NEWS - When the 'News Business' is the News

"Waning trust and a perilous financial landscape challenge the news business" PBS NewsHour 2/23/2021

This is about the lack of open mindedness of many Americans today, they only accept views that match theirs.

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SUMMARY:  It is a tumultuous time in the news business, with a perilous financial landscape and significant percentages of Americans saying they fundamentally don't trust news sources that don't line up with their opinions.  Gregory Moore, editor-in-chief at Deke Digital, and Radhika Jones editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, join Judy Woodruff to discuss.

TARGETING JOURNALISTS - A Global Threat

"Journalist Maria Ressa on an ‘ominous’ global pattern of threats against news media" PBS NewsHour 6/22/2020

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SUMMARY:  On June 15th, a court in the Philippines convicted one of the country’s most prominent journalists, Maria Ressa, of Cyberlibel.  Advocates for press freedom quickly called the trial unfair, arguing it is part of a larger crackdown by Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte on his political opponents and media critical of him.  Nick Schifrin talks to Ressa about an “ominous” global trend toward reporters.

Gee, sounds like something Trump would like to do.

NEWSPAPERS - Capital Gazette Shootings

"In the middle of tragedy, Capital Gazette sticks to its mission" PBS NewsHour 6/29/2018

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SUMMARY:  Faces of the five victims led the front page of the Capital Gazette, a day after mayhem broke out in the Maryland newspaper's offices.  The accused gunman has a long-held grudge against the paper after a 2011 column about his guilty plea to criminal harassment.  Amna Nawaz talks with Terence Smith, contributing columnist for the Capital Gazette and longtime NewsHour contributor.

AT THE MOVIES - "The Post" vs Power

Documents an example of opposing power, similar to opposing Trump's media war.

"How ‘The Post’ stood up to the power of the Presidency" PBS NewsHour 1/22/2018

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SUMMARY:  In the film "The Post," editor Ben Bradlee and publisher Katharine Graham must obtain the Pentagon Papers and then decide whether to defy a court order by publishing the classified history of the Vietnam War.  A story about a consequential moment in American history, press freedom and national security, it's also about Graham finding her way in a male-dominated world.  Jeffrey Brown reports.