Your source for mainline mainstream media misdeeds and malarkey.
The press ran into a barricade of their own making this weekend. The story broke of a University of Georgia co-ed - Laken Riley - murdered during a jogging excursion. But then in the rush to report on the lurid tale a detail sprung up to stop them in their tracks. Her killer was an illegal immigrant, one who had been twice released and had a bench warrant out for his arrest. The fact this could reflect poorly on President Biden saw the label change to "Athens resident." The shame descended upon the news outlets appropriately.
In other jarring news, Taylor Lorenz sat down for an interview with the founder of The Libs of TikTok, Chaya Raichik. Unsurprisingly the discussion led to a debacle of thinking. Then we cover an overlooked interview on MSNBC where hostess Stephanie Ruhle complained about wealthy individuals having their opinions broadcast on media platforms. Why this is a problem is not quite clear, and why she thought discussing this with a wealthy individual with his own media platform was all the more perplexing.
And finally there is a revealing essay in The Atlantic where a former New York Times columnist exposes more of the emotional dysfunction inside that newsroom. The cultish gathering is explained in the way he was admonished over an inappropriate sandwich selection.
Now, crack one open and savor some mainstream media mayhem and malpractice.
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Local news outlets were unwilling to explore the immigration status of a murderer in Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was compelled to alter its headline and article after calling Laken RIley’s killer an “Athens man”.
Not only did the Associated Press dodge the illegal immigration status of Riley’s killer, but when it framed her tragedy against another jogging murder it avoided that case also involving an illegal immigrant.
Taylor Lorenz is presented with her own reporting leading to death threats. She tries to say “That’s different,” then states that death threats are not as bad as bomb threats.
When Raichik mentioned how Lorenz had accused her of causing the death of trans people the reporter denied having done so. She had done so, just the previous week.
Stephanie Ruhle addresses the “problem” of wealthy men who have access to media platforms to express their opinions, by speaking to the wealthy Bill Cohan on her network.
At the Atlantic former New York Times columnist Adam Rubenstein details his orientation into the cult that runs that newspaper.
