THE MEDIA BEAT
Veteran journalist David Tereshchuk’s ongoing review of global media coverage.
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America The Spiteful
THE NEW AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION SHIFTS from its initial flurry of wild actions to a steady-state that’s vicious and menacing.
The Real World Awaiting Trump
THIS IS A MOMENT IN HISTORY when most American news media are (perhaps understandably) looking inward, domestically more than internationally.
Journalist Held Captive: Unarguably a US Priority
IN MY MOST RECENT The Media Beat BROADCAST/PODCAST, I promised a dispatch from Washington DC. Well, I have indeed spent some time now in the nation’s capital … and I can reliably report that the place is still (quite obviously) abuzz with transition news and gossip.
Inevitable Forensics - But Then What?
IT’S QUITE EXTRAORDINARY HOW MUCH, here at a full nine days after Election Day, so many of the American mass media are still engaged in effort after fresh effort to come up with explanations for how the sweeping victory for Donald Trump could have happened.
The Election and War: Journalism’s Omissions
THE MEDIA CANNOT MISS that we’ve reached a telling juncture in the calendar, one with multiple points of significance. First: we’re at just twenty-six days until the US Presidential Election...
Assassinations, USA
THE U.S. IS STILL A VERY YOUNG NATION, we must always remember. This week’s major news, another evident attempt on the life of a candidate in the Presidential race, must put us in mind of our country’s youth. In previous eras before the USA’s creation, leaders had to regard meeting a violent death as simply an occupational hazard.
Country vs City in Presidential Campaign Coverage
I’VE BEEN TAKING A HIATUS far removed from my home-base in the “Media Capital of the World,” New York City. And I have to say, rural Maine offers a perspective not always fully taken into account during mainstream media coverage of our presidential contest.
Media Election Coverage – Turn-Out Levels Are Critical
LET’S TAKE A BREAK, shall we, from American media’s most intense preoccupation, as evidenced by yesterday’s supposedly crucial, but inevitably inconclusive White House press conference?
Computers for the Brain and Body
IN MY ROLE OF MONITORING the media I inevitably have to deal with a lot of screaming. Literal screaming – as in so-called discussions on cable television’s so-called news channels. And written screaming, in headlines and text on paper and online. So I’m grateful to have a solid, dependable, and quietly-spoken news outlet like the Financial Times to turn to.