Antonia, you are right on. Anat Shenker-Osorio talks about being thermostats, not thermometers. SET the topic, don’t just REFLECT the topic. There was nothing about “Critical Race Theory” in the news till Chris Rufo put it there. Republicans know very well how to seed the conversation with their issues; Democrats get stuck in a cycle of just responding (and thus amplifying). I can’t watch TV news any more—they just react to the latest horrific proclamation or deed. Very few bring up important stories that need coverage. Thanks for this!
We suggest folks seek out and add local journalism to their information diets instead of centering corporate national for-profit news. It also helps focus on “zone of influence”.
I personally find the AP (has an app, global, a non-profit) to be a reliable least biased US source of primary need for national / international events.
I found AP to be the best, followed by the Guardian. There is fine work being done by the NYTimes/Post/WSJ when they do a deep dive into something, but their editorials are pretty bad these days. I like Pro-Publica too. For sanity, I found the 15 min NPR morning update to be sufficient. If it's not in there, it's probably something you can ignore for a while.
Antonia, you are right on. Anat Shenker-Osorio talks about being thermostats, not thermometers. SET the topic, don’t just REFLECT the topic. There was nothing about “Critical Race Theory” in the news till Chris Rufo put it there. Republicans know very well how to seed the conversation with their issues; Democrats get stuck in a cycle of just responding (and thus amplifying). I can’t watch TV news any more—they just react to the latest horrific proclamation or deed. Very few bring up important stories that need coverage. Thanks for this!
Thanks for this reframe.
We suggest folks seek out and add local journalism to their information diets instead of centering corporate national for-profit news. It also helps focus on “zone of influence”.
We built this 50-state, searchable directory to help folks find reliable sources. https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-directory
I personally find the AP (has an app, global, a non-profit) to be a reliable least biased US source of primary need for national / international events.
Wow. Chicago has 28 independent or non-profit news sources!
Glad you explored. The death of local journalism is exaggerated.
I found AP to be the best, followed by the Guardian. There is fine work being done by the NYTimes/Post/WSJ when they do a deep dive into something, but their editorials are pretty bad these days. I like Pro-Publica too. For sanity, I found the 15 min NPR morning update to be sufficient. If it's not in there, it's probably something you can ignore for a while.
Great piece. You have articulated why I haven't watched CNN or CNN.com since the last presidential election.
Bingo!
Spot on, Antonia.