Tag Archives: media ownership

Twittering the Media World: ‘Liberal” media, student journalists and C-SPAN

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

This is why even the so called "actual liberal media" aren't really liberal. They are still run by conservative standards of worker treatment. https://t.co/8G4828XUxY — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 19, 2020 For all the talk of liberal bias, even the avowedly … Continue reading →

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Media Tweets: Joseph Maguire Edition (with a T.S. Eliot shout out)

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

A brief roundup of media news on the Twitter machine. The main focus today is on talk about Acting Intelligence Chief Joseph Maguire’s testimony because the House Intelligence Committee: Reminder: It was the Wall Street Journal that broke this story … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Newspaper Edition

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Is GateHouse poised to own 1 in 6 of America’s newspapers? Looks like it.  GateHouse is reportedly in talks to purchase Gannett, which would combine the nation’s two largest newspaper chains.  Then new company would control 254 dailies and hundreds … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking – Journalism Edition

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

How does local television news change when Sinclair Broadcast Group buys a station? As shared by Prof. Jay Rosen, a paper being published Gregory J. Martin and Joshua McCrain in American Political Science Review shows that “news coverage tilts more … Continue reading →

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In the Battle of Disney vs. The Press, The Press Won

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, Disney recently entered into an ill-advised battle with the Los Angeles Times because the media conglomerate didn’t like how the newspaper was covering the company’s business relationships with the city of Anaheim. Disney (aka … Continue reading →

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Of News, News Sites, and Chicken Sandwiches

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

Updated 2/24/16, 9:05 a.m. There’s been a bit of a hullabaloo on the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus for the last week or so over what restaurants students would like to see come to the student union.  There was … Continue reading →

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Why Media Bias is Complicated

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Ralph Hanson

If you want to ever get involved in a no-win scenario argument about the media, start talking about media bias.  Critics on both the right and the left maintain that there is either a liberal or a conservative bias in … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 3 – Interview with Ben Bagdikian

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

PBS documentary series Frontline talks with media critic Ben Bagdikian.

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