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After federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the pro-Trump management team at CBS News pressured journalists to put disinformation in their reports. This went beyond “politics” – it was news executives helping fascists whitewash murder. My Stop the Presses newsletter.
When news execs help fascists whitewash murderFormer CBS journalists detail pressure after federal agents killed Good and Prettiwww.stopthepresses.news
Former CBS journalists say executives pressured them to change reporting after federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti. In this week's Stop the Presses, @markjacob.bsky.social breaks down what happens when newsroom leaders put politics ahead of journalism. bit.ly/4yK8GPF
When news execs help fascists whitewash murderFormer CBS journalists detail pressure after federal agents killed Good and Prettibit.ly
"Let’s take stock of what happened here: CBS News executives tried to help the Trump regime whitewash public executions carried out by federal agents."
Mark JacobAfter federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the pro-Trump management team at CBS News pressured journalists to put disinformation in their reports. This went beyond “politics” – it was news executives helping fascists whitewash murder. My Stop the Presses newsletter.
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Stop the Presses | Mark Jacob | SubstackA weekly newsletter about how right-wing extremism has exploited the weaknesses in American journalism, and what we can do about it. Click to read Stop the Presses, by Mark Jacob, a Substack publicati...www.stopthepresses.newsAfter federal agents killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the pro-Trump management team at CBS News pressured journalists to put disinformation in their reports. This went beyond “politics” – it was news executives helping fascists whitewash murder. My Stop the Presses newsletter.
When news execs help fascists whitewash murderFormer CBS journalists detail pressure after federal agents killed Good and Prettiwww.stopthepresses.newsHe's lying. But I suppose every rational American assumed that.
Aaron RuparQ: There's a report that the US has taken in $13b from Venezuela. Where is that money going? T: Even more Q: But where is it going? T: We've paid for that war many times over Q: Where is the money going? T: Running the country Q: No, the money US is taking in -- T: Running the country
Here's my former Chicago Tribune colleague Gerry Doyle with an incisive short thread about the Trump regime's approach to war with Iran. Gerry calls it "the owniest goal that ever own goaled.” 🧵🧵🧵
Gerry Doylethe problem here isn't military, it's the way the military was used. what was the desired outcome? could that be achieved by long-range strike alone? (answer to the first question is a series of question marks, answer to the second is "no")
The markets are an idiot
Nicholas GrossmanIran still blocking Strait of Hormuz. A ship trying to run the strait this weekend hit a sea mine and blew up. US still blockading Iranian shipping. Houthi-Saudi escalation disrupting Red Sea exports. Ukraine hit more Russian oil facilities. Oil prices fell and stocks rose on the news.
@sulliview.bsky.social with a brutal critique of the WHCA dinner debacle & the failing coverage of Trump. "Because he's president" is no excuse for any of it. I'd add that 'rethinking' the dinner isn't the answer, rethinking the DC press corps is. A must read: open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
The predictable disgrace of the White House Correspondents DinnerAnd why I reject every specious argument that encourages the media to keep normalizing Trumpopen.substack.com