“Stop calling Nick Shirley a journalist. He's a MAGA political operative [whose] viral video abt Minneapolis daycare centers ignited an explosive situation giving Trump excuse to launch largest ever ICE occupation of a US city.” @newsjennifer.bsky.social jenniferschulze.substack.com/p/stop-calli...

Sarcasm about mainstream media's bothsiderism--whether they pretend that minor things Dems do are equivalent to awful things Republicans do. Most ppl are unaware of this as a form of subtle Right Wing bias in mainstream media.

DHS: Abolish ice

Important to be clear-eyed about what this FBI search means. The Trump administration is going after a journalist for doing journalism. "A clear and appalling sign that this administration will set no limits on its acts of aggression against an independent press."

FWIW, traditional journalistic answers to Leavitt's question are things like "are you declining to answer the question?" or "this a press conference — I'm here to ask the White House questions" or "with respect, my readers don't care what I think about WH policy — they care what the WH thinks."

ICE kidnap 17-year-old U.S. citizen working at Target then dump him bleeding and crying miles away in a Walmart parking lot… 🤬

Grotesque abuse of power #KavanaughStop #ICE Will any news orgs find this kid and tell his story? He will never be the same.

My Stop the Presses newsletter calls for more aggressive action by the media to be "radically truthful" and defeat the liars: / Correct *every* lie uttered on your platform. / Put Trump's remarks on tape delay for proper fact checks. / Cut off liars in mid-interview and ban them from your airwaves.

Murder on ICE and water. The invasion of Venezuela and the invasion of Minnesota are one and the same bid for tribute and obeisance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIi6...

Being right about trump was boring, tedious, partisan, ideological. Being wrong about trump? Heterodox, contrarian, free thinking.

My CAP colleague Mike Sozan sounds the alarm on Trump's allies buying up media companies. It is distorting the information Americans receive and it makes the government far less accountable when more accountability has never been more important.

Big media mergers controlled by President Trump's allies and friends is bad news for the American people—CAP expert @michaelsozan.bsky.social breaks down why:

It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the entire national political media's coverage of the 2024 presidential campaign, especially once Harris won the nomination, was deeply, fundamentally, shamefully unserious about the stakes & the candidates.

The thing I will remember most about 2025 is that Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Russell Vought took live-saving medicine and food away from hundreds of thousands of sick and starving children, and this did not change the way the media and society in general regarded them in any significant way.

The mainstream media only talks to Trump voters. Even in a year where Democrats win election after election, the only voters they talk to are people who vote for Republicans www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

"Policies that strengthen independent news organizations, bolster local journalism, fund public media, and prohibit the concentration of media power in too few hands are not only possible – they are necessary for a functioning democracy." @sulliview.bsky.social on US media has universal relevance.

Sure @washingtonpost.com Let’s give free press to a bad faith guy who interviews Nazis If you ever wondered why fascism has been rising in the United States Look no further than stories like these

"The collapse of journalism is part of a larger trend in which institutions are being annihilated." Andrea Pitzer on one of the most consistent features of dictatorships—an assault on journalism.

I wrote about the New York Times’ latest failure for @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social. Cancel your subscription and donate those funds to local, independent, or non-profit journalism outlets reporting in the public interest. open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...

New York Times sues Defense Secretary Hegseth over media restrictions - coming up on NPR's Morning Edition at 6.45/8.45a My written story for NPR: www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

hey @nytimes.com i had the scoop on this story hours ago. add a reference in your story to my name and outlet. thanks. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

NYTimes uses its brand + infrastructure to promote Sorkin’s Dealbook summit. NYT leadership contributes to the whitewashing & normalization of: -TPUSA w/Erika Kirk -Ehud Barak (reported Giuffre abuser) (Apologies for link to Murdoch’s rag; may be triggering to SA victims) nypost.com/2025/10/18/u...

So you can't see everything, but finding zero Jake Tapper posts about Trump sleeping through a cabinet meeting designed to fluff him. Jake must be saving it for the book.

Our leader is having repeated trouble staying awake at public events he's hosting; is acting more erratically online and in public; is making decisions that are doing clear material harm to the country & our allies. Simply, his declining health must become a bigger issue. bsky.app/profile/did:...

🙄 “both parties are the same” bluesky

At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”! What are we doing?

A year ago.

(4) Trump and the Republicans don't have an advantage over Democrats because they *better understand heartland Americans.* They have an advantage over Democrats because they created their own universe of propaganda outlets, and then went out and bought all the mainstream outlets. Duh.

Read this whole thread.

Democracy and the #FirstAmendment are under attack. Join us Oct 18 in support of journalism, press freedom, and democracy. #NoKings is a time to defend and exert your #1A rights and freedoms & express support for journalists & #PressFreedom mediaanddemocracyproject.substack.com/p/nokings-jo...

Today's @chappatte.bsky.social cartoon in print edition of @bostonglobe.com #Pentagon

There will be textbooks written on how headline fails contributed to Trump's fascism and manipulation of the public, particularly by the billionaires who purchased the 4th estate. @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social

Democracy and the First Amendment are under attack. Join us in support of journalism, the First Amendment, and democracy. #NoKings is an opportunity to defend and exert your #FirstAmendment rights and freedoms & express support for journalists & #PressFreedom open.substack.com/pub/mediaand...?

We are proud to join @rsf.org and @freedom.press and 14 other press freedom and civil liberties groups on this statement and regulatory comment calling for DHS to keep our country open to journalists and others and allow a vibrant free press. rsf.org/sites/defaul... #FreePress

Why FCC Chief Brendan Carr May Be the Most Dangerous Man in Media theintercept.com/2025/09/19/f...

Trump is firing anyone in the Justice Department who stands up for the rule of law. What's left is an army of fascist enforcers assaulting our constitutional democracy.

#BREAKING: Over the dissents of Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, #SCOTUS grants (yet another) stay to President Trump—this one allowing him to cease obligating $4 billion in foreign aid funding appropriated by Congress. I’ll post the link when it’s up.

@andreachalupa.bsky.social How about this for disturbing? Carr wearing a gold Trump lapel pin. Post by right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson. More about Carr in our piece in the Intercept. 👇 bsky.app/profile/medi...

@karenattiah.bsky.social is a voice for the TRUTH!

It's not a response to one man's cancellation. It's a response to folks seeing a future where the state controls all media and public discourse.

This is why they’re deleting studies

And yet! Here is how the New York Times portrayed Trump's relationship with Kirk yesterday. Trump is a monster and the Times will still do whatever it takes to humanize and normalize him

Shocking violence against journalists and observers at anti-ICE protests in LA threatens all of our rights. #protest #LAProtests #PressFreedom #ProtectJournalists

Basic journalism practices are falling by the wayside as news outlets rush to publish sketchy & sane-washed information about Charlie Kirk. The @wsj.com was one of the first to feed the MAGA firestorm. Sadly, it won't be the last. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

Channel your outrage about @washingtonpost.com firing @karenattiah.bsky.social into support for her work

Again, if you actually pay attention to the kind of material that Vance and Miller and their neo-Nazi toadies interact with online it is extremely obvious why they’re invading DC. But our press has consistently decided the implications are too alarming and so they must pretend not to see it

If journalists were doing their jobs, they would call the deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, DC, from three deep-red states what it is: an invasion and occupation force. https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/3-states-move-to-send-hundreds-of-national-guard-members-to-washington/

As awful as it is, it does seem like ICE, used to raiding anonymous Home Depots and farm worker buses, may not have considered the full political dimensions of conducting masked authoritarian-style abductions across the street from cafes and offices holding half the working journalists in America.

A country in peril needs journalists it can count on like @willbunch.bsky.social. I talked to him about what’s at stake as Trump militarizes the country, whether the news media is meeting the moment & what risks lie ahead for fearless reporters. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

The Media and Democracy Project, @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social, is holding a virtual webinar with @suewilson.bsky.social next Monday, August 4 on the topic of improving local TV journalism. Register for the free event here: www.mobilize.us/mediademocra...