Today: September 20, 2024
Today: September 20, 2024

Latest From Michael J. Socolow, Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine

Political

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch resigns − extending Joe Biden's ongoing good luck streak with the media

While President Joe Biden has low approval ratings, few other American presidents − with the exception of FDR and Warren Harding − have experienced such a run of good media luck.

September 21, 2023
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch resigns − extending Joe Biden's ongoing good luck streak with the media
Business

Good profits from bad news: How the Kennedy assassination helped make network TV news wealthy

The JFK assassination was a landmark event in TV news history.

November 20, 2023
Good profits from bad news: How the Kennedy assassination helped make network TV news wealthy
Political

How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia

Tucker Carlson’s sycophantic interview with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and his subsequent praise for Russia’s subways, supermarkets and cheeseburgers, was not journalism. It was propaganda.

February 22, 2024
How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia

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