According to the survey from Reuters Institute, a majority of people want a wider range of views in their media and a sizable portion want what they deem to be “weaker arguments” to be given less airtime. The study, based on a focus group of “politically and racially/ethnically diverse” people …
Read More »‘Very complicated matter’: ABC bans term ‘apartheid’ in coverage of Israel/Palestine conflict
The network has also noted the term’s “specific meaning in South African history” as part of its reasoning for the move, according to an “internal advisory note” reported in the Australian. While some of the network’s coverage has managed to stay away from using the word, it has still made …
Read More »‘Ridiculously over the top’: BBC creates special complaint form as viewers decry ‘too much coverage’ of Prince Philip death
With the Duke of Edinburgh passing at the age of 99 on Friday, the British broadcaster kicked into overdrive, devoting ‘round-the-clock, wall-to-wall coverage to the late royal. But apparently finding the programming too much, viewers flooded the outlet with protests – so many that it created a new public complaint …
Read More »Ruh roh? Cheerleading coverage of Biden shows both media and US have gone to the dogs
There is an interesting phrase in the English language for something that has deteriorated or fallen apart: “gone to the dogs.” Whatever its origin or provenance, it now literally applies to the news agencies and major outlets that interrupted their regular fawning over President Joe Biden’s bold, transformative agenda to …
Read More »Anti-Trump Lincoln Project received $32mn in free media coverage since sexual harassment scandal broke – report
Weaver’s alleged misconduct broke in a story on January 11 in a report from the American Conservative, but Lincoln Project members have still been aplenty on both CNN and MSNBC – two networks that have heavily promoted the organization, run by anti-Trump Republicans, since its inception. According to the new …
Read More »In Russia, employees of “Troll factory” election coverage in the United States
Wages in the so-called U.S. Department ranged from 80 to 120 thousand rubles. St. Petersburg Troll factory has allocated up to a third of its staff to work on the US presidential election. This is stated in the investigation on the activities of the factory. As noted, at the peak …
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