| Excerpt: | "Not for the first time, a warped understanding of the contours of a national election had come to dominate the views of political operatives, donors, journalists and, in some cases, the candidates themselves," the story penned by the trio of Jim Rutenberg, Ken Bensinger, and Steve Eder acknowledged. |
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| Published at: | 1:15 PM on Saturday, December 31st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Media Criticism, Research Polling Retrospectives, WA-Sen |
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Category Archives: Media & Culture
NYT admits its midterms coverage was wrongly wedded to a “red wave” narrative
The New York Times is failing readers with its awful, one-sided 2022 midterms coverage
| Excerpt: | The ending of the 2022 midterms has yet to be written, but NYT editors and reporters are convinced they know what's going to happen. They are churning out stories that have Republican victory is just ahead as the premise, with headlines that endlessly play up Republicans' chances and suggest Democrats are doomed. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Monday, October 31st, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Future of Journalism, Media Criticism |
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The threat to American elections: No time for hysteria, but we should all be worried
| Excerpt: | With a nation’s news media “hollowed out” by closings and downsizings, Seattle-based InvestigateWest is swimming against a tide as it pursues a task vital to the republic: It has taken on the job of seeking the truth about those seeking power in America, specifically reporting on ongoing threats to American democracy. |
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| Published at: | 7:52 PM on Thursday, September 29th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Fair Elections, Future of Journalism |
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Birds of a feather flock together: Dori Monson brings Tim Eyman on his show for a gripefest about Attorney General Bob Ferguson
| Excerpt: | Loathing Ferguson -- "the most dangerous politician in our state's history," to quote Monson -- is a shared pastime of both men. |
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| Published at: | 8:19 PM on Friday, August 5th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Media Criticism |
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Midterms marvel: Seattle Times endorses a Democratic-only slate in marquee races
| Excerpt: | In what may come as a pleasant surprise to the majority of its readers, The Seattle Times is recommending a Democratic-only slate of candidates in each of the marquee contests that's on the 2022 ballot. |
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| Published at: | 5:48 PM on Saturday, July 16th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Media Criticism, WA-08, WA-Exec, WA-Sen |
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Documentary Review: The Arctic — Our Last Great Wilderness is an immersive, stirring call to conserve one of Earth’s wildest places
| Excerpt: | Read NPI contributor Joel Connelly's review of a film created by Florian Schulz and the Campion Advocacy Fund that majestically makes the case for leaving the Arctic Refuge free from destructive activities like oil and petroleum gas drilling. |
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| Published at: | 8:30 AM on Tuesday, June 28th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Other Categories: | Our Environment, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Conservation, Films |
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Book Review: It Was Vulgar & It Was Beautiful relates how art helped combat AIDS
| Excerpt: | Lowery chronicles the art installations by the collective Gran Fury, including Kissing Doesn’t Kill and All People With Aids are Innocent, while also describing the tragic consequences AIDS was having on the members themselves. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, June 18th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Other Categories: | Healthcare, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Books, Combating Diseases, Global Health |
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Book Review: Flipped recounts Georgia progressives’ big 2020 breakthrough
| Excerpt: | The thrilling victories of the Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, which were followed within hours by the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, are richly chronicled in Flipped, a recently published book by the chief political reporter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Greg Bluestein. |
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| Published at: | 7:22 PM on Saturday, May 28th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Other Categories: | Elections |
| Tags: | Books, GA-Sen |
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Putin’s war in Ukraine isn’t going well, but with no free press to hold him accountable, public opinion isn’t turning against him
| Excerpt: | Former U.S. Representative Don Bonker explains how Russia's lack of a free press has allowed Vladimir Putin to manipulate public opinion in his favor even though Putin's murderous war in Ukraine isn't getting results for the Kremlin. |
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| Published at: | 7:15 PM on Friday, April 15th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Don Bonker |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Policy Topics, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Diplomacy & Conflict, First Freedoms |
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Book Review: Left Behind puts the DLC’s failed track record under a microscope
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Left Behind: The Democrats' Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality, by historian Lily Geismer, an associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College. |
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| Published at: | 4:00 PM on Sunday, March 27th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Other Categories: | Economic Security, Policy Topics |
| Tags: | Books, Social Safety Net |
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Extremism Watch: Sinclair’s Jonathan Choe serves up lots of publicity for the Proud Boys
| Excerpt: | Choe calls himself a journalist -- he even emphasizes that label as part of his Twitter handle -- but he rarely seems to practice what the Society of Professional Journalists defines in their code of ethics as journalism. On March 19th, he pretty much dropped any pretense of being a journalist and instead chose to act as a press agent for the Proud Boys during his afternoon in Olympia. |
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| Published at: | 10:15 PM on Sunday, March 20th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Media & Culture |
| Tags: | Extremism Watch, Media Criticism |
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Book Review: Laboratories of Autocracy puts Republican-run statehouses under a spotlight
| Excerpt: | Read NPI's review of Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines, by Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper. |
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| Published at: | 12:00 PM on Sunday, February 27th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Alexa Moormeier |
| Other Categories: | Party Politics |
| Tags: | Books, State Legislatures |
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Dori Monson: 1961–2022