US Media
Total 6 Posts
The insurrection at the Capitol challenged how US media frames unrest and shapes public opinion.
5 min read
The insurrection at the Capitol was unprecedented. So too was the coverage, according to a scholar who monitors how media reports on protests.
The return of the Yos! and Oys!
3 min read
The Yos! Oys! have been absent from this space a while. They’rrrrre back!
Fox News uses the word ‘hate’ much more than MSNBC or CNN.
5 min read
The conservative cable news channel particularly favors the term when explaining opposition to Donald Trump. This framing of the news can lead Fox viewers to see the world as us versus them.
James Murdoch’s resignation is the result of News Corp’s increasing shift to the right – not just on climate.
7 min read
It is more likely the Trump administration, and the cosy relationship it has with Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News, on top of differences on climate change, that was the last straw for James.
It can’t happen here – And then it did.
4 min read
For almost a century, American popular culture has perpetuated the idea that only journalists working in foreign countries could be in danger.
After the trial of Donald Trump, impeachment has lost some of its gravitas.
4 min read
What the acquittal of Donald Trump means for the future of the US presidency.