Filed Under: “Media business”
Australia’s leaders are finally speaking out against Rupert Murdoch’s lies, when will America’s?
By Eric Boehlert
After decades under the thumb of Murdoch media, some of Australia’s leaders are finally declaring independence
Inside the disinformation machine: How far-right media brainwash millions daily
By Anne Nelson
Christian fundamentalists have quietly built massive propaganda empires that most Americans have never even heard of
Donald Trump lies constantly, but it took the establishment media years to finally report this
By Eric Boehlert
After years of avoiding the term, large media outlets are finally beginning to use the word ‘lie’ to describe the former president’s serial deceptions
Rick Santorum and CNN’s long history of hiring bigoted and dishonest commentators
By Eric Boehlert
While some CNN employees have rightfully begun to call out far-right dishonesty, the network has a long history of enabling shady pundits
Joe Rogan and our epidemic of pseudo-expertise
By Matthew Sheffield
Infotainment fandoms have convinced millions of people that blathering internet commentators are experts at everything
America’s profit-driven media system promotes disinformation
By Mario A. Murillo
Media business models predicated on maximizing audience will inevitably lead to junk news
Data journalists are great, but they must be transparent about their methods and conclusions
By Irineo Cabreros
As journalists begin to analyze and interpret data on their own, media outlets need to implement safeguards that work in academia
Substack isn’t the disruption it’s marketed as, for both good and ill
By Ari Paul
Substack and grassroots media platforms are empowering independent opinions, but what the world needs more is producers, editors, and investigators working together to counteract corporate media.
The media’s failure to scrutinize Rush Limbaugh early in his career enabled his lies and bigotry
By Steve Rendall
The talk radio icon’s chronic inaccuracy and lack of accountability were never called out as he rose to national prominence.