Trending Now #106, 11.22-28.19

Monopoly Media & Culture+

https://pleasekillme.com/miles-davis-david-amram/

HBO’s Watchmen, Politically Uncertain But Magnetic In the Moment

https://www.cjr.org/tow_center_reports/ai-ethics-journalism-and-computation-ibm-new-york-times.php

“shepard smith” “free press” = 18,900

https://pen.org/local-news/

Damaged newspapers, damaged civic life: How the gutting of local newsrooms has led to a less-informed public

https://theconversation.com/his-dark-materials-how-to-decode-the-storys-linguistic-secrets-127459

Annie Ross    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnmSAtZuB0

The EU doesn’t have a sense of its disinformation problem — this report suggests the policy changes it can make

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/what-can-be-done-digital-media-policy-options-europe-and-beyond

A new Report for America partnership with the AP will fill statehouse reporting gaps in 13 states

Amid corporate uncertainty, McClatchy is digging into community-funded reporting labs

The AP and Report for America are creating 14 new statehouse jobs

https://theconversation.com/watching-the-whistleblowers-two-new-spy-films-tailor-made-for-an-age-of-paranoia-127758

Political hashtags like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter make some people doubt the stories they’re attached to

https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2019/11/26/the-problem-of-wikipedia/https://hyperallergic.com/530332/up-series-michael-apted/