Jonathan Nichols-Pethick

No seriously media outlets: Get gaming desks, your internet culture desks, & your extremism desks linked up YESTERDAY or you're going to find yourselves missing so much context it'll be fundamentally embarrassing.

Already seen things from NYT, BBC, & AP all failing to elucidate CRUCIAL information.

CBS shifts to appease the right under new owner — NPR CBS’ new owner, David Ellison, has taken concrete steps to address the concerns of the news division’s sharpest critics — particularly President Trump and his allies.

No surprise, of course. But these are the lasting legacies that go far beyond one administration.

Spike Lee - one of the greatest filmmakers - remakes one of the greatest films by another of the greatest filmmakers, starring one of the greatest actors and it is NOT playing at the local cineplex. Not great.

A spider crawled up my leg during an interview in the middle of a very in-depth and heartfelt answer the other person was giving to my question… Did I stop them to deal with my growing panic? No. I chose to be cool and panic quietly. The Zoom recording reveals that I was only partially successful. 😵‍💫

Spent a day in Pittsburgh and now have a city-crush.

Just got back from a sound design workshop at Monson Arts in Monson, ME. If you ever get a chance to go there, take it. Full-on lovely.

And just like that…

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Trump & The Press: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

A few weeks ago, we went into detail on what’s been going on at the FCC under Trump, and the massive power the agency has over broadcast stations and networks. If you’re struggling to understand the 60 Minutes settlement, I’d recommend it. youtu.be/07JQr5W3970?...

Exactly.

i've read a lot of essays on AI and higher ed. hands down this is my favorite to date. it's nuanced and rich and provides moments of inspiration while painting a very real picture of what we as educators face.

Paramount to pay $16 million to settle Trump’s CBS ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit - Los Angeles Times

The shake-down to win favor for the sale; the disregard for First Amendment freedoms; the irony alone: everything that’s wrong with our current media/politics matrix all in one maddening little package.

Medical journals hit with threatening letters from Justice Department — NPR The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.

Because they’re going after every source of knowledge production.

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Pentagon removes major media outlets, including NBC News, from dedicated workstations as part of a new 'rotation program' — NBC News NBC News, The New York Times, NPR and Politico must vacate their office spaces in two weeks for other news organizations — including at least one that did not request to be added.

NYT, Politico, NPR, and NBC News no longer with reliable Pentagon access. Told to vacate offices and are to be replaced by One America, Breitbart, NY Post, and HuffPost. The quiet dismantling of serious information gathering and dissemination at the highest levels.

FCC Asks CBS News to Turn Over Full, Unedited Transcript and Camera Feeds of Kamala Harris '60 Minutes' Interview "We are working to comply with that inquiry as we are legally compelled to do,” a network spokesperson tells TheWrap

Paramount considers settling because they want to get their massive merger approved. So. Depressing. And not at all surprising.

I can totally make that happen!

Trump Picks Brendan Carr to Lead F.C.C. Mr. Carr, who currently sits on the commission and is a vocal critic of Big Tech, has said the agency should regulate the tech industry.

Oh FFS.

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Andre Braugher Played Two of TV’s Greatest Cops. But His Family Came First Star of ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ who passed away at the age of 61, could do it all, and would then race home to his loved ones.

Andre Braugher was a giant, as capable of being the most intense dramatic actor TV had ever seen as he was of being among its most sublimely silly comic performers. I wrote about Frank Pembleton, Raymond Holt, and everything in beween:

Between this kind of coverage and pearl-clutching reactions to university courses on popular culture, I just get. so tired.