Matt Jordan
@mattjord.bsky.social
Writes about media, sound, technology & democracy
Book:`Danger Sound Klaxon: The Horn that Changed History' https://tinyurl.com/47k7hft5
Director: newsliteracy.psu.edu
Exec Producer doc series: huminfocus.psu.edu
Book:`Danger Sound Klaxon: The Horn that Changed History' https://tinyurl.com/47k7hft5
Director: newsliteracy.psu.edu
Exec Producer doc series: huminfocus.psu.edu
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"I think refusing is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future than the one that is telling us that the future is already settled and decided. That's my daring idea. Just say no."
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"I think refusing is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future than the one that is telling us that the future is already settled and decided. That's my daring idea. Just say no."
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Once in a while you win one.
“The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States."
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...
“The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States."
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...
Colorado TV news owner slaps down bid by conservative Sinclair broadcast giant
The news behind the news in Colorado
coloradomedia.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Once in a while you win one.
“The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States."
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...
“The board determined, after careful review, that Sinclair’s offer was not in the best interests of Scripps and our shareholders as well as our employees and the many communities and audiences we serve in the United States."
coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-t...
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This is the core project of Trumpism 2.0
Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-the...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This is the core project of Trumpism 2.0
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Has this story shown up anywhere else? I think it's relevant since he got to interrupt Survivor to yell at us yesterday. This is the easiest layup ever if you were a real reporter working for a real news organization.
Donald Trump's $1,776 "warrior dividend" payments to U.S. troops are coming from a congressionally-approved housing supplement — money they were already set to receive — that was a part of tax cut extensions and expansions bill signed into law in July.
Trump’s new $1,776 ‘warrior dividend’ to troops coming from Pentagon housing funds
www.stripes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Has this story shown up anywhere else? I think it's relevant since he got to interrupt Survivor to yell at us yesterday. This is the easiest layup ever if you were a real reporter working for a real news organization.
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Trump is heavily focused on getting a military that's personally loyal to him, from the generals to the rank-and-file. He needs it for when he asks them to fire on protesting American citizens, or staging his next coup
It's a shell game. Trump is taking money from soldiers' housing subsidies to "give" them $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks.
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Trump is heavily focused on getting a military that's personally loyal to him, from the generals to the rank-and-file. He needs it for when he asks them to fire on protesting American citizens, or staging his next coup
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Food prices are skyrocketing, so President Snow is launching the Hunger Games!
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Food prices are skyrocketing, so President Snow is launching the Hunger Games!
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"Zaslav will receive $30 million in "Golden Parachute' compensation along with $537 million in equity for a total of $567 million in a transaction-associated pay."
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
Warner Bros. Golden Parachutes Revealed: What David Zaslav and C-Suite Will Get In a Deal
The CEO stands to gain $567 million if a deal is sealed to sell the WB empire while longtime lieutenant Gunnar Wiedenfels will see $144 million in cash and stock considerations if a transaction close...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"Zaslav will receive $30 million in "Golden Parachute' compensation along with $537 million in equity for a total of $567 million in a transaction-associated pay."
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
The media is being consolidated and the robber barons of information are being chosen as winners in Trump's command economy.
And most of the media is ignoring it.
And most of the media is ignoring it.
Carr is destroying everything from broadband consumer protections and media consolidation, to oversight of prison telecom monopolies and robocallers.
Just blanket, mindless deregulation dressed up as efficiency.
there's like two people in the press (I'm one) who even cover it. Like, at all.
Just blanket, mindless deregulation dressed up as efficiency.
there's like two people in the press (I'm one) who even cover it. Like, at all.
Big Telecom, Robocallers, Love Brendan Carr’s Plan To Lobotomize The FCC
Last month Trump FCC boss Brendan Carr announced his “DELETE, DELETE, DELETE” initiative. It’s basically a plan to lobotomize FCC corporate oversight and consumer protection at th…
www.techdirt.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The media is being consolidated and the robber barons of information are being chosen as winners in Trump's command economy.
And most of the media is ignoring it.
And most of the media is ignoring it.
AI De-Skilling: Will Chatbot Use Corrode Our Humanness? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/virt...
AI De-Skilling: Will Chatbot Use Corrode Our Humanness?
Big Tech is urging us to rely on chatbots for most everything, but we need to be careful of offloading our creative and deliberative thinking, and thus losing our humanness.
www.psychologytoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
AI De-Skilling: Will Chatbot Use Corrode Our Humanness? | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/virt...
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Thrilled to see @mandytroeger.bsky.social and my article on the legacy of Bob McChesney publically available today in MR: monthlyreview.org/articles/be-...
It’s really such an honour to get to contribute to this very special issue alongside so many people that have helped shaped my own perspective
It’s really such an honour to get to contribute to this very special issue alongside so many people that have helped shaped my own perspective
December 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Thrilled to see @mandytroeger.bsky.social and my article on the legacy of Bob McChesney publically available today in MR: monthlyreview.org/articles/be-...
It’s really such an honour to get to contribute to this very special issue alongside so many people that have helped shaped my own perspective
It’s really such an honour to get to contribute to this very special issue alongside so many people that have helped shaped my own perspective
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Almost no jobs have been added to the American economy since April. In fact, 710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024. More thoughts on today's dismal jobs report — and what it means for America's affordability crisis.
Why Americans are going batsh*t over the cost of living
Today's added information
robertreich.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Almost no jobs have been added to the American economy since April. In fact, 710,000 more people are unemployed now versus November 2024. More thoughts on today's dismal jobs report — and what it means for America's affordability crisis.
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"We really have to this paradigm shift, where we think of our news media, especially local journalism, the same way that we think of public education, libraries, public parks. There are these public goods that we would never leave entirely up to the market," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"We really have to this paradigm shift, where we think of our news media, especially local journalism, the same way that we think of public education, libraries, public parks. There are these public goods that we would never leave entirely up to the market," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
My take on the resurgence of media oligopolies bidding to be the belle of Trump's oligarch ballroom.
Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever theconversation.com/whether-netf...
Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever theconversation.com/whether-netf...
Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever
Hollywood has seen this movie before.
theconversation.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
He's breathing, so he's lying and scapegoating
Vance: "Why have rents gone down for 4 consecutive months? Because we're starting to get those illegal aliens out of the USA. Those criminals, those gang members, those people that are taking homes that ought by right go the people in this room. It's simple economics."
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
He's breathing, so he's lying and scapegoating
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December 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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In short, the Trump cult, headed by a leader who emulates the current leader of Russia’s Evil Empire, has become what the Republican Party used to despise.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Words & Phrases That Have Lost All Meaning
The year a political party vanished
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
In short, the Trump cult, headed by a leader who emulates the current leader of Russia’s Evil Empire, has become what the Republican Party used to despise.
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Reminded again of the exchange @fractalecho.bsky.social had w/ their student whose writing quality tanked, was noticed, and then, when asked what was going on, revealed they'd been using "AI" to rewrite papers to sound more white.
Our trust in these systems does us real epistemic & hermeneutic harm
Our trust in these systems does us real epistemic & hermeneutic harm
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reminded again of the exchange @fractalecho.bsky.social had w/ their student whose writing quality tanked, was noticed, and then, when asked what was going on, revealed they'd been using "AI" to rewrite papers to sound more white.
Our trust in these systems does us real epistemic & hermeneutic harm
Our trust in these systems does us real epistemic & hermeneutic harm
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Investigators concluded Monday that South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals & monopolize power — Yoon is currently in jail while standing trial
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Investigators concluded Monday that South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals & monopolize power — Yoon is currently in jail while standing trial
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
One day America — one day 🤞🏼
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
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This is both disgusting and expected.
The Scumbag-in-Chief
The Scumbag-in-Chief
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This is both disgusting and expected.
The Scumbag-in-Chief
The Scumbag-in-Chief
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I only needed to read the headline to know @sulliview.bsky.social was dead on. When she called the coverage of Trump “stenography” I said to myself “yep.” And I applauded when she outlined 3 changes on how to respond to Trump.
Follow them please, journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Follow them please, journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I only needed to read the headline to know @sulliview.bsky.social was dead on. When she called the coverage of Trump “stenography” I said to myself “yep.” And I applauded when she outlined 3 changes on how to respond to Trump.
Follow them please, journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
Follow them please, journalists.
open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...