Stop the Presses
Mark Jacob, Tara McGowanA weekly newsletter about how right-wing extremism has exploited the weaknesses in American journalism, and what we can do about it.
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| Issues | 211 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 38 hours ago |
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Media critics like me complain a lot about slanted news. But we’re facing an even worse problem: no news.
Market forces and the right-wing assault on journalism have combined to create a crisis in America’s news industry. Some of the casua...
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Mark Jacob is the former metro editor of the Chicago Tribune and former Sunday editor of the Chicago Sun-Times. He is the co-author of 11 books, mostly about history. Bluesky: @markjacob.bsky.social Threads: markjacobnews
Founder + Publisher of COURIER, an independent advocacy media network fighting corruption + authoritarianism in \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Follow our other substacks --> https://www.couriernewsroom.org/
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