More bad news about newspapers

In a meeting that lasted less than 15 minutes this afternoon, @Gannett announced mandatory furloughs at the holidays, buyouts, freezing our 401(k) match and stopping hiring. No details. Very little info on timeline.

I think most of us are either speechless or swearing rn.
— Kati Kokal (@katikokal) October 12, 2022

This excellent report on local news runs 101 pages, but one graphic tells much of the story.

Via @businessofnews, @TimAFranklin, @MedillSchool https://t.co/mh8FA4Qw3X pic.twitter.com/aT9THueOme
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) October 11, 2022

Wow—Atlanta’s flagship newspaper will discontinue daily print per ⁦@SaportaReport⁩ https://t.co/uAMVbwtj1i
— Charles Bethea (@charlesbethea) September 4, 2022

The latest layoffs at Gannett come amid an industry-wide trend of the shrinking newspaper newsroom.https://t.co/IFEyd3u6Cj
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 28, 2022

The disappearance of local news outlets has been weaponized by partisan interests, @RyanSmithWriter writes in Outlook https://t.co/axYXTOBjkO
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 14, 2022

We are now at a point where three biggest newspapers in the country (NYT, WaPo and WSJ) employ more journalists than 250 papers (inc. USA Today) owned by Gannett, which can't be good.
— Jeong Park 박종찬 (@JeongPark52) August 13, 2022

Misleading CNN tweet

The article says the move is “likely to be widely popular” but your tweet only focuses on the negative side.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 7, 2022

Media coverage of Biden’s student loan plan doesn’t put the cost in perspective

Sure, $400 billion is a lot of money but it’s only about half of the annual defense budget. They don’t point out the cost is spread out over many years. I kept pointing this out on Twitter. I guess this is part of the media’s attempt to be balanced in coverage of both parties.

Yes it’s a big number but it’s only about half of the defense budget for one year.
https://t.co/RmyXSObQek
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 26, 2022

To put it in perspective, it’s about half of the defense budget for one year.https://t.co/RmyXSOco3S
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 26, 2022

If you want apples-to-apples, note that this is a THIRTY year score; most often, CBO estimates a program's cost over its first TEN years.

When @POTUS announced this, the WH said it would cost about $24b in the first year. This @USCBO estimate puts the first year cost at $21B. https://t.co/vIKZjHfLjv
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) September 26, 2022

That’s about half of the defense budget for one year. Put it in perspective.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 27, 2022

That’s about half of one year of the defense budget.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 26, 2022

More bad headlines

All three are instances of the media being reluctant to tell the truth

The Politico headline people can't use the word "lie" even then they are reporting on a "lie" and the word "lie" is literally in the deck and the author writing it says "lie" in the second paragraph.

Is the idea here that German Rupert Murdoch only reads the headlines? https://t.co/yonxtssV4R
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) September 23, 2022

The Washington Post forgot the word “Republican” in this headline. It was a Republican security breach against Georgia voting machines. pic.twitter.com/qAZKyyzvJa
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) September 23, 2022

What positively bizarre framing in NYT lead headline of a critical moment in recent US politics & law enforcement.

A ‘feud’?

Between the people required to collect & preserve vital US records. And the man defying those laws?

When cops stop *you* on suspicion, is it a ‘feud’? pic.twitter.com/XbQmUhMI3c
— (((Charles Fishman))) (@cfishman) August 10, 2022

The New York Times included bacon in a Yom Kippur break-fast recipe

Do better, New York Times

I've seen people dunking on the New York Times for including bacon in its "Yom Kippur Break-Fast Recipes" section, but they obviously just wanted to make sure you had something to repent for next yearhttps://t.co/EYgMj0r3sI pic.twitter.com/yhUXhS6glh
— Yair Rosenberg (@Yair_Rosenberg) September 23, 2022

Lots of comments on my Twitter comment on DeSantis and the media

Look at all of the comments on my tweet.

The stunt made its point – the media gave DeSantis a lot of coverage. That’s what he wanted. The media has not learned from the excessive coverage they give to Trump.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 17, 2022

Bad tweet by CNN

Masters is lying and CNN should say that.

weird way to say “he’s lying” https://t.co/3ExPugjdcp
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) August 27, 2022

Republicans have intimidated the media by the whining about coverage. It’s like working the refs in sports.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 27, 2022

The media chooses the headlines – I don’t blame Trump for the excessive coverage

It’s being overshadowed because, as usual, the media is giving Trump excessive coverage. Even bad news about Trump crowds out other stories. The media has been doing this since the 2016 election. https://t.co/CBgJR87AEG
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 21, 2022

https://t.co/ie7e1TmxGy
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 21, 2022

The media, not Trump, chooses the headlines.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) August 21, 2022

Trump dominates the headlines because of the media – Trump doesn’t write the headlines, you do.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) September 1, 2022

Bad New York Times tweet

Zinke lied, he didn’t “misrepresent”. CNN and the Washington Post said he lied but the Times was too cowardly.

Former Trump Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke repeatedly lied to federal investigators regarding conversations he had about granting permits for two Indian tribes' plans to build and operate a New England casino, report from Interior’s inspector general finds https://t.co/fetruFowLe
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 25, 2022

Breaking news: Former Trump Interior secretary, GOP front-runner in Montana House race, lied to investigators in casino case, watchdog finds https://t.co/aXgEhkbjAC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2022

Ryan Zinke, a former interior secretary during the Trump administration, intentionally misled investigators looking into his department’s decision not to act on two Native American tribes’ requests to open a casino in Connecticut, a watchdog report said. https://t.co/1goafHYwR3
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) August 25, 2022

Bad Washington Post headline which they changed

Since DOJ isn’t talking, the media is parroting the Trump cult perspective

Clarification: A previous tweet of this story had a headline that has changed after publishing. We’ve deleted the tweet.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 10, 2022

The Post has changed this headline, which was painfully under-thought. Now reads "FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago lands Merrick Garland in a political firestorm." https://t.co/0cZ3yXPQPz The original (below) seemed to say that Garland was shifting course and unduly politicizing DOJ. pic.twitter.com/MN2fNt1jeu
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 10, 2022