"We've watched as corporate and billionaire owners of media outlets
abused their audiences' loyalty and undercut journalism's vital role
in a free democracy," said Rubin. "Instead of safeguarding democratic
values, they have enabled the gravest threats to democracy - Donald
Trump and his allies - at the very time when a robust and independent
press is most essential. We need an alternative, truly independent
outlet that is unafraid of the administration and unwilling to
equivocate or bend the knee."
Some recent grievances:
* the multiple articles>
* Wirecutter etc., ostensibly reviewing goods
* Any article that says "what you need to know."
* The obvious paid adverts for movie stars looking for publicity.
Well, I'm in favor of free and unencumbered media,
On 2025-01-14, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
"We've watched as corporate and billionaire owners of media outlets
abused their audiences' loyalty and undercut journalism's vital role
in a free democracy," said Rubin. "Instead of safeguarding democratic
values, they have enabled the gravest threats to democracy - Donald
Trump and his allies - at the very time when a robust and independent
press is most essential. We need an alternative, truly independent
outlet that is unafraid of the administration and unwilling to
equivocate or bend the knee."
Well, I'm in favor of free and unencumbered media, but by coming out of
the gate spouting anti-Trump rhetoric they've already signalled their
bias, which makes their offer a little less compelling.
I'll check it out anyway, and wholeheartedly agree mainstream corporate
media had its chance and has royally blown it. Some recent grievances:
* the multiple articles in cheaper papers that study the cruise
industry. Ostensibly it's travel planning but it's clearly paid pieces
by the industry
* Wirecutter etc., ostensibly reviewing goods but clearly paid
advertisments, and the fact they seem to sit endlessly on the front
page says to me they're making money
* Any article that says "what you need to know." Fuck off,
monkeyknuckles. I'll decide that, not you.
* The obvious paid adverts for movie stars looking for publicity. You
often see the same or similar article on multiple papers in about the
same time frame, usually some long-forgotten or up-and-coming
star/starlet. Paid fucking publicity.
I can't find a single publication worth subscribing to these days. So I don't. WAPO "Democracy dies in the dark" published by a human ballsack oligarch, fer fuck's sake.
Well, I'm in favor of free and unencumbered media
On 14 Jan 2025 03:02:47 GMT, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
wrote:
Well, I'm in favor of free and unencumbered media
Trump's reelection prompts record reader donations to The Guardian in
new 'Trump bump'
There's a new "Trump bump" materializing for some news outlets, though
it's showing up differently than it did the first time Donald Trump
was elected president.
That's the assertion from The Guardian, the British newspaper with an ambitious American arm. According to internal data shared with CNN,
Trump's reelection prompted a record surge in donations to the
Guardian US, which has positioned itself as a truth-teller about the president-elect and a protector of the free press.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/14/media/guardian-us-reader-donations-revenue-trump/index.html
I read the wallstreet journal. In my experience,
the only source of truth!
On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 10:15:03 +0100, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
I read the wallstreet journal. In my experience,
the only source of truth!
Past tense.....it was before Rupert Murdoch bought The Wall Street
Journal in 2007
The Wall Street Journal under Rupert Murdoch
By Pew Research Center: Journalism & Media staff https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2011/07/20/wall-street-journal-under-rupert-murdoch/
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