Yes, and Brian Tyler Cohen/No Lie, Judd Legum/Popular Information, and of course, our own Heather Cox Richardson. There are some great voices trying to scream truth into the void that is the "media" but they are too few. We might all breathe easier with a complete media blackout on Trump except a simple daily update on his various legal issues reported factually and without opinion.
Yes, and Brian Tyler Cohen/No Lie, Judd Legum/Popular Information, and of course, our own Heather Cox Richardson. There are some great voices trying to scream truth into the void that is the "media" but they are too few. We might all breathe easier with a complete media blackout on Trump except a simple daily update on his various legal issues reported factually and without opinion.
I find that I am getting most of my analysis of USA news from Substacks. I also appreciate the Guardian. I subscribe to Popular Information, but not No Lie. I do read Jay Kuo, Joyce Vance, Thom Hartmann, Robert Hubbell, Tim Mak, Aaron Ruper and many others, as well as Carnegie News, Olear, The Lever, ProPublica, The Intercept, The Volt, Liz Dye, Noah Berlatsky, Meduza, The Beet, and others.
Jay Kuo, like Jeff Tiedrich ends each week on a humorous note, and it is so helpful to putting some of the difficult things we are reading into perpective.
Jay Kuo is excellent. You won't regret adding him to your list. In addition to many other impressive accomplishments, Jay is an attorney and provides clear, relatable legal analysis with a nice touch of humor.
That is a lot to read....but I hear you and find in the midst of all the MSM chaos reporting, these are voices steering the right course. I add Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Timothy Snyder (altho they do analysis), Jennifer Rubin.
Kathy I also read Timothy Snyder, and Jennifer Rubin is in the NYT isn't she? That is where I tend to read her. Thank you for recommending Ruth Ben-Ghiat. The name is familiar. Has she written in The Atlantic?
Anne Applebaum writes in the Atlantic. Ruth has written "Strongmen", for which she has probably gotten more interest since 2015 than she ever thot she would. SHe has a substack Lucid.
Linda, the problem with the news today is people can choose the reality they hear. Each of these many great substacks has an angle and people like it or they go somewhere else. Much in the news is not to be liked. I can remember as a child being annoyed because every night at dinner time all the main networks reported the news (no cable at the time; just ABC, CBS, and NBC). They all said pretty much the same thing, just the facts without sarcasm and disdain. Regular programming came back at prime time. Everyone was informed and up to speed (mostly). Now with 500 channels to compete with, the shiniest objects get the viewers and the advertising income.
Except for "oh the good old days of straight news" is looking at the past with rose colored glasses. Yes- they all reported the same thing, with no editorial. Which means there were a lot of stories none of the big 3 news organizations were bothering to cover. They were making choices about what was newsworthy and their news coverage had a white, male slant. Even a word or two can change the meaning of a story. Is it a protest or a riot? A fight or an assault? Was the person objecting with righteous indignation or were they belligerent? And in the news cycle even back then, once one news agency reported something as a riot, an assault or a belligerent speech that's how they all reported it. I do think our current news era is more heat than light but it wasn't all perfect in the past either.
I find it's much healthier to READ the news. When you remove the audio it's one aspect of your limbic system that is less vulnerable to outside influence. Look at the adjectives and you'll see the biased, "spin" words jump out at you.
You are probably a neighbor of my son who works at UW Mad. Lots of UW professors in his neighborhood. He just sent a pic of the snow in the yard. Postcardesque. Stay warm.
Yes, and Brian Tyler Cohen/No Lie, Judd Legum/Popular Information, and of course, our own Heather Cox Richardson. There are some great voices trying to scream truth into the void that is the "media" but they are too few. We might all breathe easier with a complete media blackout on Trump except a simple daily update on his various legal issues reported factually and without opinion.
I find that I am getting most of my analysis of USA news from Substacks. I also appreciate the Guardian. I subscribe to Popular Information, but not No Lie. I do read Jay Kuo, Joyce Vance, Thom Hartmann, Robert Hubbell, Tim Mak, Aaron Ruper and many others, as well as Carnegie News, Olear, The Lever, ProPublica, The Intercept, The Volt, Liz Dye, Noah Berlatsky, Meduza, The Beet, and others.
I follow a handful of the same folks you follow. Thinking about adding Jay Kuo; his name has come up a bunch recently.
Jay Kuo, like Jeff Tiedrich ends each week on a humorous note, and it is so helpful to putting some of the difficult things we are reading into perpective.
Jay is well worth reading (especially for insight into legal issues).
Thanks, that is kinda my bent.
Ally, I just subscribed to Kuo and he's awesome. I highly recommend Status Kuo, his Substack.
thanks for that citation; I' googled him and could only find his twix posts, and I don't patronize twix (well, I do, but not in that sense!).
Jay Kuo is excellent. You won't regret adding him to your list. In addition to many other impressive accomplishments, Jay is an attorney and provides clear, relatable legal analysis with a nice touch of humor.
That is a lot to read....but I hear you and find in the midst of all the MSM chaos reporting, these are voices steering the right course. I add Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Timothy Snyder (altho they do analysis), Jennifer Rubin.
Kathy I also read Timothy Snyder, and Jennifer Rubin is in the NYT isn't she? That is where I tend to read her. Thank you for recommending Ruth Ben-Ghiat. The name is familiar. Has she written in The Atlantic?
Scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an expert on authoritarianism and fascism.
Rubin is with WaPo. Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a historian who writes about fascism and authoritarianism.
Anne Applebaum writes in the Atlantic. Ruth has written "Strongmen", for which she has probably gotten more interest since 2015 than she ever thot she would. SHe has a substack Lucid.
Linda, the problem with the news today is people can choose the reality they hear. Each of these many great substacks has an angle and people like it or they go somewhere else. Much in the news is not to be liked. I can remember as a child being annoyed because every night at dinner time all the main networks reported the news (no cable at the time; just ABC, CBS, and NBC). They all said pretty much the same thing, just the facts without sarcasm and disdain. Regular programming came back at prime time. Everyone was informed and up to speed (mostly). Now with 500 channels to compete with, the shiniest objects get the viewers and the advertising income.
Except for "oh the good old days of straight news" is looking at the past with rose colored glasses. Yes- they all reported the same thing, with no editorial. Which means there were a lot of stories none of the big 3 news organizations were bothering to cover. They were making choices about what was newsworthy and their news coverage had a white, male slant. Even a word or two can change the meaning of a story. Is it a protest or a riot? A fight or an assault? Was the person objecting with righteous indignation or were they belligerent? And in the news cycle even back then, once one news agency reported something as a riot, an assault or a belligerent speech that's how they all reported it. I do think our current news era is more heat than light but it wasn't all perfect in the past either.
For us folks born in 1970 or early, your point is well understood. That is a valuable comparison to today's media flood
When do you sleep, eat, etc.?
I also read ongaza.org (NB point #9 on Zionist lies), Electronic Intifada and Al Jazeera to hear the other side.
I've been an Al Jazeera subscriber for years and find them to be the most carefully un-biased of all except the Guardian.
Thanks for the additional references to check into Linda!
I find it's much healthier to READ the news. When you remove the audio it's one aspect of your limbic system that is less vulnerable to outside influence. Look at the adjectives and you'll see the biased, "spin" words jump out at you.
Wouldnt that be nice and restful for all of us?
You are probably a neighbor of my son who works at UW Mad. Lots of UW professors in his neighborhood. He just sent a pic of the snow in the yard. Postcardesque. Stay warm.