Inspired by The Onion, I’m working on a new business plan. It only has two steps. STEP ONE: Start a satire company that relentlessly mocks Hillary Clinton. STEP TWO: Sell to Clinton’s biggest supporter. While, as far as I know, no one one The Onion’s editorial staff has talked to the press and confirmed that […]
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A “terrible blow to journalism, ” MLive cuts 29 jobs at a time when Michigan desperately needs quality reporting
I think everyone knew, when it was announced a few days before Christmas that Laurel Champion, MLive’s general manager for Southeast Michigan, would be leaving the organization, that something was up. Champion, after all, had been with the digital media company since the very beginning… since the moment when she, as the Publisher of the […]
Posted in Michigan, Rants, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Ann Arbor News, AnnArbor.com, Cindy Heflin, click bait, digital media, EAA, Flint, Flint Journal, Flint water crisis, future of journalism, gag orders, Jen Eyer, Jenn McKee, Jessica Webster, John Counts, journalism, Julie Taylor, Koch brothers, Laurel Champion, libraries, MLive, Newhouse, Newhouse Newspapers, newspapers, Paula Gardner, Rick Snyder, SB 571, the sad state of journalism, transparency 49 Comments
How Big Money and Big Media Undermine Democracy
I have very little to add in the way of comment, but I wanted to let all of you know that Bill Moyers just interviewed John Nichols and Robert McChesney, the authors of the new book Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America, and it’s incredibly fascinating stuff… And, by “incredibly […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Politics, Rants Also tagged Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, corporate money, Dollarocracy, Gannett Company, get the money out of Washington, John Nichols, journalism, money as free speech, news, news media, nightly news, political ads, Robert McChesney, Sinclair Broadcast Group, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism 7 Comments