Almost all major human rights organisations agree the destruction of Gaza meets the legal definition of genocide. Yet liberal news outlets still do not use the word.
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A persistent government strategy to sow fear through punitive measures has corroded freedom and democracy.
There was once a bipartisan consensus that media power had to be regulated if democracy were to survive.
In sharp contrast to today, the film reveals a time when the majority of Americans trusted what they read in the press.
Continuing his war against what he calls “fake news”, the US president is hobbling journalists and media outlets he considers to be hostile to him.
In the face of little information, or misinformation, about the war in Iran, media literacy can prove a valuable tool to assess what’s happening on the ground.
The ‘equal time’ rule has been around for a century and aims to promote broadcasters’ editorial independence and free expression – an idea that is now under threat from the FCC.
The president has sued multiple media companies. He may care less about winning in court than intimidating news outlets, suggest two media scholars.
The unrelenting diet of chaotic, contradictory headlines that Americans face today echoes an antidemocratic playbook from the past.
Pressuring broadcasters by leveraging the powers of the Federal Communications Commission occurs no matter which party controls the White House.
The public’s relationship with news is defined more by its skepticism of the profession than by its impressions of journalists or media outlets.
Listen to Andrew Dodd on The Conversation Weekly podcast on the long, transactional relationship between Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch.
Recent comments from the White House suggest that a campaign to undermine public trust in the media is not going away.
Donald Trump has lost popularity in the past few months – but how much is his voting base being maintained by media support?
The precursors of today’s public media programs consisted of professors giving lectures about history and finance.
A legal fight over a US news organisation’s ability to report from the White House has significant parallels to a new play on Broadway.
Overwhelming people with a deluge of announcements makes it difficult to easily track and understand what is happening in the White House.
The Washington Post has won an international reputation for its journalism. But recent changes are threatening its status as an icon.
Legacy newsrooms have lost their audiences. Could a radical transformation in how they practice journalism make the industry relevant again?
How did this lifelong Democrat go full MAGA? A scholar of populism finds some answers in the ‘manosphere’ podcasts credited with helping Trump win, such as those hosted by Theo Von and Joe Rogan.
