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Sinclair Hit by Ransomware Attack

October 18, 2021 at 10:27 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest TV station operators in the US, said Monday that a ransomware incident is disrupting some of its office and operational networks,” CNN reports.

“At an early afternoon town hall meeting held via Zoom, staffers were told that the ripple effects are widespread and the full ramifications are not yet known.”

Said one reporter: “Still no email, phones, file video or graphics. They expect us to keep broadcasting as if we aren’t down.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Biden to Hold Televised Town Hall

October 18, 2021 at 6:47 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“President Joe Biden will participate in a CNN town hall on Thursday in Baltimore, where he’ll take questions as his administration continues to sell his ambitious legislative agenda to members of Congress and the nation,” CNN reports.

Filed Under: Media Buzz, White House

Dan Bongino Threatens to Quit Over Vaccine Mandate

October 18, 2021 at 4:56 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Conservative radio host Dan Bongino slammed Cumulus Media, which carries The Dan Bongino Show, over the broadcasting company’s coronavirus vaccine mandate and dared the company to drop him.

Said Bognino: “I don’t want to be working for anybody, so I work for myself and I choose who to partner with. So I partner with Cumulus. You’re probably listening to me on a Cumulus station now. So Cumulus, for some stupid reason, thought it would be a really good idea to do a vaccine mandate. Why they would do that, I have no idea.”

He added: “I believe these vaccine mandates are unethical. I believe they’re immoral… And candidly I’d rather not be here today on this station or on any of these stations. I’d rather just talk to you on my podcast, which is mine.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz


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Another Right-Wing Radio Host Has Covid-19

October 18, 2021 at 3:57 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Conservative radio host Dennis Prager announced that he has Covid-19 while he ranted against vaccines.

Said Prager: “It is infinitely preferable to have natural immunity than vaccine immunity and that is what I have hoped for the entire time. Hence, so, I have engaged with strangers, constantly hugging them, taking photos with them knowing that I was making myself very susceptible to getting Covid. Which is, indeed, as bizarre as it sounded, what I wanted.”

Prager also said he “has been taking hydroxychloroquine from the beginning.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Journalists Are Failing with Both-Siderism

October 15, 2021 at 8:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Jackie Calmes: “American politics has changed dramatically since my post-Watergate generation of journalists began covering the story. Political journalism hasn’t kept up.”

“For years it was easy to cover ‘both sides’ — Republicans and Democrats — as equally worthy, and blameworthy, partners in democracy. While we reporters had come of age as witnesses to the unprecedented resignation of a Republican president who’d tried to corrupt the institutions of government to affect an election — imagine! — what remained was a Republican Party still capable of a creditable role in a healthy two-party system. After all, Richard M. Nixon was forced to resign when congressional leaders of his party began abandoning him. Again, imagine that, Kevin McCarthy.”

“Now, when reporters or pundits use the words “both sides” in regard to some political problem, I stop reading or listening.”

Flashback for members: None of This Is Normal

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Tucker Carlson Mocks Buttigieg for Taking Paternity Leave

October 15, 2021 at 12:18 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Fox News host Tucker Carlson mocked Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg for taking paternity leave.

Said Carlson: “Pete Buttigieg has been on leave from his job since August after adopting a child. Paternity leave, they call it. Trying to figure out how to breastfeed, no word on how that went.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

‘War on Christmas’ Takes Over Fox News Programming

October 15, 2021 at 7:57 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Although it’s only October, “Christmas” was mentioned at least 106 times on Fox News programming in a 24-hour span.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

The Men Who Are Killing America’s Newspapers

October 14, 2021 at 8:49 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

McKay Coppins: “Of course, it’s easy to romanticize past eras of journalism. The families that used to own the bulk of America’s local newspapers—the Bonfilses of Denver, the Chandlers of Los Angeles—were never perfect stewards. They could be vain, bumbling, even corrupt. At their worst, they used their papers to maintain oppressive social hierarchies. But most of them also had a stake in the communities their papers served, which meant that, if nothing else, their egos were wrapped up in putting out a respectable product.”

“The 21st century has seen many of these generational owners flee the industry, to devastating effect. In the past 15 years, more than a quarter of American newspapers have gone out of business. Those that have survived are smaller, weaker, and more vulnerable to acquisition. Today, half of all daily newspapers in the U.S. are controlled by financial firms, according to an analysis by the Financial Times, and the number is almost certain to grow.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Nicholas Kristof Leaves the New York Times

October 14, 2021 at 8:31 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“After 37 years at The New York Times as a reporter, high-level editor and opinion columnist, Nicholas Kristof is leaving the newspaper as he considers running for governor of Oregon,” the New York Times reports.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign, Media Buzz Tagged With: OR-Gov

What the Demise of Local News Means

October 9, 2021 at 11:02 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Atlantic: “In the absence of local coverage, all news becomes national news: Instead of reading about local policy decisions, people read about the blacklisting of Dr. Seuss books. Instead of learning about their own local candidates, they consume angry takes about Marjorie Taylor Greene.”

Filed Under: City Hall, Media Buzz

Quote of the Day

October 8, 2021 at 2:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Right now things in Washington, as you all know, are awfully noisy. Turn on the news and every conversation is a confrontation. Every disagreement is a crisis. But when you take a step back and look at what’s happening, we’re actually making real progress.”

— President Biden, quoted by Politico.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Fox News Keeps Head of Election Desk

October 7, 2021 at 2:18 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Fox News CEO Suzanna Scott told The Hollywood Reporter that Arnon Mishkin, the head of the network’s election decision desk whose early call of Arizona for Joe Biden in 2020 enraged many Republicans, will stay on the job through 2024.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Trust in News Media Dips

October 7, 2021 at 8:21 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Gallup poll finds just 7% of U.S. adults say they have “a great deal” and 29% “a fair amount” of trust and confidence in newspapers, television and radio news reporting.

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Bonus Quote of the Day

October 6, 2021 at 12:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“That’s just where we went to get what we wanted out… By and large, they didn’t get tough with us. They just took what we were saying and disseminated it.”

— Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, on how she used Fox News.

Filed Under: Media Buzz, Trump Legacy

AT&T Helped Build Far Right TV Network

October 6, 2021 at 9:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“One America News, the far-right network whose fortunes and viewership rose amid the triumph and tumult of the Trump administration, has flourished with support from a surprising source: AT&T Inc, the world’s largest communications company,” Reuters reports.

“A Reuters review of court records shows the role AT&T played in creating and funding OAN, a network that continues to spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the COVID-19 pandemic.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Pence Says Media Focus on Insurrection Is to ‘Demean’

October 5, 2021 at 12:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Vice President Mike Pence told Fox News the media’s focus on the January 6th inssurection is a distraction intended to “demean” millions of Trump supporters.

Said Pence: “They want to use that one day to try and demean the character and intentions of 74 million Americans who believed we could be strong again and prosperous again and supported our administration in 2016 and 2020.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Chyron of the Year

October 5, 2021 at 11:08 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Media Buzz

Alex Jones Loses Two Sandy Hook Lawsuits

October 1, 2021 at 8:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist who hosts the right-wing commentary website Infowars, was found legally responsible in two lawsuits for damages caused by his claims surrounding the 2012 Sandy Hook school mass shooting,” CNN reports.

“Jones falsely claimed that the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, was a ‘giant hoax’ carried out by crisis actors on behalf of people who oppose the Second Amendment.”

Filed Under: Media Buzz

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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