| Excerpt: | The Marty Barons of this world are essential to an informed citizenry. As the Washington Post put it in a motto adopted under Baron: Democracy dies in darkness. |
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| Published at: | 2:50 PM on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Appreciations & Remembrances |
| Tags: | Future of Journalism, Newspapers |
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Category Archives: Media & Culture
Book Review: When “A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear”, nobody wins (except the reader)
| Excerpt: | Read NPIs review of Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling's book about the New Hampshire town that libertarians tried to turn into a utopia. |
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| Published at: | 3:00 PM on Sunday, January 24th, 2021 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Books |
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Spokesman-Review to ditch endorsements after furious backlash to pro-Trump editorial
| Excerpt: | Spokane's daily newspaper will stop publishing unsigned editorials and candidate endorsements after its publisher's exhortation to vote for Donald Trump was poorly received. |
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| Published at: | 10:23 PM on Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Future of Journalism, US-Pres |
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Some takeaways from the final presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump
| Excerpt: | This debate was seen by many as a return to civility, but Trump was still full of lies, conspiracy theories and nonsensical claims. |
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| Published at: | 11:25 AM on Friday, October 23rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Presidential Debates, US-Pres |
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Dori Monson indefinitely suspended by Seahawks, KIRO after transphobic tweet
| Excerpt: | The right wing talk show host is off the air and no longer has a show, at least as of October 2020. |
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| Published at: | 5:06 PM on Friday, October 9th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Future of Journalism |
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Book Review: Brian Stelter’s “Hoax” offers a fresh look at how Fox corrodes democracy
| Excerpt: | Read Joel Connelly's review of a 2020 book examining the destructive influence of Rupert Murdoch's right wing cable channel, in the tradition of Outfoxed, The Republican Noise Machine, and Murdoch's World. |
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| Published at: | 5:27 PM on Thursday, September 24th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Books, Future of Journalism, Television |
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Instructive bad reading, Part IV: Dissecting fascism with the help of “Might is Right”
| Excerpt: | Fourth installment in a series examining a white supremacist text published in 1896 that can help us understand what's happening today. Sometimes, it's in the awfully done that we can see a point of view most clearly. |
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| Published at: | 12:00 PM on Monday, August 24th, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports, Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Instructive Bad Reading, Lessons from History |
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Instructive bad reading, Part III: Dissecting fascism with the help of “Might is Right”
| Excerpt: | Third installment in a series examining a white supremacist text published in 1896 that can help us understand what's happening today. Sometimes, it's in the awfully done that we can see a point of view most clearly. |
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| Published at: | 8:15 PM on Sunday, August 23rd, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports, Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Instructive Bad Reading, Lessons from History |
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Instructive bad reading, Part II: Dissecting fascism with the help of “Might is Right”
| Excerpt: | Second installment in a series examining a white supremacist text published in 1896 that can help us understand what's happening today. Sometimes, it's in the awfully done that we can see a point of view most clearly. |
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| Published at: | 8:15 PM on Saturday, August 22nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Instructive Bad Reading, Lessons from History |
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Instructive bad reading, Part I: Dissecting fascism with the help of “Might is Right”
| Excerpt: | First installment in a series examining a white supremacist text published in 1896 that can help us understand what's happening today. Sometimes, it's in the awfully done that we can see a point of view most clearly. |
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| Published at: | 8:15 PM on Friday, August 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | David A Johnson |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports, Views & Reviews |
| Tags: | Instructive Bad Reading, Lessons from History |
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Netroots Nation featured panel discusses the Biden-Harris strategy for progressive victory
| Excerpt: | Staffers from Joe Biden's presidential campaign laid out the case for why progressive organizations and activists should invest in building a relationship with the 2020 Democratic ticket. |
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| Published at: | 2:00 PM on Friday, August 14th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Ruairi Vaughan |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Netroots Nation, Partybuilding, US-Pres |
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Joel Connelly retires from the P‑I; will join NPI’s Cascadia Advocate as a contributor
| Excerpt: | After nearly half a century of service to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and its online successor, seattlepi.com, the legendary journalist and columnist has retired. He'll join NPI as a contributor. |
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| Published at: | 5:30 PM on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Future of Journalism |
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The airbrushing of the late Rush Limbaugh: A mocking, racist demagogue is depicted as shy, private, and “enormously generous”