Meanwhile.... R.I.P. #CNN - and perhaps the entirety of " Legacy #media " :-(
A Fourth Estate - of #truth & #information
> The End of CNN: How the Ellison Takeover Confirms What We Already Knew — Legacy Media Is Done
https://open.substack.com/pub/saltypolitics/p/the-end-of-cnn-how-the-ellison-takeover
> "The only remaining question is how quickly viewers pull the plug on the deathbed vigil".
#TrumpVirus #disinformation #propaganda #LegacyMedia #FourthEstate #journalism
While Australian politicians lack the skill to deflect or negotiate ’gotcha’ questions the Australian media will continue to field them.
It is a disservice to democracy, politics and journalism.
#auspol #difficultwomen #gracetame #Politics #Journalism #fourthestate #journalismfailure
The Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos decided that one of his smaller properties, the Washington Post, has proved such a drag on his two-hundred-and-thirty-billion-dollar fortune that prudence required that he obliterate much of its newsroom.
…The #WashingtonPost Guild, the #union representing staff members, called #WillLewis’ exit long overdue.
“His legacy will be the attempted destruction of a great American #journalism institution,” the Guild said in a statement. “But it’s not too late to save The Post. #JeffBezos must immediately rescind these layoffs or sell the paper to someone willing to invest in its future.”
#WillLewis’ tenure has been rocky from the start, marked by layoffs & a failed reorganization plan that led to the departure of former top #editor #SallyBuzbee.
His initial choice to take over for Buzbee, Robert Winnett, withdrew from the job after #ethical questions were raised about both he & Lewis’ actions while working in England. They include paying for info that produced major stories, actions that would be considered #unethical in US #journalism.
Martin Baron, the Post’s first editor under #JeffBezos, condemned his former boss this week for attempting to curry favor with #Trump & called what has happened at the #newspaper “a case study in near-instant, self-inflicted brand destruction.”
The British-born #WillLewis was a former top executive at The Wall Street Journal before taking over at The #WashingtonPost in Jan 2024.
They came on top of widespread talent defections in recent years at the newspaper, which lost tens of thousands of subscribers following #Bezos’ order late in the 2024 presidential campaign pulling a planned endorsement of #KamalaHarris, & a subsequent reorienting of its #opinion section in a more #conservative direction.
#journalism #FourthEstate #WashingtonPost #publisher #WillLewis #billionaire #JeffBezos
Neither Lewis nor the newspaper’s #billionaire owner #JeffBezos participated in the meeting with staff members announcing the layoffs Wednesday. While anticipated, the cutbacks were deeper than expected, resulting in the shutdown of the Post’s renowned #sports section, the elimination of its #photography staff & sharp reductions in personnel responsible for coverage of metropolitan Washington & overseas.
#journalism #FourthEstate #WashingtonPost #publisher #WillLewis
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