among other topics, they discuss a new wave of media layoffs at major news outlets including CNN, the LA Times, Vox, Business Insider, CNBC, and Gannett — and mention the January 2023 Columbia Journalism Review report linked just below. Click HERE to watch and listen, and read transcript.
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The press versus the president, part one: ‘I realized early on I had two jobs,’ by Jeff Gerth | Columbia Journalism Review The end of the long inquiry into whether Donald Trump was colluding with Russia came in July 2019, when Robert Mueller III, the special counsel, took . . . READ MORE . . .
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The press versus the president, part two: The origins of fake news, by Jeff Gerth | CJR In a windowless conference room at Trump Tower, on Jan. 6, 2017, Comey briefed the president-elect about the dossier about him and Russia. Trump had heard, from aides, media “rumblings” about Russia, but . . . READ MORE . . .
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The press versus the president, part three: A contested Pulitzer, by Jeff Gerth | CJR Trump’s firing of Comey on May 9 was nothing like his hit TV show, The Apprentice. The boss couldn’t move on to the next episode, nor would . . . READ MORE . . .
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The press versus the president, part four: Helsinki and the $3,000 Russian disinformation campaign, by Jeff Gerth | CJR Trump, in July 2018, finally had a summit meeting with Vladimir Putin, the man . . . READ MORE . . .