#u.s. media

[gwydionmisha]

38 years in the media industry, and I never thought the U.S. media would crumble like this

Opinion: The autocratic assault on the media Is personal for me and for democracy as Trump seeks to extort, choke, twist, and erase it, writ

[therebelwrites]

Exclusive: 'Empire' To Air First Black Gay Wedding On Network TV - Essence

'Empire''s Jamal and Kai, played by Jussie Smollet and Toby Onwumere, will get married and jump the broom in tonight's episode.

“Wedding bells are ringing on tonight’s episode of Empire. After five seasons, the show is still finding a way to push culture forward by airing the first wedding of a Black, gay couple during primetime on a major broadcast network.”

 At a time when Black men are being routinely slaughtered by both themselves and their oppressor, ask yourself: exactly what “culture” are they “pushing forward?”

This is propaganda, point blank, and I already explained why in my post, “The Sad Realization Regarding Gay Black Men and the Media.” To reiterate:

“...many gay Black males–like many women–mistakenly confuse objectification for adoration. They assume that they are being supported for being out, but they are actually being celebrated for casting aside their “scary Black masculinity...”

Gay Black men are being USED AS WEAPONS AGAINST BLACK CULTURE--and the sad thing is that they don’t even KNOW it.

[trylonandperisphere]

After the Afghanistan Papers, we need a skeptical media to cover Iran

Revelations from the Afghanistan Papers underscore the need for a media skepticism on Iran

BY PARKER MOLLOY

PUBLISHED 01/03/20

Just last month, The Washington Post published investigative reporter Craig Whitlock’s bombshell report exposing dark truths about the war in Afghanistan. The six-part series offered a blistering look at the disparities between what the U.S government knew to be true and what it told the public. This evidence -- along with the long history of the government lying to justifyarmed conflict -- should give journalists pause when considering how they cover escalating tensions with Iran.

“U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable,” Whitlock wrote in the project’s opening, based on government documents with interviews of “more than 400 insiders.”

“If the American people knew the magnitude of this dysfunction … 2,400 lives lost. Who will say this was in vain?” Ret. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the White House war czar for Afghanistan between 2007 and 2013, is quoted as saying in one of the documents Whitlock obtained. 

“Several of those interviewed described explicit and sustained efforts by the U.S. government to deliberately mislead the public, Whitlock wrote. “They said it was common at military headquarters in Kabul -- and at the White House -- to distort statistics to make it appear the United States was winning the war when that was not the case.”

As Media Matters reported at the time, network nightly news broadcasts largely ignoredWhitlock’s report. Neither ABC’s World News Tonight nor NBC’s Nightly News covered the story in the days after it broke, while CBS Evening News devoted a single segment to it on December 9. Now, less than a month removed from the publication of concrete evidence that the U.S. government has been lying to the American people about an ongoing $2 trillion war that’s taken the lives of tens of thousands of Afghan civilians and more than 2,400 U.S. service members, we appear to be on the brink of another nebulously defined armed conflict, this time with Iran.

As news organizations cover this unfolding event, the public can only hope that publishers and broadcasters have learned to treat the government’s messaging and justification with due skepticism. Unfortunately, there's already cause for concern.

[kenyatta]

Supreme Court Lets F.C.C. Relax Limits on Media Ownership

The justices said the commission had adequately considered whether easing rules on cross-ownership of radio and TV stations and newspapers would hurt female and minority ownership of media outlets.

The case, Federal Communications Commission v. Prometheus Radio Project, No. 19-1231, concerned three rules. One barred a single entity from owning a radio or television station and a daily print newspaper in the same market, the second limited the number of radio and television stations an entity can own in a single market, and the third restricted the number of local television stations an entity could own in the same market.

In 2017, the commission concluded that the three rules no longer served their original purposes of promoting competition and the like. The vote was 3 to 2 along party lines, with the commission’s Republican members in the majority.

“The F.C.C. explained that permitting efficient combinations among radio stations, television stations and newspapers would benefit consumers,” Justice Kavanaugh wrote.

Public interest and advocacy groups objected, largely on the ground that changing the rules would harm minority and female ownership of media outlets. The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia, agreed, ruling that the commission had not adequately considered evidence on that point. The appeals court ordered the commission to do more work “whether through new empirical research or an in-depth theoretical analysis.”

The evidence before the commission in 2017 was thin and mixed, Justice Kavanaugh wrote, with some of it suggesting that lifting the rule on newspaper and broadcast cross-ownership could increase minority ownership. He concluded that the commission’s analysis of the limited evidence before it was adequate and that the court should defer to it.

[paulinedorchester]

One hundred thousand people dead. A new, more contagious strain. The toll is close to unbearable.

[destroywhatdestroysyou-dwdy]

Various US media stopped transmission of Trump speech

In response to the various unsubstantiated allegations of alleged election rigging during Donald Trump's recent press conference, U.S. media such as MSNBC and USA Today stopped broadcasting the President's live address. This step is extremely unusual and an attempt by the journalists not to give the accusations any more space than necessary and to verify them in real time. On Twitter, the medium "USA Today" published an explanation and classification of this procedure.  ( Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator )

[newsresults]

Journalists for U.S. media face possible expulsion from China

Journalists for U.S. media face possible expulsion from China

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China is delaying the renewal of press cards for at least five journalists working at four U.S. media outlets, an organisation of foreign correspondents said on Monday, making them vulnerable to expulsion in apparent retribution for Washington’s targeting of Chinese reporters working in the United States.

China’s Foreign Ministry responded by saying applications for renewal were being…

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[usafeaturesmedia]

Wash Post says America's NATO 'allies' 'despise Trump' -- Well, to hell with those freeloaders, anyway

Wash Post says America’s NATO ‘allies’ ‘despise Trump’ — Well, to hell with those freeloaders, anyway

By Jon Dougherty

(TNS) No one is a bigger fan of America and defender of our people — even those who can’t stand him — than President Donald Trump.

The guy ran on a platform if “Make America Great Again,” for crying out loud. He put “MAGA” into our lexicon and made it synonymous with “America first.”

Check out “Lamestream Media: Why Corporate-Owned News Hates Trump” — download for FREE…

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