01.09.24
Reporting on the Mirror – WASHINGTON POST
Ed Morrisey at HotAir brings up a good point: As the media have been borderline obsessed with tracking Elon Musk supposedly rendering Xitter, there is little at all to be heard about the waning prospects of one of the country's venerated newspapers, the Washington Post. We have covered how there have been repeated layoffs over the past couple of years, and we learned the paper was poised to have lost $100 million in 2023. That makes up 40% of what billionaire Jeff Bezos paid for the Post ten years ago.
Dylan Byers of Puck reports that he has been privy to some internal numbers from that paper, and it shows signs of severe hemorrhaging in a few ways. People have fled the Post online, as the site has lost over half of its readers – from just under 140 million in 2020, it closed out last year with under 60 million. Of those who visit, over 80% read just a solitary article over the course of a month, and only 1/500 convert to subscriptions.
This is the loss of credibility in the journalism sector typified by this lone outlet. As we cover here at RFTH on the regular, few in the industry appear eager to do something about the freefall.
Does Will Lewis, who just took over The Washington Post, have the hardest job in media? One week in and his C.R.O. Alex MacCallum is off to CNN, and it turns out his company’s traffic has dipped more than 50% in the past few years.
— Puck (@PuckNews) January 7, 2024
From @DylanByers https://t.co/C9YY0i8pnG
Gilded Reframe – ASSOCIATED PRESS
The AP has been scorched online of late for its inflammatory headline about Claudine Gay stepping down as president of Harvard. The AP, rather than looking critically at Gay's record, chose to go with accusing of "a new conservative weapon – plagiarism." The headline has been softened now, but it still alludes to a conservative issue with enforcing plagiarism standards.
When asked by Fox News about the change, an AP spokesperson mentioned the original headline and content had not met its editorial standards. The question is how the piece made it onto its site and syndicate. Where were the editors if this was the case? There appears to be an issue with its publishing standards.
The @AP has now changed the headline. This pattern of media outlets trying to wash away evidence of their politically-charged garbage is getting ridiculous.
— Jon Williams (@J2dubyas) January 4, 2024
"Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage." https://t.co/ftapdMG1CQ
Democratic Custodial Services – NBC News
Well, at least it's covering the border crisis…sort of. NBC News details how Biden has been working with Mexico's leadership to see if it can help stem some of the people flowing across the southern border. The reason Biden is doing so has, according to the news outlet, little to do with enforcing our laws and preserving the sanctity of our republic. No, it has to do with November's looming assessment of things.
The Biden administration is asking Mexico to help curb the huge flow of migrants into the U.S., as Biden runs out of options to fix a problem that is hurting his polling. https://t.co/8d1lO5tPp6
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 8, 2024
So, after millions have poured into this country since he took control, it is his polling numbers that have suddenly motivated Biden. The disconnect being ignored is that as he wants Mexico to step up on its side, Biden is suing our own states to stop them from enforcing border laws.
First Amendment Strike Force – TIKTOK
So it is cleavage and Winnie-the-Pooh that China opposes.
Considering all of the hate-filled content seen recently on TikTok, from pro-Palestinian antisemitism and the recent praise over Osama Bin Laden's writing, it is a tad baffling to see that the curvaceous golfer/influencer Paige Spiranic had her account throttled for showing a bit too much of her plunging chestline.
Paige Spiranac: TikTok shadow banned me over ‘some little innocent cleavage’ https://t.co/stnXCgfwPm pic.twitter.com/qyQy4s4ryp
— New York Post (@nypost) January 5, 2024
Blue-Anon – MSNBC
Was Capehart vying for an Emmy or a Golden Globe Award?
This is proof that for some media figures, the term shameless has no definition. Jonathan Capehart brought on media-hungry former Capitol Police officer Michael Fanone on the January 6 anniversary this weekend. (You forgot about it too, didn't you?)
Capehart literally broke down crying on the set over this event.
MSNBC’s @CapehartJ with an early contender for 2024’s #MostMortifyingMediaMoments pic.twitter.com/DSZcY0xZMi
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 6, 2024
You have no doubt heard the cliche "Make matters worse," but it is rare to see it presented in such a bold fashion. Capehart responded to those mocking his weepy histrionics and essentially proved he was acting for the cameras as he proudly declared he would do it again.
And I'd do it again! ✊🏾
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) January 6, 2024
MSNBC Host Breaks Down Full-On Sobbing In Emotional Segment With Hero January 6th Cop https://t.co/n0iouc39eg via @mediaite
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