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Journalist/educator. Dean, @TUKleinCollege. Chair, @SpotlightPA. Board,@LenfestInst, @SolJourno, @RCFP. Former editor of @seattletimes. Sixers.
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One of the heroes of American journalism is this Canadian, who has single-handedly researched and catalogued thousands of lies by our president.
I started fact-checking Donald Trump 10 years ago this month. Here are 15 thoughts on the nature of his lying, how it is received by the public and how it is covered by the media: cnn.com/2026/09/27/politics/…
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The @rcfp, @whca and 49 news organizations — including The Washington Post — file an amicus brief in support of the banned outlets' request for a temporary restraining order. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
Congratulations, Julie, from your proud alma mater! @TUKleincollege @TempleUniv
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The truth about Biden banning conservative reporters: It didn’t happen. Even Musk’s right-leaning Grok says so.
The truth about Biden banning conservative reporters: It didn’t happen. Even Musk’s right-leaning Grok says so.
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My fellow Americans: Please direct your attention to this matter for just a moment. Allow this to sink in. The President of the United States of America just said he wants to ban the free press. He said he doesn’t want them in his office, which by the way is the Oval Office in the People’s House. This is unheard of, and we the people cannot let this be!
For the record, we have a free press in this country. For the record we should all be worried not just about this latest outburst, but by all of it going forward without permission — putting our service members in harms way, raising tariffs willy nilly, threatening buildings and institutions unless his name gets put on them. This is not the behavior of a centered leader who is focused on the good of the people. This is not the behavior of a compassionate leader focused on the millions of Americans who cannot afford healthcare, childcare, gas, or food. This is not the behavior of a man who can emotionally regulate himself.
We should all be concerned — those who voted for him and those who didn’t. The midterms are around the corner. Vote like your life and the lives of others are at stake, because they are. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
This will be the most fascinating thing you read this week, and maybe until A.I. kills us all: anchoragepress.com/this-ai-a…
This, journalism students, is an example of the worst kind of clickbait, a horrendously bad tweet that makes it sound as though Travis Kelce was scamming people, when in fact he was a victim. C'mon, @thedailybeast, do better.
Prosecutors said Kelce was involved in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. thedailybeast.com/obsessed/t…
Maybe I'm just not as smart as @BariWeiss and @NickBilton, but if I was trying to prove that @60Minutes was not going to be a White House mouthpiece, I probably wouldn't have kicked off the season with a piece orchestrated by the "Secretary of War."
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Bettina Trump, Don Jr.'s wife, defends having a Putin ally finance part of their wedding trip, saying he was simply "our dear friend." Such a dear friend that brother Eric's rep told @propublica that “Eric has absolutely no clue who this person is, nor has never heard his name.”
Donald Trump Jr.'s island wedding extravaganza was partially funded and planned by a Russian oligarch who is close to Putin and attended part of the multi-day outing. Don Jr calls him a "personal friend." @JustinElliott @BrettMmurphy @js_kaplan @Amierjeski propublica.org/article/donal…
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Where are the glut of national media beat reporters on these devastating McClatchy layoffs? Far more consequential to local communities than whatever Bari Weiss did at a staff meeting.
The decline of the @mcclatchy newspaper chain is particularly dark and dramatic. Once a beacon of community-focused, quality journalism, its outlets are becoming empty shells of AI-produced drivel. Shame on its vulture capitalist owners, Chatham Asset Management. lpm.org/news/2026-09-10/mccl…
And for those who insist that the collapse of local news organizations (in whatever delivery format) is inevitable, see these success stories: @BostonGlobe, @seattletimes, @PhillyInquirer, @LookoutSCruz, @BaltimoreBanner.
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A really sad day. This is the paper that made the nation care about Jeffrey Epstein and helped uncover the Hope Florida scandal alongside @TB_Times.
Florida needs the @MiamiHerald
The @MiamiHerald eliminated 30 positions today including excellent City of Miami beat reporter @tessriski & legend @kaufsports.
The Miami Beach beat reporter was open but won’t be filled.
Is the Miami Herald going to cover the City of Miami anymore?
Local journalism matters.
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The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild is shocked and disappointed by @mcclatchy 's decision to lay off 33% of its unionized workers at the Idaho Statesman, The News Tribune (Tacoma), Tri-City Herald, The Olympian and Bellingham Herald. This includes 10 journalists in Idaho, and seven across Washington.
These severe cuts will hobble these news organizations and leave the public throughout the Northwest less informed about the events and decisions that affect them, and with fewer people holding the powerful to account.
These are journalists who investigated local hospitals, served as watchdogs over state and local government, showed up at every high school game, jumped in to cover breaking news like wildfires, covered news in overlooked communities, and monitored development in one of the fastest growing regions in the country. One of these papers will no longer have a dedicated reporter covering city hall. Another will no longer have anyone dedicated to covering the state capitol.
McClatchy has decided that short-term profits for a hedge fund matter more than the wellbeing of the communities that its newspapers are supposed to serve. That is a model that is destined to fail.
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my position covering lexington's business scene and regional economic development was one of a dozen @heraldleader eliminated today by mcclatchy as the hedge fund restructures its newsrooms. my last day is sept. 25. thanks, as always, for reading and for trusting me
The most offensive mistake @BariWeiss has made so far in running @CBSNews: featuring Pat's Steaks as iconic in a feature on @CBSSunday. Any Philadelphian can tell you that only tourists who don't know any better eat there.
cbsnews.com/video/why-philad…
Deeply disappointed that @Google and @googlemaps took a bended knee on the shenanigans of Lake Ontario’s name. Nothing compels private companies to adopt “Lake America.”
