I agree with you, Christopher. It is sadly obvious what will win out. News and media are monetize and media is not independent because too many companies have media groups in their portfolios. Media is not working for the people, but for the stakeholders and shareholders of their mother ships. They actually want it both ways; the media wants to say that it is committed to report the facts, maybe not the truth. Then in the same breath it adjusts the truth for more eyeballs and profit generating nonsense. Look, the media will never be able to know how a brain is going to interpret what they feed them, but it certainly does know that when you feed people consumable lies, that is what they will ingest.
You stole the show Anand. I keep going back to what this moment has to teach us and it turns out it’s a lot – about our democracy, about our own history, about how reporters do their work, about how media is entangled with corporations, about how complex and nuanced our everyday life is and we are being called as a country, as a globe, to get off the sofa and get involved in our communities, in our government, in the fulfillment of the promise of democracy. Meaning making is essential to that process, to that self fulfillment and I appreciated you centering it. And I believe so did the other journalists.
If the press folds, we are in trouble!!! Ben Franklin is rolling over in his grave!! Grow a pair!!! Lawyers, Journalists, Republicans, etc! The people will show up to vote, please show up for the people!!
Thank you for bringing this to us, Anand. I agree… you stole the show! Meaning Making. Revealing to me, and grateful he’s one of the journalists now understanding its importance to we the readers, was the person who noted his “takeaway” would be your introduction of that concept. He’s also the person who ghosted me a year ago, in the middle of an online conversation about international reporting. The moment I mentioned the journalists being killed in Gaza, and the lack of meaningful reporting of this in the United States, he left the conversation. I’d begin to discuss the grief I felt, having been following several of these brave reporters since the War had begun. And my developing communication and caring for several woman activists doing their own reporting on Instagram, at a time foreign reporters were extremely limited in their ability to get into Gaza, much less report what was going on. This was when I began to rely ever more heavily for News and commentary, on Independent journalists coming to us via online outlets. Yours and your staff efforts to keep this coming are much appreciated, Anand.
I agree with your comments about showing your work. There is reporting and there is analysis. What about the actual craziness of Trump? The dementia, the mental illness or whatever you want to call it? Books are now coming out about Biden. Why couldn’t that have been reported in real time? Obviously, that would have had a profound effect on the 2020 election. It’s taken years for NYT to call Trumps lies, lies. There is a holding back.
Corporate press has folded to a degree already because threats and money talk. Right now the independent press online is truth telling and will continue unless their platforms are removed by the “king.” But if trump’s regime cancels the elections next year and all future elections, then there will be no truth telling. I fear this is why republicans are not concerned about being replaced by their constituents.
I thought the panel discussion was interesting, but it seemed to me that Joe Kahn of NYT and Alessandra Galloni of Reuters keep missing vital points that you, Anand, made, especially the importance of "meaning making." Brian Stelter got it, but the others flew right passed it. I do think that despite Trump's war on the media and the damaging capitulation of many of the media outlets, that excellent reporting will continue. I think it is healthy that there are more ways to access news than there has been historically, but having a fractured news media requires people to be vigilant in questioning what they are hearing, reading, or seeing. We need a well educated and inquisitive citizenry to have full participation in democracy (there is much to be said how we educate our children, but that's another discussion!). However, news making will be challenging. And, I agree with you, Anand, that trust has been lost between the American people and the media. The panel didn't seem to want to explore the issues of trust, entanglements, and "meaning making" and their implications for society. Perhaps there wasn't time for all of that, but I felt Kahn and Galloni were a bit defensive.
Thank you for sharing that clip. I applaud you all.
I think we have to see what the President is doing. But I wish there was more explaining about what his actions will bring. Why it is unconstitutional, and who is helping him come up with the ideas.
And also please point out how horribly lacking in dignity he is!!
And yes! To showing what journalism is and how important the TRUTH is.
Thank you, Anand, for posting this panel discussion. I agree that your point about “meaning making” was an important and salient observation.
The theme was meta news coverage, so it did not cover the breakdown and, in some places, the total disappearance of local (including school boards) and state news coverage.
Yet, what happens locally is immediately relatable and impacts people in a recognizable way. We cannot under estimate the decisive impact of state and local news on national politics. Case in point: Florida was one of the breeding grounds of “wokeness,” “book banning,” dismantling of public education, and the war on immigrants.
Brian Stelter posed this rhetorically: “The work (covering Trump) is being done; ‘Is it reaching the audience it should reach?’ is the other question.” The answer, in my opinion, is no. He’s right that audience fragmentation has accelerated. Many fighting (not folding) journalists have scattered to independent platforms. But in doing so, they lose power. They’re no longer part of something larger—something that once carried unified, institutional influence. The whole was much bigger than the sum of its parts.
And here’s the truth: very few of us have the time—or the inclination—to follow dozens of newsletters, podcasts, online news sites, late-night comedians, cable channels, newspapers, and social media feeds.
Speaking of truth, legacy news organizations are not doing their job. In their misguided attempts to be “fair,” they are not doing enough to expose the lies. It’s only late night comedians who do. Truth is lost.
And professional journalists are not policing themselves. Fox “News” constantly amplifies this regime’s lies or skates over them, but no one is calling them on it.
Muckrakers are ancient history. The Fourth Estate has crumbled.
The corporate press has prioritized profit over people. Your question is answered by the actions of the press, not their words.
I agree with you, Christopher. It is sadly obvious what will win out. News and media are monetize and media is not independent because too many companies have media groups in their portfolios. Media is not working for the people, but for the stakeholders and shareholders of their mother ships. They actually want it both ways; the media wants to say that it is committed to report the facts, maybe not the truth. Then in the same breath it adjusts the truth for more eyeballs and profit generating nonsense. Look, the media will never be able to know how a brain is going to interpret what they feed them, but it certainly does know that when you feed people consumable lies, that is what they will ingest.
I hope the press is in the fight for truth and justice for the duration. I think it will!
I only wish the press will spend more time on what Trump does and not what he says.
Please think globally. Be in touch with journalists in Europe and the rest of the world. They are in pain for us.
You stole the show Anand. I keep going back to what this moment has to teach us and it turns out it’s a lot – about our democracy, about our own history, about how reporters do their work, about how media is entangled with corporations, about how complex and nuanced our everyday life is and we are being called as a country, as a globe, to get off the sofa and get involved in our communities, in our government, in the fulfillment of the promise of democracy. Meaning making is essential to that process, to that self fulfillment and I appreciated you centering it. And I believe so did the other journalists.
If the press folds, we are in trouble!!! Ben Franklin is rolling over in his grave!! Grow a pair!!! Lawyers, Journalists, Republicans, etc! The people will show up to vote, please show up for the people!!
Thank you for bringing this to us, Anand. I agree… you stole the show! Meaning Making. Revealing to me, and grateful he’s one of the journalists now understanding its importance to we the readers, was the person who noted his “takeaway” would be your introduction of that concept. He’s also the person who ghosted me a year ago, in the middle of an online conversation about international reporting. The moment I mentioned the journalists being killed in Gaza, and the lack of meaningful reporting of this in the United States, he left the conversation. I’d begin to discuss the grief I felt, having been following several of these brave reporters since the War had begun. And my developing communication and caring for several woman activists doing their own reporting on Instagram, at a time foreign reporters were extremely limited in their ability to get into Gaza, much less report what was going on. This was when I began to rely ever more heavily for News and commentary, on Independent journalists coming to us via online outlets. Yours and your staff efforts to keep this coming are much appreciated, Anand.
Those Journalists being targeted in Gaza are US policy in action. This is what we are doing, not saying.
It has unleashed authoritarianism all over the world.
I’m glad Anand got the last word.
I agree with your comments about showing your work. There is reporting and there is analysis. What about the actual craziness of Trump? The dementia, the mental illness or whatever you want to call it? Books are now coming out about Biden. Why couldn’t that have been reported in real time? Obviously, that would have had a profound effect on the 2020 election. It’s taken years for NYT to call Trumps lies, lies. There is a holding back.
Thanks for your comment Myra!
Corporate press has folded to a degree already because threats and money talk. Right now the independent press online is truth telling and will continue unless their platforms are removed by the “king.” But if trump’s regime cancels the elections next year and all future elections, then there will be no truth telling. I fear this is why republicans are not concerned about being replaced by their constituents.
I thought the panel discussion was interesting, but it seemed to me that Joe Kahn of NYT and Alessandra Galloni of Reuters keep missing vital points that you, Anand, made, especially the importance of "meaning making." Brian Stelter got it, but the others flew right passed it. I do think that despite Trump's war on the media and the damaging capitulation of many of the media outlets, that excellent reporting will continue. I think it is healthy that there are more ways to access news than there has been historically, but having a fractured news media requires people to be vigilant in questioning what they are hearing, reading, or seeing. We need a well educated and inquisitive citizenry to have full participation in democracy (there is much to be said how we educate our children, but that's another discussion!). However, news making will be challenging. And, I agree with you, Anand, that trust has been lost between the American people and the media. The panel didn't seem to want to explore the issues of trust, entanglements, and "meaning making" and their implications for society. Perhaps there wasn't time for all of that, but I felt Kahn and Galloni were a bit defensive.
Susan, you’re spot-on! Anand was the prime mover of the conversation, making the most salient points.
Exactly, how I felt defensive. If you can’t be objective and critique your own profession. Then we lost the battle.
Thank you for sharing that clip. I applaud you all.
I think we have to see what the President is doing. But I wish there was more explaining about what his actions will bring. Why it is unconstitutional, and who is helping him come up with the ideas.
And also please point out how horribly lacking in dignity he is!!
And yes! To showing what journalism is and how important the TRUTH is.
Cover more how much Republicans are COMPLICIT!!
Well done.
You and HCR help with giving the context and impact of the facts you report.
I am impressed by the insights provided by others as well.
It is clear that each of us has pressure from readers, owners, and peers. That pressure impact the final work product.
Thank you for your reflections on The Ink.
Thank you, Anand, for posting this panel discussion. I agree that your point about “meaning making” was an important and salient observation.
The theme was meta news coverage, so it did not cover the breakdown and, in some places, the total disappearance of local (including school boards) and state news coverage.
Yet, what happens locally is immediately relatable and impacts people in a recognizable way. We cannot under estimate the decisive impact of state and local news on national politics. Case in point: Florida was one of the breeding grounds of “wokeness,” “book banning,” dismantling of public education, and the war on immigrants.
Brian Stelter posed this rhetorically: “The work (covering Trump) is being done; ‘Is it reaching the audience it should reach?’ is the other question.” The answer, in my opinion, is no. He’s right that audience fragmentation has accelerated. Many fighting (not folding) journalists have scattered to independent platforms. But in doing so, they lose power. They’re no longer part of something larger—something that once carried unified, institutional influence. The whole was much bigger than the sum of its parts.
And here’s the truth: very few of us have the time—or the inclination—to follow dozens of newsletters, podcasts, online news sites, late-night comedians, cable channels, newspapers, and social media feeds.
Speaking of truth, legacy news organizations are not doing their job. In their misguided attempts to be “fair,” they are not doing enough to expose the lies. It’s only late night comedians who do. Truth is lost.
And professional journalists are not policing themselves. Fox “News” constantly amplifies this regime’s lies or skates over them, but no one is calling them on it.
Muckrakers are ancient history. The Fourth Estate has crumbled.
I believe people (in general and not limited to borders) thirst for reality. At bottom, no one enjoys being lied to.
They are not lies if you believe in the deliverer and He believes them.
Therein lies the problem. My sister told me Donald Trump has not uttered one lie in his life. How can one respond in the face of such delusion?