Tag: Journalism

How to Make Journalism Less Trustworthy—in One Problematically Easy Lesson

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Journalism is on a suicide mission. As America’s mistrust of media lies near all-time lows, my profession’s powers-that-be are doubling down on the partisan, activist reporting that has poisoned our business and the nation’s politics. In a sign of how out of touch these industry bigwigs are with objective reality, they are doing it all in the name of restoring trust. The latest sign of this dangerous trend is a new report, “Beyond Objectivity: Producing trustworthy news in today’s newsrooms.” Written by two prominent journalists now teaching at Arizona State University – former…

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The Effects of ‘Pride’ and ‘Allyship’ on Journalism

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It’s June, so we’re receiving relentless messaging about the importance of “pride” for the LGBTQ community. One prominent vehicle was the cover of the “Pride Issue” of People magazine dated June 20, featuring, “Robin Roberts In Her Own Words: Love, Faith, & Breaking Barriers.” Underline the “faith” part. The “Good Morning America” co-host insisted she was slow to come out of the closet because “I was afraid people couldn’t understand I could be Christian and gay.” This was also placed in big, black capital letters as a pull quote. There…

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Ukraine made a comedian its president. Here’s what US media can learn. – Columbia Journalism Review

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Ukraine made a comedian its president. Here’s what US media can learn.  Columbia Journalism Review On a recent spring evening in Kyiv, 22,000 people gathered under cotton-candy skies in the capitol city’s Olympic Stadium. Millions more watched at home. “us president” – Google News

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