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We must stop destroying our institutions

3 Jan 20214 Jan 2021
America enters 2021 still in the grip of a pandemic. One of the reasons coronavirus continues to burrow ever deeper into our society is the attack on science has succeeded;…
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Vile anti-Muslim ad in a U.S. newspaper

21 Jun 2020
One of the top editors at the Tennessean is apologizing. One of his reporters is outraged. And a whole host of questions still need answers as to how a vile…
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A few questions for the U.S. news media

17 Jun 202016 Jun 2020
Public Domain image Do tell me, U.S. news media (and below I am sometimes referring to you as local entities and other times as national organizations), why do you... Go…
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette publisher completes newspaper’s descent into hell

7 Jun 2020
The decline of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette appears complete. Getting rid of a popular cartoonist who criticized Donald Trump, posting editorials equating racism with “reason” and refusing to raise union salaries…
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The death of the Cleveland Plain-Dealer

15 May 202015 Apr 2021
CJR takes a look at how and why the Cleveland Plain-Dealer is dead. On Tuesday, the Cleveland guild announced a decision by Advance to lay off the four reporters who…
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WKYT: Four newspapers eliminate sports department, ask for citizen reporters to fill void

2 Mar 20201 Mar 2020
Here’s a combination of arrogance and ignorance. As WKYT reports, "It's going to be a lot of bias," he said. "Parents of kids, they want to make their kid look…
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BREAKING: WaPo: McClatchy newspaper chain in bankruptcy; papers to remain active, for now

13 Feb 2020
The Washington Post story is the latest in horrible news for the newspaper industry. The Chapter 11 filing will allow the Sacramento-based company to keep its 30 newspapers afloat while…

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