The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
this headline, and much of the reporting, is the result of believing that the key to good journalism is never taking a position
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
this headline, and much of the reporting, is the result of believing that the key to good journalism is never taking a position
Give this guy a medal for journalism.
How soon before his White House press credentials are stripped?
How soon before his White House press credentials are stripped?
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Give this guy a medal for journalism.
How soon before his White House press credentials are stripped?
How soon before his White House press credentials are stripped?
A lot of editors don't even know about media magnification. One of the shocking things - to me - when I left journalism school was how little editors knew about like the study of journalism as a discipline. It's a profession based in norms even if those norms are harmful.
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A lot of editors don't even know about media magnification. One of the shocking things - to me - when I left journalism school was how little editors knew about like the study of journalism as a discipline. It's a profession based in norms even if those norms are harmful.
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Access journalism is a hell of a drug
Citizens will be happy to hear that the WHCA's long national nightmare of unreturned emails is finally over,
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Access journalism is a hell of a drug
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
This is the second largest payout from a private university to the Trump admin yet, second only to Columbia’s $200m
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
Access journalism is actually neither.
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Access journalism is actually neither.
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
Regurgitating obvious bullshit isn’t journalism, Reuters, its propaganda
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Regurgitating obvious bullshit isn’t journalism, Reuters, its propaganda
Now this is journalism.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Now this is journalism.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
Point it out. POINT IT THE FUCKOUT. They are PRETENDING to not get it.
A grim portrait of the journalism profession the way teens see it. Via AP. apnews.com/article/news...
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A grim portrait of the journalism profession the way teens see it. Via AP. apnews.com/article/news...
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@404media.co for tech news
@rascal.news and @aftermath.site for gaming culture
@butwhytho.net for media criticism
@theflytrapmedia.com for intersectional journalism
@propublica.org for hard-hitting investigative journalism.
Or your local NPR! Get invested in local politics in 2026!
@404media.co for tech news
@rascal.news and @aftermath.site for gaming culture
@butwhytho.net for media criticism
@theflytrapmedia.com for intersectional journalism
@propublica.org for hard-hitting investigative journalism.
Or your local NPR! Get invested in local politics in 2026!
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December 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A few recs:
@404media.co for tech news
@rascal.news and @aftermath.site for gaming culture
@butwhytho.net for media criticism
@theflytrapmedia.com for intersectional journalism
@propublica.org for hard-hitting investigative journalism.
Or your local NPR! Get invested in local politics in 2026!
@404media.co for tech news
@rascal.news and @aftermath.site for gaming culture
@butwhytho.net for media criticism
@theflytrapmedia.com for intersectional journalism
@propublica.org for hard-hitting investigative journalism.
Or your local NPR! Get invested in local politics in 2026!
Garbage journalism. Weak questions, minimal follow-up
November 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Garbage journalism. Weak questions, minimal follow-up
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
www.erininthemorning.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
One of my first journalism professors would give you a zero if you had even one error of fact. It happened to me. Sucked so much. He was one of the best professors I ever had, I took three more classes from him, and we’re still in touch
December 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
One of my first journalism professors would give you a zero if you had even one error of fact. It happened to me. Sucked so much. He was one of the best professors I ever had, I took three more classes from him, and we’re still in touch
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I’ve been sick and out of commission all month, but I’m back starting tomorrow
I’ve been sick and out of commission all month, but I’m back starting tomorrow
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I’ve been sick and out of commission all month, but I’m back starting tomorrow
I’ve been sick and out of commission all month, but I’m back starting tomorrow
And Dana Bash…. Useless. Robotic. Not journalism.
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
And Dana Bash…. Useless. Robotic. Not journalism.
I’ll just say, you are more than welcome to get a paid subscription to Law Dork, where I actually do journalism, rather than paying Lizza to do this shit. www.lawdork.com/blackfriday
the last Lizza post ended on a cliffhanger where Lizza teased a recording of Trump talking about the assassination attempt that would potentially "shatter our understanding of recent history." in the latest drop he reveals that he doesn't know what the recording was and also it has been destroyed.
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I’ll just say, you are more than welcome to get a paid subscription to Law Dork, where I actually do journalism, rather than paying Lizza to do this shit. www.lawdork.com/blackfriday
NYT headline should be changed immediately to ‘Trump officials spread disinformation about vaccines, with zero proof’
#Journalism #disinformation #vaccines
#Journalism #disinformation #vaccines
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
NYT headline should be changed immediately to ‘Trump officials spread disinformation about vaccines, with zero proof’
#Journalism #disinformation #vaccines
#Journalism #disinformation #vaccines
ryan lizza is driving a runaway car carrying the whole journalism industry off a cliff and nobody can look away
a paywalled substack chat is an interesting marketing strategy
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
ryan lizza is driving a runaway car carrying the whole journalism industry off a cliff and nobody can look away
Olivia Nuzzi did access journalism the right way (i'm sure his joke has been made 300 times)
December 1, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Olivia Nuzzi did access journalism the right way (i'm sure his joke has been made 300 times)