CategoryMedia
AI Blackmail & Clickbait: Give Us Dirty Laundry
Despite all the hype about AI threatening blackmail, here’s what really happened…
Legacy Media is at a Crossroads. Can They Regain Public Trust?
Unless journalists recognize the ways they've fallen short, people will continue to distrust mainstream media
Group Founded by Francis Collins Starts PR Campaign for “Science”
The answer to lack of public trust in science does not lie in PR. It lies rather in addressing the attitudes and practices that lead to loss of trust
The Wrong Tool to Fix Woke Science Journals
The government has no business pressuring medical journals about their content — even if their bias is ruining historic reputations
Independent Media and the Enduring Need for Excellence
Is the novel, along with other forms of traditional media, dying?
Wikipedia Cofounder on Wikipedia, AI, Bias, and Human Knowledge
In the podcast, Sanger explains Wikipedia’s early attempts to reflect a neutral point of view, It was, he says, just a dream
Is “New Media” Really the Answer?
Old and new media and the crisis of trust and expertise
Information Imperialism: The Battle for Free Access Heats Up
Headline incidents are only one part of an international trend toward attempted government control of the news stream
NYT on COVID: Not “Badly Misled.” One of the Worst Misleaders!
The Times writer smears legitimate doubt by associating it with unnamed questionable persons and causes — that works if people don’t know the story
Stop Moaning About the ‘Mainstream Media’. You Are the Media Now
Social media have become much more important, relative to traditional news media and we are only beginning to grasp the profound implications
A Careful Autopsy on Legacy Mainstream Media
The new digital world is horizontal. You — not just a White House press correspondent — can watch a top-level White House meeting from anywhere in the world
Does Everyone Think We Should Exaggerate Scientific Advances?
Many “breakthroughs” reported breathlessly in media are nowhere close to resulting in usable products or services
Trudeau Resigns: Canada’s Media Control Bills Are Stymied For Now
Is the Woke war on reality beginning to stall? In Canada, it is a war not only on math, science, and biology, but also history
Evolution Journal Editors Resign After AI Takes Over
Publisher Elsevier seems to have created a lot of extra work for the editors by introducing AI-generated errors into the publishing process
Why Do Science and Tech Writers Hate Elon Musk?
It's partly because he encourages bottom-up media but also he encourages a sort of vision that is now largely lost
Woke SciAm Editor Resigns in Post-US Election Uproar
Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine and former Scientific American columnist, offers a thoughtful response
Nature Editorial Attacks Trump for Ignoring “Scientific Consensus”
Mistrust of the state, which the editorialists fear, doesn’t weaken democracy. It is essential to its proper functioning. Hence the Constitution and Bill of Rights
What Went Wrong With Wikipedia — And Can It Be Fixed?
Many people may be unaware of Wikipedia's biases because they simply never hear information that is omitted both by mainstream media and by Wikipedia