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"Billionaires don’t usually mean ‘free markets’ when they say ‘free markets.’ They usually mean less regulation so they can exploit the market and shape it to give themselves more resources (often at the expense of workers)." objectivejournalism.org/2025/02/democr…
Jeff Bezos’ suppression of The Post’s opinion section marks a significant blow to a declining mainstream press. objectivejournalism.org/2025/02/democr…
NEWS: More than 75,000 Washington Post subscribers have canceled subscriptions since owner Jeff Bezos overhauled its opinion sections to an explicitly libertarian line - sparking criticism he is altering the paper to appease President Trump. MORE/ npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-…
Jeff Bezos’ suppression of The Post’s opinion section marks a significant blow to a declining mainstream press. objectivejournalism.org/2025/02/democr…
A “Jim Crow” law made MLB leave Atlanta. Sports reporters should’ve asked why they went back. objectivejournalism.org/2025/07/media-…
The New York Times was cited 29 times to justify the Supreme Court's decision limiting trans healthcare. The decision leaves in place bans that have forced families of some trans kids to leave their homes to maintain access to the necessary treatments. objectivejournalism.org/2025/06/new-yo…
Newsrooms that continue to use passive voice even when it’s clear who perpetrated violence may be doing so “out of mimicry and habit rather than strategy,” @KarenYin, the author of @ConsciousStyles, told The Objective. objectivejournalism.org/2025/05/five-y…
Movement journalism’s purpose zero: Challenging fascism and authoritarianism by fighting disinformation. How do you think journalism should meet this moment? 🤔 objectivejournalism.org/2025/05/this-m…
Will prison journalism save democracy? Prison journalists build muscles of resistance and perhaps a sort of tolerance against the repressive nature of opposing forces. objectivejournalism.org/2025/05/will-p…
What if the news we took in every day inspired us, helped us connect to one another, and gave us hope and vision for another world? 💭 Learn more, read @LewisPants's new column "The Case for Movement Journalism." Subscribe today! ⬇️ objectivejournalism.org/the-case-for-m…
For journalists, U.S. government data deletion should reveal gaps and prompt questions. Remember, data has never been “objective.” objectivejournalism.org/2025/04/for-jo…
The ban on replies — however porous — sits at the intersection of the administration's anti-press attitudes and attempts to systemically erase gender diversity. objectivejournalism.org/2025/04/white-…
Newsrooms must urgently contextualize the Trump administration’s animosity toward speech supporting Palestine as not just an attack on the First Amendment but as part of the U.S.’s long history of suppressing solidarity for Palestinians’ rights. objectivejournalism.org/2025/03/govern…
The "Palestine exception" to free speech is a documented, decades-long pushback to supporting Palestinians that has settled across all fields of work, from education to journalism. objectivejournalism.org/2025/03/govern…
"As Trump’s attacks on press continue, the media ecosystem needs to reckon with oppression and censorship by reorienting itself toward real community protection, rather than complying in advance." objectivejournalism.org/2025/03/dont-c…
Semafor’s recent media summit had many ideas about how to restore trust – but not much discussion about how they track back to racial inequities. objectivejournalism.org/2025/03/semafo…
