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On October 20, 2010, a year after Frisch outlined his ambitions in that internal memo, Media Matters received a cash commitment from Soros, specifically to go after Beck. Ironically, the Soros–Media Matters partnership proves the very financial ties Beck warned about on his Fox News program.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Now I think we have newsletters, which is a relatively unmediated form of consuming someone’s stuff. And I feel like that’s right now, at least, where I follow the weirdest voices or get the complicated ideas to the point that sometimes they’re too complicated. I’m not reading your 8,000-word Substack on why you’re moving to Portugal or whatever.
‘The Ezra Klein Show’ • Opinion | How to Discover Your Own Taste - The New York Times
The New York Times will triumph financially, dramatically so, and utterly fail as an intellectual institution, at least by its former standards. The editorial branding will be august pronouncements about ‘the paper of record’, but the business model is pure Netflix: All The News Fit To Binge.
Antonio Garcia Martinez • Twilight of the Media Elites
Opinion | Jeff Bezos: The Hard Truth: Americans Don’t Trust the News Media - The Washington Post
Jeff Bezoswashingtonpost.com
Scott Jennings took on an entire table of leftists tonight and came out victorious.
CNN does not deserve him. https://t.co/1OA4YJscPd
Brigitte Gabrielx.comThe Times, Peretti allowed, has since refined a very good subscription business model, which has allowed it to make better journalism by hiring more and better talent. This is not a controversial opinion. But the next part may be: The New York Times, Peretti argued, can’t really be called “the paper of record” anymore — because of that same... See more