N-gated Hacker News19h ago
In a shocking twist of internet fate, it seems that #satire is eating its own tail 🔄 as The Onion attempts to out-conspiracy the king of conspiracies. Who needs facts when you've got punchlines, right? 😂 Meanwhile, the NYT insists you suffer #JavaScript and ads so they can tell you what you already knew. 🙄
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/infowars-alex-jones-the-onion.html #internetculture #TheOnion #conspiracy #newsmedia #HackerNews #ngated
The Onion Signs New Deal to Take Over Infowars

A new deal, which would allow The Onion to use the Infowars name and website address, must be approved by a Texas judge.

The New York Times
Strypey1d ago

"['Media out to get me' is] what politicians say when they're in trouble. And the media can be annoying. But that's the price of democracy."

#MatthewHooten, the #BradburyGroup, 2026

https://traffic.megaphone.fm/MEDIAWORKSRADIOLIMITED7682486290.mp3?updated=1776816575

#NewsMedia #WaateaNews #Rova #podcasts #media #democracy

Matthew Cullis1d ago

We Used to be Journos: Iran's AI Lego propaganda, spotlighting Seven's renewables hit job and BRS 'Breaks silence'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVjQNMIqXhM

#auspol #newsmedia #iran #renewables #warcimes #lego #ai

Iran’s AI Lego propaganda, spotlighting Seven’s renewables hit job + Roberts-Smith 'breaks silence'

YouTube
Jack William Bell2d ago

I think one of the oddest turns of the last decade is the fact I might soon be reading Onion-flavored articles on Infowars.

#uspol #news #newsmedia #WTF

Strypey4d ago

"You only have to add a few adjectives in there and then you're telling people what *you* think ... And then you can put 'analysis' at the top. But in today's world the public wants and is ask for a much clearer distinction between news and opinion."

Dr #GregTreadwell, 2026

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2019031554/news-trust-up-after-years-of-slumps-storm-before-the-calm

Maybe news websites ought to have their opinion sections under subdomains, eg opinion.rnz.co.nz, with a recognizably different masthead and page appearance?

#NewsMedia #MediaWatch #RNZ #podcasts

News trust up after years of slumps, storm before the calm

Trust in the news is up again after years of decline, the latest annual survey says. But it als says trust in social media is up and more of us tune out the news more often. What's going on? Also: Vaianu wasn't as deadly as the media warned. Did they get it wrong?

RNZ
JB5d ago
April 17th 2026, yesterday Trump bullshitted about the strait of #Hormuz opening The legacy #media & #newsmedia & therefore investors FELL FOR IT So The #stockmarket went up SURPRISED?? Call congress www.congress.gov/members/find... STOP THE MADNESS-STOP THE WAR ! #Democracy #incompetence

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Otis WhiteApr 15
How do we get people to pay for local news? The answer may come from a nonprofit started in 2022 with the mission of reporting on MD public policy. It now has 79,000 paid subscribers and is expanding. Next stop: Pittsburgh, where it is buying a venerable newspaper. The goal: persuading people there to pay for factual, unbiased news. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/business/media/pittsburgh-post-gazette-bought-venetoulis-institute.html #newsmedia
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Saved From Closure by Nonprofit

The Venetoulis Institute of Local Journalism, which operates The Baltimore Banner, has bought The Post-Gazette. The newspaper was set to shut down next month.

The New York Times
Otis WhiteApr 15
No question that the collapse of newspapers … and the decline of unbiased TV news … are serious threats to democracy and civic involvement. There are a few things that well-motivated state gov’ts could do. But the answer must come from figuring out how to get people to pay for professionally reported, nonpartisan local news. https://www.governing.com/urban/building-the-public-infrastructure-for-local-news #newsmedia
Building the Public Infrastructure for Local News

If local journalism and civic information are truly public goods, their survival will require bold public interventions. It’s beginning to happen.

Governing
Newsmast FoundationApr 15

We're jumping on a plane and heading to Perugia for #IJF26

This year, we're looking forward to talking to even more people in the world of journalism who believe in community and protecting news values. We hope that they can see the future of the Social Web is a solution for journalists.

At our lunch event, we'll be highlighting combined efforts across the Open Social Web, including both AP and ATProto. We hope it's a success!

#Journalism #News #SocialWeb #NewsMedia

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 12
So, #Israel decided to play real-life #SimCity with #Lebanon, leveling villages like they're just outdated pixel art. 🚜💥 Meanwhile, The Guardian serves up its usual word salad, hoping readers can find the actual story hidden between the links and subscription promos. 📰🤦‍♂️
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/12/how-israeli-offensive-destroyed-entire-villages-in-lebanon #Conflict #TheGuardian #NewsMedia #HackerNews #ngated
‘Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon

Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

The Guardian