The return of partisan journalism
In my home country, Finland, the great majority of newspapers are non-affiliated and independent. Party newspapers and reporters are a curiosity. That is why I have been surprised to notice how openly partisan many American journalists are. Some of them don’t seek...Hey, where are you going with that post-truth in your hands?
To the extent that there is such a thing as objective truth, I always thought that the “fake news” trend was just an exaggerated new spin put on an old phenomenon that we used to call rumors or hoaxes, with no real new danger. Long before this WPI fellowship,...
Do you believe in life after impeachment?
To enter the Paramount Theater last Saturday afternoon, you needed to stand in line for at least two hours in the Austin, Texas, heat. The star of the show was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Texas Tribune Festival’s closing guest. I did not want to stand in...
How to steal an election
The days before elections in Bulgaria are always extremely tense. It is a well-known fact in my country that when there are elections, there are numerous attempts to manipulate the vote. Some of them are successful. The most popular method used by many Bulgarian...
Was Trump’s Call to Ukraine President “Just a wonderful conversation”?, Media Analysis
The media is awash with the Trump-Ukraine phone call scandal. Everyone is analyzing it their own way. Read transcript here Thanks Mr. President for this “wonderful conversation” with your Ukrainian counterpart. “Perfect phone call with the president...
Staff writer at @TheAtlantic & WPI board member James Fallows wrote this piece on press coverage of Trump.
(He’ll also be our speaker for 2 upcoming webinars about the 2020 U.S. presidential election, 10/13, 10AM EST & 11/10, 10AM EST. Save the dates!)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/media-mistakes/616222/
Nice to see Al-Jazeera picked up some of my @dpa_intl report this morning over the #TRESemme furore here in #SouthAfrica https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1302951892931182592