Tag Archives: the press

I know that absolutely nothing will change, but I do take some pleasure in seeing the White House Press Corps stand up to Sarah Huckabee Sanders and call her a liar to her face

By Mark | June 4, 2018

When we first found out about that secret July 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump campaign officials and Russian operatives, Donald Trump Jr., as you may recall, came forward with a ridiculous explanation. In a letter written to the New York Times, Donald Trump’s eldest son said that the two parties had met not to […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged adoption, collusion, dirt, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., future of journalism, Hillary Clinton, Josh Dawsey, journalism, lies, obstruction of justice, post-truth, Republican lies, Russia, Russiagate, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the sad state of journalism, Trump Tower | 19 Comments

According to a source, MLive will be restructuring yet again tomorrow morning, laying-off up to a dozen more reporters

By Mark | April 4, 2018

A little over two years ago, I posted something here about lay-offs at MLive. Well, according to a source with knowledge of the situation, it looks as though the beleaguered online news entity might be cutting even more jobs tomorrow morning, when John Hiner, the Vice President of Content for MLive Media Group, is going […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Media, Uncategorized | Also tagged Ann Arbor News, John Hiner, journalism, layoffs, Live, Newhouse Newspapers, Paula Gardner, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, threats to Democracy | 27 Comments

Three months ago, Sean Spicer said that banning media outlets from presidential press conferences is something that dictatorships do. Yesterday, the White House did just that.

By Mark | February 25, 2017

At some point prior to the 2016 election, Donald Trump, angered by what he perceived to be negative press coverage, banned reporters from the Washington Post, Politico, and Buzzfeed from his campaign events. When asked this past December by Politico’s Jake Sherman whether or not we might expect to see the same kind of aggressive […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged blacklist, Breitbart News, Buzzfeed, CPAC, Dan Rather, Dean Baquet, dictatorship, Donald Trump, fake news, First Amendment, free press, journalism, New York Times, Politico, Sean Spicer, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, threats to Democracy, Washington Post, White House Correspondents’ Association | 11 Comments

Trump says he’ll ferret out those in the intelligence community responsible for the leaks tying his administration to Russia. In response, the intelligence community says that he’ll die behind bars.

By Mark | February 17, 2017

At this point, I don’t know what there is left to say about Trump’s performance before the press this afternoon. Every synonym for “unhinged” that I can think of has already been claimed. And people have already written about all of the best parts, like the real-time fact-checking by NBC’s Peter Alexander when Trump claimed, […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged alternative facts, Bob Harward, Cerberus Capital Management, Donald Trump, fake news, hacking, John Schindler, journalism, leaks, lies, Michael Flynn, national security, NSA, Peter Alexander, post-truth, ratings, Russia, shit sandwich, Stephen A. Feinberg, threats to journalists, treason, unhinged, Vladimir Putin, Wikileaks | 18 Comments

This week in lies… the “dishonest media” isn’t telling you that the murder rate has never been higher, no president has ever been as disrespected as Trump, and terrorist attacks are taking place all around us

By Mark | February 10, 2017

Usually, when I talk about the administration’s lies, I try to provide context. I make it a point to explain what it is that I mean by “lies,” and offer some kind of justification as to why I think it’s important that we acknowledge these events. Today, though, I’m just going to jump right into […]