Tag: journalism

Crudely put, the central question that goes not only unanswered, but unasked is this: What the hell is going on?

Corporations that own the press look at news as a revenue stream. Journalism is irrelevant.

Democracy depends on a vigorous free press, and it is up to all of us to demand it, and to defend it.

We need activism: against Trump and the powerful interests he represents, and against a political system that gives too much power to wealthy corporate donors and too little power to the people.

There was once a literate public. This is gone now, replaced by a vast burlesque.

It's not that good journalists aren't out there, they just don't get published.

If Trump cracks down on journalists, there might be less uproar than you'd think.

“Whether it’s the Obama administration or the Trump administration, the government should not be able to keep its rules for spying on journalists without a court order secret.”

If you want to make journalism better, subscribe to your local paper.

We need less advertising (or “public relations” in some versions), and a helluva lot more journalism these days.