Is Legacy news media about to die a slow death?

[NotHardUp1]

Indeed shame. We are approaching the event horizon.

The government is openly corrupt. The Congress is nakedly anti-citizen. The executive branch is overtly partisan and using its authority to unequally enforce law in order to punish opposition and reward fealty. The highest court has all but ordered Trump-shaped dildos to sit upon to condition themselves to adjudicate the next case and be ready for lawyers all too happy to capitulate to serve him pro bono.

Yes, the American Experiment appears to be drawing to a whimpering close.

I can't watch network news now in any form. Not ABC, not NBC, not CBS, and none of the cable goof like CNN or MNBC. Fox isn't news, but propaganda, so it doesn't count.

Yes, I can say news is dead outside reading it from AP, NYT, or watching BBC.

 

[cityboy-stl]

I am watching more independent news and opinion than ever, specifically David Pakman, Bryan Tyler Cohen, Heather Cox Richardson, and some of the others.
So far I think NPR/PBS, AP, Reuters etc. are still reliable. I do turn on MSNBC a lot, and sometimes CNN if something particular is happening, but I'm done with CNN.com.
Also, I'll read Guardian, BBC, Independent, DW.com. I've given up on the national networks though, and I don't trust WAPO, NYT anymore.
Oh, I read my local newspaper as well, St. Louis Post Dispatch.

 

[rareboy]

A statement on the decision by CPB to shut down.

Hopefully, PBS and NPR will both be able to attract more private support, but as people have been noting...it will be the rural and poorer areas that will likely lose access.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5489808/cpb-shut-down-public-broadcasting-trump

 

[rareboy]

I am watching more independent news and opinion than ever, specifically David Pakman, Bryan Tyler Cohen, Heather Cox Richardson, and some of the others.
So far I think NPR/PBS, AP, Reuters etc. are still reliable. I do turn on MSNBC a lot, and sometimes CNN if something particular is happening, but I'm done with CNN.com.
Also, I'll read Guardian, BBC, Independent, DW.com. I've given up on the national networks though, and I don't trust WAPO, NYT anymore.
Oh, I read my local newspaper as well, St. Louis Post Dispatch.

We stopped watching news on television back before 2015...although CBC is pretty dependable.

American news is impossible to watch...particularly the cable 24 hours networks...their only goal is to keep eyeballs on their screen and to do that they need to keep everyone fearful and angry all the time.

They failed their viewers horribly in 2025/16 by giving Trump all the oxygen in order to sell soap and of course since then, we have seen the concerted effort for the right wing oligarchs to buy up all the networks and dominate the coverage.

90% of what I get for news is now written again and the other 10% probably BBC pieces on international news items.

I do see that while NYT is now a joke and WAPO is swirling the bowl, the right wing owner of the Chronicle has announced that he is creating a public company. The problem will still exist with its credibility though if he remains a substantial shareholder and he is just as likely opening it up to be controlled by the Broligarchs because it ain't gong to be small shareholders who would get a seat at the table.

 

[rareboy]

A good example of the unseriousness of media now is the artificial outrage being stoked by FOX and others over the American Eagle eugenics ad.

This is one of the reasons why America is failing...a pre-occupation with inconsequential media driven outrage while their country is robbed blind and where real crimes go unpunished.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/01/nx-s1-5487286/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-explained-why-controversy-racist-eugenics-trump-bathwater-ad-klein-statement

 

[rareboy]

Dan Balz retires after 47 years at WaPo.

 

[rareboy]

 

[rareboy]

The Hill hardly ounts as legitimate mainstream journalism...but instead of branding a candidate's claim as a lie making it clear they were just another outlet supporting the GOP, they could have gone deeper on the claim.

As it is, their refutation now looks like they were in on the scheme to overthrow democracy all along.

 

[rareboy]

So everything else up to this point was not a red line, but threatening to fire a FED board member is?

This is why the NYT is a joke now. But at least finally some media wonks have called out the Roberts Court for enabling Trump's dictatorial moves.

'Significant blame': NYT editorial blasts Supreme Court for enabling Trump’s power grab

The New York Times editorial board attacked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday for enabling President Donald Trump, leading to the moment of his firing a Federal Reserve governor after one of his appointees posted an allegation about her on X. Bill Pulte, Trump's director of the Federal Housing...

www.rawstory.com

 

[Alistair]

 

[rareboy]

At this point, CBS is down on both knees so hard, sucking at Trump's taint.

A broken network deserving of every minute of disrespect that Colbert gives it.

 

[rareboy]

And more about the decline of CBS into right wing obscurity as they choose an Ombudsman from a right wing organization.

Paramount Picks Kenneth R. Weinstein, Former Head Of Right-Leaning Think Tank, As Ombudsman For CBS News

UPDATED: Paramount has tapped Kenneth R. Weinstein, former president and CEO of the Hudson Institute, a right-leaning D.C. think tank, to serve as ombudsman for CBS News. Skydance committed to hiring an ombudsman as it sought FCC regulatory approval of its acquisition of Paramount. In choosing...

deadline.com

 

[rareboy]

Another nail in the coffin lid. This time MSNBC.

MSNBC Fires Analyst Who Said Charlie Kirk Pushed Hate Speech

The analyst, Matthew Dowd, apologized for his remarks on social media.

www.nytimes.com

MSNBC fires analyst Matthew Dowd over Charlie Kirk shooting remarks

Dowd said the slain activist’s words may have fueled the violence that claimed his life, sparking backlash

www.theguardian.com

 

[rareboy]

Not that The Hill is really legacy media or even a legitimate balanced journalism source...but wait and watch the other MSM take the same approach. Totally irresponsible.

Ignoring that it is the GQP that controls the House and the Senate, so it should fall squarely on them to pass their spending authorization and take sole responsibility for the results.

If Dems were smart, they would all just vote 'Present'.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5499731-democrats-government-shutdown-threat/

 

[Alistair]

Another nail in the coffin lid. This time MSNBC.

MSNBC Fires Analyst Who Said Charlie Kirk Pushed Hate Speech

The analyst, Matthew Dowd, apologized for his remarks on social media.

www.nytimes.com

MSNBC fires analyst Matthew Dowd over Charlie Kirk shooting remarks

Dowd said the slain activist’s words may have fueled the violence that claimed his life, sparking backlash

www.theguardian.com

Live by the sword, die by the sword is a centuries old saying. Who would think you’d now get fired for think it?

 

[rareboy]

The MSM once again look so stupid after this week. Particularly FOX.
( granting them MSM status)

 

[rareboy]

Quod Erat Demonstrandum.

 

[rareboy]

Live by the sword, die by the sword is a centuries old saying. Who would think you’d now get fired for think it?

At least Dowd has responded, instead of going silently.

MSNBC is desperately trying to shift to the right.

Dowd said what many of us were thinking. It doesn't make all of his comments right or even sensitive, but he only spoke the truth. And while Kirk spent his whole adult life making outrageous statements, claiming 'free speech'...it wasn't that MSNBC fired Dowd...but they made it clear that they are cancelling free speech for theit commentators.

Matthew Dowd Rips MSNBC For Firing Him

Matthew Dowd, who was fired from MSNBC over comments he made about Charlie Kirk blamed the network for caving to a “Right Wing media mob.”

www.mediaite.com

 

[rareboy]

 

[rareboy]

And this is fucking scary.