Executive editor, NewsGuard. Former M.E./D.C. bureau chief, Chicago Tribune. Former D.C. chief, N.Y. Daily News. Former media columnist, Poynter, Vanity Fair.
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Day After U.S. Exit From World Cup: Soccer crazies, amid the kudos for our valiant young kids, and all their purported potential, this query: Is there a single U.S. field player (not goalie) who could have started for either Netherlands or Argentina? I say no.
Nielsen ratings are TV's obsession, but Variety, the Hollywood bible, now wonders if upstart NewsGuard's content ratings could also drive ad spending. How do Tucker Carlson, Rachel Maddow, "Morning Joe," "Inside Politics" and "The CBS Evening News" fare? bit.ly/3B7aXbA
Mr. Tesla has not put the brakes on misinformation: NewsGuard finds that popular spreaders of b.s. on Twitter have seen engagement (likes, retweets) spike sharply since Elon Musk purchase of Twitter. bit.ly/3TvqhFg
To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question for many journalists. Why some prominent ones are quitting, some not, and why Musk should consider bonafide journalists and the likes of NewsGuard---not algorithms-- to get him out of his "moderation" pickle. bit.ly/3UiCwpV
Peddling B.S.: The AP notes how "election misinformation is thriving on Rumble, a video sharing platform popular with some conservatives and far-right groups," according to a NewsGuard study. Rumble's reliance on untrustworthy sources is oh-so-deep. bit.ly/3Un9yES
Let's get ready to rumble? Don't with Rumble, the giant video-sharing platform. NewsGuard finds nearly half its searches wind up with b.s. content via sources trafficking in election misinformation. Makes YouTube look like Encyclopædia Britannica. bit.ly/3DWOKP3
From NYT Gael Greene obit: UPI "sent her to cover a show by Elvis Presley in Detroit. She wangled an invitation to the singer’s hotel room, where one thing led to another. As she left, Presley asked her to order him a fried egg sandwich from room service."
Dealing with crap: In Inc., lawyer-serial entrepreneur Howard Tullman counsels employers on helping workers with "the non-stop flow of lies, fantasies, fictions, and frauds that they are drowning in every day"---use NewsGuard. bit.ly/3h3jZyT
On O'Hare-LAX flight we took yesterday, passenger had heart attack, saved by defibrillator. They're on board due to 1998 series by Chicago Tribune's John Crewdson, who sued FAA for data on medical emergencies. He won, then FAA belatedly mandated defibrillators. Journalism counts.
"Pink-slime"? NewsGuard reports, as Axios notes, how "a shadowy network of news sites is quietly pushing Democratic propaganda in battleground states ahead of the midterm elections." The right does not monopolize misinformation. bit.ly/3SkOX2S
The Age of Ignorance: Most of us rely on Google, but a younger generation increasingly uses TikTok as their search engine. As the AP discloses, a NewsGuard study shows why that's not good at all: bit.ly/3xpo9Xr
You hate government? In a world of misinformation, where nobody seems accountable for anything, NewsGuard finds a gem of a trustworthy, revelatory government website: bit.ly/3d6T4kq
Great NYT review by Keith Olbermann on new bio of Jim Thorpe---greatest athlete ever?--by David Maraniss: nyti.ms/3PdnWfS
Putin disinformation "explodes" despite international bans, writes the Associated Press, citing NewsGuard analysis. bit.ly/3p3UTAQ
Russian disinformation, exhibiting survival tendencies of a horseshoe crab, "explodes" despite European Union bans, according to AP, citing NewsGuard analysis. bit.ly/3p3UTAQ
Post-Roe v. Wade Annals of Misinformation: NewsGuard finds videos promoting dangerous herbal abortions persist on TikTok despite its pledge to crack down bit.ly/3z7y4ku
Post-Roe Annals of Misinformation: NewsGuard finds videos promoting dangerous herbal abortions persist on TikTok despite pledge to crack down bit.ly/3z7y4ku
Today's "What Would Alexis de Tocqueville Think?" from WCCB -TV in Charlotte: bit.ly/3Mn3doz
Ok, what would Alexis de Tocqueville think of this from the Manteca Bulletin in California? On the state of love in America: bit.ly/3xe1T2V
