Exactly. And there is one other factor. Trump and MAGA make effective use a playground tactic: "I know you are but what am I."
They don't fool anyone with that, but they do suceed in "burning out" words faster through mindless over use.
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Let's see... 39 years teaching journalism at NYU. A critic who tries to be useful. PressThink: the name of my subject and my site. My book: "What Are Journalists For?" (1999, Yale University Press)
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For me it was finding the words and phrases that express clearly "this is different."
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Here's a point shared regularly by people paid to understand the media industry: Differentiate or Die. This version is from Dylan Byers of Puck. It's paywalled. puck.news/how-dow-jone...
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Here's a point shared regularly by people paid to understand the media industry: Differentiate or Die. This version is from Dylan Byers of Puck. It's paywalled. puck.news/how-dow-jone...
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From Columbia Journaiism Review's interview with Glenn Kessler, the recently retired fact checker at the Washington Post. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
This is an excerpt. Read the rest of it. No paywall.
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I agree. I have found it hard to write about, though.
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Might be part of it.
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How do we explain it, Ben?
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Hmmm.
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Top 25 local public media sites, ranked by estimated monthly visits to their websites in June 2025. www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/thes...
Hey, @joshuabenton.com What is WNYC doing at number 11 when it has the largest market in the country?
