Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #newsmedia, aggregated by home.social.
Carney says 4 service members killed and dozens injured in fire at Alberta military base | National News
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday that four service members were killed and…
#Canada #MarkCarney #canadaalbertamilitarybasefirewainwright #Fires #Generalnews #Health #Healthcareindustry #Militaryanddefense #Newsmedia #politics #socialmedia #worldnews
https://www.europesays.com/canada/254572/
Heidi Levine Attack: Washington Post Photographer Attacked by Israeli Settlers. http://dlvr.it/TVxsGG #BenjaminNetanyahu #israel #Israelisettlers #newsmedia
Human rights groups urge social media to defy Turkish court orders
ANKARA, Turkey — More than a dozen human rights groups urged social media platforms, including X, on Monday…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #censorship #Courts #Generalnews #humanrights #journalism #lifestyle #newsmedia #Scandals #socialmedia #technology #turkeyrightsgroupsurgesocialmediadefycensorship #Turkish #WorldNews
https://www.europesays.com/turkiye/60798/
"The most important report–the death of local news over the last year–is out now. Read it. Understand *this* is a significant reason why book bans have risen, why vaccine hesitancy has grown, why authoritarianism has taken over, etc etc. ... NEARLY 40% OF US NEWSPAPERS HAVE BEEN LOST IN THE LAST 20 YEARS." --Kelly Jensen
Whoever controls the media controls the population.
#USPolitics #NewsMedia #Information #PublicPerception
https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state-of-local-news/2026/report/
Human rights groups urge social media to defy Turkish court orders
ANKARA, Turkey — More than a dozen human rights groups urged social media platforms, including X, on Monday…
#EuropeSays #Turkiye #Türkiye #censorship #Courts #Generalnews #humanrights #journalism #lifestyle #newsmedia #Scandals #socialmedia #technology #turkeyrightsgroupsurgesocialmediadefycensorship #Turkish #WorldNews
https://www.europesays.com/turkiye/60578/
DOJ says it’s investigating whether White House TV pool’s coverage halt violated antitrust law
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #generalnews #Industryregulation #journalism #Legislation #media #Mediaandentertainmentindustry #Newsmedia #Politics #television #theWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration #U.S.News
https://www.europesays.com/3303555/
https://www.europesays.com/3303555/ DOJ says it’s investigating whether White House TV pool’s coverage halt violated antitrust law #GeneralNews #IndustryRegulation #journalism #Legislation #media #MediaAndEntertainmentIndustry #NewsMedia #Politics #television #TheWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration #USNews
https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/25289/ Trump said the Iran war would last weeks. Now he says the media got it wrong. #Iran #IranConflict #IranWar #media #NewsMedia #NuclearWeapons #PeteHegseth #politifact #PresidentDonaldTrump #press #TrumpAdministration
Via Kelly Jensen: "How and why to support independent media–something more important than ever right now.
That, plus this week's book censorship news (3 October2026)"
#NewsMedia #BookBans #Libraries #Censorship #USPolitics
https://bookriot.com/how-and-why-to-support-independent-media/
Trump says Iran will be hit ‘very hard’ if it is behind copilot who tried to crash flight
JERUSALEM — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that if Iran is linked to the copilot who tried…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #business #elections #generalnews #Iran #iranwar #Israel #israelsaudiflightcopilotflydubaiinvestigation #middleeast #middleeastcrisis #militaryanddefense #Newsmedia #planecrashes #Politics #Religión #terrorism #WorldNews
https://www.europesays.com/3284244/
https://www.europesays.com/africa/453347/ Egyptian authorities arrest entire editorial team of independent media site #Egypt #GeneralNews #journalism #LaborUnions #LawEnforcement #media #NewsMedia #WorldNews
Attacker’s motive remain unknown after FlyDubai flight to Israel escapes disaster | World
JERUSALEM (AP) — The motive of the Omani copilot who stabbed his captain on a flight to Israel,…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Airincidents #breakingnews #Business #Crime #Generalnews #Israel #israelsaudiflightcopilotflydubaiinvestigation #Lawenforcement #Militaryanddefense #Newsmedia #Politics #Religion #Terrorism #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/753415/
Attacker’s motive remain unknown after FlyDubai flight to Israel escapes disaster | World
JERUSALEM (AP) — The motive of the Omani copilot who stabbed his captain on a flight to Israel,…
#EuropeSays #Headlines #News #Europe #Europa #EU #Israel #Airincidents #Business #crime #Generalnews #israelsaudiflightcopilotflydubaiinvestigation #lawenforcement #Militaryanddefense #Newsmedia #Politics #Religion #Terrorism #WorldNews
https://www.europesays.com/iran/314227/
https://www.europesays.com/iran/314227/ Attacker’s motive remain unknown after FlyDubai flight to Israel escapes disaster | World #AirIncidents #Business #crime #GeneralNews #Israel #IsraelSaudiFlightCopilotFlydubaiInvestigation #LawEnforcement #MilitaryAndDefense #NewsMedia #Politics #Religion #Terrorism #WorldNews
https://www.europesays.com/people/250105/ Newsom signs historic $40M law to bolster California’s local newsrooms | News #california #Credit #Economy #ExecutiveCompensation #FreedomOfThePress #GavinNewsom #GovernmentFinances #journalism #law #Legislation #LocalNews #News #NewsMedia #NonprofitOrganization #revenue #Tax #TaxCredit
https://www.europesays.com/conflicts/10068/ CNN says it was left off Air Force One for Trump’s Saturday trip to a college football game #CollegeFootball #EmailAndMessaging #FreedomOfThePress #GeneralNews #Journalism #media #NewsMedia #Politics #USAirForce #USNews #WashingtonNews #WorldNews
I retell this story now because the history of Stuff, in particular, is emblematic of everything wrong with the way media publishing is being structured and managed. And to point out that there are other ways to do it, and we'll need to make use of them if we want a properly functioning news media in the future.
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"I've had so many conversations, especially with younger people, about the fact that they had to turn to TikTok, or someplace like that, to see images of the atrocities in Gaza, by the IDF ..."
#JohnBiewen, 2026
https://sceneonradio.org/s8-e7-can-we-blame-the-media-for-this/
This is why the TikTok confiscation (not a "ban", a forced sale). This is why conservative politicians - from both major parties in many countries - have a sudden hard-on for age-gating social media.
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Midweek MediaWatch this week covered the chorus of journalists opining on Nicky Hager's methods;
If your goal as an investigate journalist is to expose the corrupt practices of powerful and totally unprincipled people, you have to work defensively.
Lazy hacks working in comfortable corporate media jobs have never been in that situation. Because they see their role as both-sides-ing everything. Which works very nicely for people running influence operations.
The Press Is Not the Root of Trump’s Problems https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/09/trump-ban-press-cnn-politico-msnow/688732/?utm_source=feed #uspoli #BigBabyTrump #TrumpRegime #NewsMedia #CNN #MSNBC #BooHoo #journalism
ALJAZEERA: "Reporters from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico were denied access to White House after Trump calls news outlets ‘fake news’." If you ask me, I think FOX NEWS provides REAL FAKE NEWS. The rest, including ALJAZEERA provide news but that's about it... just reporting one-sided news. #newsreports #newsmedia #journalists
Unsealed documents reveal Microsoft executives' awareness that Ai scraping under the guise of fair use was, "...the greatest theft of labor in human history."
Side effect: Mining news for Ai training also decimated news organizations' ability to perform their important public service.
In defense of Ai, though, the use of automated plagiarism is dumbing down the population to the point where there will soon be nothing left worth scraping.
https://www.wonkette.com/p/openai-and-microsoft-knew-their-sht
#Ai #Microsoft #OpenAi #NewsMedia
Three killed, including news pilot and reporter, in Los Angeles helicopter crash
📰 Original title: Los Angeles reporter and pilot among 3 dead after news helicopter crashes
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅
https://www.europesays.com/ie/688511/ How a photographer sees images of daily life as a unifying force | Ap-world #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsAndDesign #ArtsDesign #Design #Éire #Entertainment #GeneralNews #IE #Ireland #Media #NewsMedia #OneExtraordinaryPhoto #PulitzerPrizeAwards #RussiaUkraineWar #WorldNews
How a photographer sees images of daily life as a unifying force https://www.byteseu.com/2365779/ #GeneralNews #I #Media #NewsMedia #OneExtraordinaryPhoto #PulitzerPrizeAwards #Romania #RussiaUkraineWar #WorldNews
From Texas Policy to Trump’s $5,000 Promise: Why Independent Journalism Matters
A West University Area Democrats talk examines independent journalism, Texas GOP control, health policy, voter engagement, and Trump’s $5,000 midterm pledge.
#campaignStrategy #civicEngagement #DemocraticMessaging #DemocraticParty #Elections2026 #GrassrootsOrganizing #independentVoters #KingwoodAreaDemocrats #MediaInfrastructure #MidtermElections #newsMedia #politicalCommunication #PoliticalMedia #politicalMessaging #PoliticalPersuasion #PoliticsDoneRight #socialMedia #VoterEngagement #VoterOutreach #VoterTrust https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pbY
What Democrats Say They Must Fix to Win: Messaging, Trust, and Voter Engagement
Why do political messages fail to reach voters? This discussion explores information gaps, trust, social media, newsletters, grassroots communication, and voter engagement.
#campaignStrategy #civicEngagement #DemocraticMessaging #DemocraticParty #Elections2026 #GrassrootsOrganizing #independentVoters #KingwoodAreaDemocrats #MediaInfrastructure #MidtermElections #newsMedia #politicalCommunication #PoliticalMedia #politicalMessaging #PoliticalPersuasion #PoliticsDoneRight #socialMedia #VoterEngagement #VoterOutreach #VoterTrust https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pbO
News media has always been a human centipede. Somewhere out there on-scene reporters, investigate journalists and others discover and document something newsworthy. They pass it on to the publisher they work for, or sell it to one (or more) as a freelancer, and they break the story.
Then other publishers smell blood in the water and get their own reporters looking for new angles on the story, or failing that, get columnists (cynical, veteran reporters) to opine on it.
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Canadian journalists reacted with bloodlust in the aftermath of 9/11. Here’s some of what they said..
#Sept11 #NewsMedia #JournalismFail #Islamophobia
https://www.readthemaple.com/remembering-canadian-medias-post-9-11-bloodlust/
#TIL about SuperDesk;
"... a state-of-the-art digital newsroom system. It combines headless CMS functionality with powerful workflow features for an end-to-end news creation, production, curation and distribution platform. Built alongside journalists in the newsroom, it has a modular, API-centric design that enables news organisations to add and adapt the functionality most relevant to their business."
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/418507/ Journalist named king of Ugandan monarchy that just lost its onetime ‘boy king’ #GeneralNews #NewsMedia #politics #Royalty #Uganda #WorldNews
Resident recalls scenes after a strike hit a wedding in southern Iran
A local resident described “heartbreaking” scenes after a U.S strike killed five people in Kuhestak on Tuesday, including…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Generalnews #Iran #iranwar #marriage #MediaAPIvideo #national #Newsmedia #Verticalvideo #Weddings
https://www.newsbeep.com/718940/
https://www.europesays.com/iran/278561/ Resident recalls scenes after a strike hit a wedding in southern Iran #GeneralNews #Iran #IranWar #marriage #MediaAPIVideo #National #NewsMedia #VerticalVideo #weddings
I really don't know of any other sector of Western public life that has lost the esteem and respect of the people more than national broadcasters and corporate news media.
#CBC #NewsMedia #Journalism #CorporateNews #Broadcasting
https://www.readthemaple.com/cbc-just-humiliated-itself-to-kiss-american-ass/
Maria Bartiromo Leaves FOX News Media After More Than 12 Years #BreakingNews #BusinessJournalism #BusinessNews #EconomicNews #FinancialMarkets #FinancialNews #FoxBusiness #FoxNews #MariaBartiromo #MediaIndustry #MediaNews #MorningsWithMaria #NewsMedia #SundayMorningFutures #TelevisionNews #TexasBorderBusiness #TexasNews #UsNews https://texasborderbusiness.com/maria-bartiromo-leaves-fox-news-media-after-more-than-12-years/
How Link Suppression Hurts Local Journalism
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — September 2, 2026
Local journalism depends on one simple action: linking readers to full reporting. On X, that action increasingly comes with penalties. When links are buried or throttled, journalism loses reach, revenue, and trust — especially in countries like the Philippines.
This essay explains how link suppression damages local news and why that harm matters beyond the media industry.
Journalism Cannot Live Inside One Platform
Reporters do not publish entire investigations in social media posts. They link to articles, documents, and sources hosted elsewhere. This is how credibility is built and verified.
When a platform discourages links, it breaks that chain. Readers see headlines without context. Facts are separated from evidence. Journalism is reduced to fragments.
That weakens public understanding.
Smaller Outlets Are Hit First
Large media companies have multiple distribution channels. Local outlets do not. Many Philippine newsrooms rely on social media to reach readers who cannot afford subscriptions or who live far from major cities.
When links are suppressed, these outlets lose traffic overnight. Advertising revenue drops. Donations slow. Some stories never reach the audience they were written for.
This is not a level playing field.
Link Suppression Rewards Noise Over Reporting
Content that stays inside the platform — short posts, arguments, and outrage — travels more easily than careful reporting that points outward.
The result is a system that rewards speed over accuracy and emotion over evidence. Journalists who follow professional standards are punished. Accounts that spread opinion or misinformation are amplified.
This is not an accident. It is an outcome of platform design.
The Public Pays the Price
When local journalism weakens, communities lose information. Corruption is harder to expose. Local issues receive less attention. Rumors fill the gap left by reporting.
In the Philippines, where regional news plays a critical role in accountability, this loss is serious. Democracy depends on access to reliable information, not just loud commentary.
Platforms that damage journalism damage public trust.
Why This Is a Business Failure
Strong platforms benefit from strong journalism. News builds credibility and attracts advertisers who value informed audiences.
By suppressing links, platforms undermine the very ecosystem that makes them valuable. Short-term engagement replaces long-term trust.
That trade-off may boost metrics today, but it weakens the market tomorrow.
Looking Ahead
The next essay will examine how attention is extracted from users without being fairly shared or returned as value.
When journalism is punished for pointing outward, the platform stops serving the public.
It serves only itself.
For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com
This essay will be archived in the WPS News Archives at Amazon.
References (APA)
McChesney, R. W. (2015). Rich media, poor democracy. The New Press.
Reuters. (2023). News organizations see traffic drops from X. https://www.reuters.com
UNESCO. (2022). Journalism, platforms, and the public interest. https://www.unesco.org
#digitalPublishing #linkSuppression #localJournalism #mediaSustainability #newsMedia #Philippines #platformEconomics #pressFreedom #socialMediaPlatforms #Twitter #XPlatform
Republican Party revokes CBC/Radio-Canada media accreditation for upcoming midterm convention https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/republican-convention-cbc-media-accreditation-9.7327334 by CBC- this is not good.
#accreditation #newsmedia #journalism
This is where the safeguards of democracy are removed and the 4th estate no longer provides balance.
The collapse of daily newspapers created two risks: an uninformed, easily polarized electorate and gov’ts operating in the dark, with corruption and incompetence as results. We don’t yet know what the solution is, but it might include the training of “documenters,” as we see in Philly. https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/meet-the-philadelphia-documenters/ #newsmedia
US Treasury blocks certain journalists from G20 meeting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is preventing certain journalists from covering a finance meeting among the…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AlanRappeport #asheville #Business #DonaldTrump #G-20Summit #G20Summit #Generalnews #Groupof20 #Iran #JimTankersley #Media #Newsmedia #NorthCarolina #Politics #ScottBessent #UnitedStates #Us #USA #Washingtonnews #Worldnews
https://www.newsbeep.com/712280/
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-27-26
I have a deadline today, so while the weekday Pook-Emu Bee streak continues, this will be another minimalist entry in my ongoing series. 1 | Israel: Law Adopted to Preserve the Memory of the October 7, 2023, Massacre and Commemorate Heroism (Ruth Levush for Global Legal Monitor. August 26, 2026.) A sound law. 2 | Model Owl in a Towel (Wildbase Hospital [via Owls in Towels]. August 24, 2026.) That is a [small] statuesque owl. 3 | How a Ukrainian commander sped through the ‘kill zone’ […]https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-27-26/
Listening to the first part of the Scene on Radio podcast's series on the US news media. This is thoughtful, nuanced, and well worth checking out;
At a time when mainstream news media is spectacularly failing us, I'm grateful for Hemu Rahman's list of independent journalists to follow.
c: hemurahman / IG
The media's coverage of the Jason Arday's life was fuelled by the racist campaign of an established far-right network.
#Racism #Cambridge #NewsMedia #PeterThiel #JasonArday
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/08/18/the-peter-thiel-linked-race-science-network-that-penetrated-cambridge-university-and-targeted-jason-arday/
Also, we're not just talking about spotting and pruning out fictions ("hallucinations"), which can be quite subtle. When a MOLE spits up first draft articles, it has control over crucial journalistic decisions like;
* angle: what overall perspective does the article take?
* framing: what assumptions are baked into the way the text is worded?
* scope: what's included vs. left out?
* priority: what's in the lede vs. buried at the bottom?
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"Some newsrooms are using AI tools for content writing and editing. For example, Stuff allows AI to write a first draft of the news article from [a] single source, such as Police or fire services ... None of the newsrooms allow creating photos or video with AI."
Dr #MerjaMyllylahti, Associate Professor in Journalism and Critical Media Studies, AUT, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5JB0-fl7pk
Intriguing. What's the fundamental different between generating images and video and generating text?
Must listen this week is @davetroy in conversation with @jengolbeck
If you’re concerned about the state of the US polity, worried about the take over of major #NewsMedia properties, the cult-like nature of #MAGA, the surveillance state, the implications of the #AIBubble and security of the #Midterms, then listen to this thoughtful discussion
No outlandish conspiracy theories here, just carefully observation and analysis
https://america2.news/podcast-midterms-ai-and-maga-with-dr-jen-golbeck/
Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 08-07-26
I am a bit late today, but I decided to keep the Pook-Emu Bee links running with four in a row before our off-day tomorrow (Newsletter Saturday). 1. Private email is fine, actually (Matthew Guay for Buttondown Blog. August 7, 2026.) I agree. But I my own solution (SimpleLogin) is not specifically listed (they note Proton Mail, which now owns Simple Login, but I have SL separate from Proton). 2. THE MORNING RANT: PepsiCo (Frito Lay) Snack Sales Decline as SNAP Restrictions Kick In (Buck […]https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-08-07-26/
Book of the Week: “Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy” is a wake-up call about the decline of daily newspapers and the loss of their news coverage. The greatest threat, the author argues, will be to democracy and good gov’t. She offers some ideas about supporting local journalism. https://www.atlantaurbanist.com/book/ghosting-the-news/ #newsmedia
You can read the #column in the #NYT if you have a subscription, but I don't think you need to to get my gist. #politics #labels #DemocraticSocialists #Democrats #Republicans #Conservative #Liberal #nuance #CriticalThinking #NewsMedia
"Why did these companies never seem to get blamed for hiring and then quickly firing tens of thousands of people? Because at the heart of the business media and the markets, workers were necessary casualties of the eternal struggle for growth. Layoffs are inevitably reported as a large number (“10,000 employees at Microsoft”), which makes it all too easy to remove the human element."
#EdZitron, 2023
Below is one of the saddest, most damning passages I've ever read in any book.
#Journalism #NewsMedia #Palestine #Genocide #IsraelisATerroristState #HumanRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes
Good to see that local newspapers still exist, in some form. But you can just about detect the smell of an oily rag they're running on.
There’s a good chance your daily newspaper no longer publishes editorials or endorses candidates for public office … for fear of losing subscribers. What are the costs of this silence? Less accountable gov’t and a rudderless community, a former newspaper editor says. https://theconversation.com/how-americas-newspapers-lost-their-voice-285126 #newsmedia
Why is AlJazeera banned in many countries? It is banned because it provides the public with another point of view not mentioned by BBC or CNN or FOX NEWS. However, this does not mean that it is the best or free from manipulation. All global media owned by individuals are often aligned to their governments or political parties, to serve specific interest. It is journalism that suffers because every editor REMOVES the facts and highlight what he is paid to do i.e. servitude. #newsmedia #politics
A #cockroach eats a #burger at a hunger strike. The #media goes after him. Meanwhile, a #government is eating the whole of #India. But the same media has no time to look into that matter!
What a pathetic fall from grace, Indian #NewsMedia!
#GodiMedia #NDTV #GoI #GovernmentOfIndia #CJP #cockroachjantaparty
1) if there is one #podcast you should listen to this weekend other than @IrishStewPodcast 😜, then spend an hour listening to #ZohranMamdani in conversation with #LuluGarciaNavarro of @newyorktimes
Good News Everyone!
A large-scale randomized controlled trial in France shows huge improvement in teenagers baseline information inequality (45-70%), news consumption (+0.49 to 0.60 sd) and media literacy skills (+0.08 to 0.26 sd) with this simple trick: Give them free subscription to quality newspaper.
Making Teenagers Read Newspapers. A Nationwide Experiment in French High Schools
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7042478
Podcast and transcript describing the study: https://cepr.org/multimedia/making-teenagers-read-newspapers
#journalism #media #economics #socialScience #politicalEconomy #newsmedia
The “certified fraud examiner”: Why do we need nonpartisan, professional journalists? Because who else will take the time to examine the claims of candidates for statewide office and discover that … they’re just making stuff up? https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2026/07/nate-george-state-auditor-resume-claims-certified-fraud-examiner/ #newsmedia
"Globally, more than half (52%) of respondents aged 18–24 now say that social media, video networks, and AI chatbots are their main way of getting news. This is 32pp more than the next most popular main source. For audiences aged between 18 and 34 the decline in their use of news websites and apps has been faster than that of television news."
#Jurnalism #News #LLMs #NewsMedia
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/dnr-executive-summary
