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Trust in News Collapses as Algorithms Govern Information Access
A trust deficit is affecting almost every mainstream news source. Low-quality, biased reporting means smaller audiences and a less informed populace. It’s a vicious circle.
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Reports of Hector Becerra’s Bullying Emerge as Yet More LA Times Staff Flee
Managing editor Hector Becerra, who boasts a history of celebrating misogynists and abusers, accelerates his publication’s 15-year trend toward utter collapse.
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Daily Beast CEO Ben Sherwood Is the Same Kind of Sexual Predator He Regularly Platforms, Accusers Say
As The Daily Beast nears oblivion, their CEO’s sordid past is rearing its ugly head. Their use of sources for articles with the same ugly history of which Sherwood stands accused probably isn’t helping.
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Daily Beast’s Sean Craig Whitewashes Abuse of Women; Sources Story to Wife Beaters & Sex Trafficking Enablers
The Daily Beast’s desperation to exercise their anti-Scientology bigotry causes them to ignore the compromised and deeply disturbing backgrounds of their sources.
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Reporters Support Sex Trafficking at the Expense of Child Victims
Backpage was seized and shut down by the government, its founder jailed (after another committed suicide). So why are reporters standing up for the site and its sex trafficking?
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Far Out’s Editor Lee Thomas Blocks Targets of His Bigotry, Violates His Own Guidelines
Editor of bigoted anti-Scientology article responds to complaints by simply blocking the accounts that make them. Lee Thomas fails the basic tests of journalistic fairness.
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Rewriting History: AP’s Bias on Display in Latter-day Saints Temple Permitting
AP reporter with a history of shaded writing against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wildly overstates criticism of a new Las Vegas house of worship without fact-checking or context.
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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest Taint Biased Guardian Articles
Paper’s fundraising arm raises millions from pro-drug advocacies. Editor Katharine Viner repays the courtesy with articles slamming life-saving drug rehabilitation.
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Mercury News’ Martha Ross Fails to Disclose Conflicts of Interest in Years of Anti-Scientology Reporting
Martha Ross fails to self-report spouse’s longtime use and promotion of psychiatric medications and her own challenges with alcohol. The Church’s strong positions on these issues are well known, obliging her to—at the very least—disclose her conflicts of interest.
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Yashar Ali’s Defamation Case Tossed Out as He Belatedly Discovers the First Amendment Applies to Others, Too
As judgments and debts pile up around Ali, his bigotry and hate have led to a karma snapback, prompting a California court to chuck his frivolous lawsuit.
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In Touch Editor James Heidenry Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Distance Himself from His Own Sleazy Publication
Heidenry and his lawyer appear confused about the First Amendment and various other facts.
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The Daily Beast: A Cautionary Tale of Writers Gone Wild for Cash
If you perchance ever took a wrong turn in the dark alleys of the internet, you may have stumbled upon a self-proclaimed “high-end tabloid,” The Daily Beast.
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The Media’s Sacred Cows
Don’t take a free cup of coffee, reporters are warned—even as their bosses cover for friendly politicians and rake in cash from those who despoil society.
