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Tag Archives: Media Criticism

NYT admits its midterms coverage was wrongly wedded to a “red wave” narrative

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.
Published at:1:15 PM on Saturday, December 31st, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections, Media & Culture
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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.
Published at:9:30 AM on Monday, October 31st, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections, Media & Culture
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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.
Published at:8:19 PM on Friday, August 5th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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. 
Published at:5:48 PM on Saturday, July 16th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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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.
Published at:10:15 PM on Sunday, March 20th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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The occupation convoys plaguing Canada are a slick, foreign-funded attack on democracy

Excerpt: All told, more money has flowed toward the convoy protest than was given to Canada’s three major political parties in the last quarter of 2021. One percent of donors has accounted for twenty percent of the money donated.
Published at:8:30 AM on Thursday, February 17th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
Categories:Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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Why the 2022 midterms in Washington State could look more like 2018 than 2010 or 2014

Excerpt: In this in-depth post for The Cascadia Advocate, NPI's founder and executive director discusses how Republicans are working successfully to push reporters and pollsters to view the midterms on their terms and critiques Stuart Elway's recent Washington State polling.
Published at:2:00 PM on Friday, January 28th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Elections, Media & Culture
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Media coverage of BlackBerry’s end of support for legacy mobile services high on nostalgia, but low on accuracy and precision

Excerpt: Rather than gathering facts and then reporting the more complex details of this event, a whole bunch of stories appear to have been written on the basis of a press release and a company end of life document. A simplistic narrative has once again prevailed over the more complicated reality.
Published at:1:58 PM on Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Media & Culture, Policy Topics, Technology
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The two faces of Sean Hannity: Fox host privately advised Trump to go back to Florida while publicly attacking our democracy

Excerpt: Unbelievable as it may seem, Hannity briefly offered Trump sensible advice in closing days of his scandal-ridden presidency, according to a treasure trove of emails obtained by the House Selection Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Published at:11:30 PM on Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
Categories:Media & Culture, National Defense, Policy Topics
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Yo, NYT! Washington’s tax code is definitely regressive, but the state’s Democratic leaders have actually been working on changing that

Excerpt: "Blue States, You're the Problem" certainly has excellent production values and slick visuals. The discussion, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired. The opinion video by the New York Times' Johnny Harris and Binyamin Appelbaum could have been so much better... deeper, richer, and more informative.
Published at:10:14 PM on Tuesday, November 9th, 2021
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Legislative Advocacy, Media & Culture
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Don’t expect right wing media to apologize for deceptively declaring I‑1639 to be dead

Excerpt: Last week, right wing blogs and media outlets credited the NRA with a big victory when a judge blocked the Alliance for Gun Responsibility's I-1639 from the ballot. Now that the Supreme Court has reversed that judge's decision, though, no mea culpas appear to be forthcoming.
Published at:9:00 AM on Saturday, August 25th, 2018
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Media & Culture, Policy Topics
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Book Review: The airing of grievances in Donna Brazile’s “Hacks” comes at her true crime memoir’s expense

Excerpt: Read NPI's review of Donna Brazile's Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House. The book has been portrayed in the mass media as a juicy tell-all, but a good chunk of it is actually a cybersecurity clinic that's worth reading.
Published at:11:42 AM on Sunday, January 21st, 2018
Written by:David A Johnson
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This again: Associated Press pushes another half-baked promotional blurb for Tim Eyman

Excerpt: Around 9 AM this morn­ing, dis­graced ini­tia­tive pro­mot­er Tim Eyman hit the Send but­ton in MailChimp to send out an email to his fol­low­ers, the press, and elect­ed offi­cials pro­claim­ing he was launch­ing a new ini­tia­tive to gut prop­er­ty tax­es — an ini­tia­tive which, if passed, would evis­cer­ate vital pub­lic ser­vices in every city and […]
Published at:5:47 PM on Monday, January 30th, 2017
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Don’t feed the trolls: Why we asked Andrew Garber and his colleagues to ignore Tim Eyman’s repugnant attack on Jay Inslee

Excerpt: Yes­ter­day, at a press con­fer­ence on the Capi­tol Cam­pus in Olympia,  State Rep­re­sen­ta­tive Judy Clib­born (D‑41st Dis­trict) and House Democ­rats unveiled a “Con­nect­ing Wash­ing­ton” trans­porta­tion pack­age that pro­pos­es to invest $10 bil­lion in Wash­ing­ton’s high­ways, streets, fer­ries, and local tran­sit agencies. Some of the mon­ey would go to road main­te­nance, some would be ded­i­cat­ed to […]
Published at:8:45 PM on Thursday, February 21st, 2013
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Economic Security, Media & Culture, Policy Topics, Public Planning
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