On Sept. 10, two young American males brought guns to campuses and opened fire. One, perched atop a Utah Valley University roof with a hunting rifle, shot and killed Charlie Kirk, a high-profile extreme right-wing activist. His death has launched an outpouring of grief among public figures, countless speeches and essays lamenting the loss of […]
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Burgers, Backpacks, Media and Weekend Recs
Grab some napkins — it’s NCJ Burger Week! And speaking of food, local nonprofit Food for People is calling for your help feeding kids in need. We’re also looking at why a local arrest blew up on right-wing media outlets. Finally, pick up some tips on local art and music shows this week, and what […]
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About that Mountain Lion Video …
Chances are most people have seen — or at least heard about — the now viral video of a Utah man who went for a run in a Provo canyon and ended up finding himself face to face with a very angry mama mountain lion. For six tense and profanity-laced minutes, Kyle Burgess kept filming […]
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Barriers to Care: Why Humboldt’s Latinx Population is Being Hit Disproportionately Hard by COVID-19
Standing in Eureka’s La Pasadita Market on a recent afternoon, Isabel Ortiz says she’s had a hard time getting information on COVID-19, how to prevent its spread and what to do if she or someone she knows starts experiencing symptoms. Ortiz, who works at the market, only speaks Spanish and most of the COVID-19 information […]
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Walter Lippmann in Wonderland: Project Censored’s Top 10 Stories of 2019 Project Censored
Every year, Project Censored scours the landscape for the most important stories that the mainstream corporate media somehow missed, and every year the task seems to get a bit stranger. Or “curiouser and curiouser” as suggested in the subtitle of this year’s volume of the organization’s work, Censored 2020: Through The Looking Glass, which includes […]
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The Invisible Primary
Welcome to the invisible primary, the season leading up to official primaries and caucuses, in which candidates fight for media attention and pundits stupify the campaign into a horse race, dissecting who is “most likely to win” rather than reporting on political platforms. Four years ago, the television news media gave Donald Trump an inordinate […]
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We are Never Only Talking About Food
I am always talking about food. Ask anybody. Better yet, try to have a conversation about anything else with me and keep an eye on your stopwatch to see how fast I can steer us back. Why? Well, that’s likely a longer column. But the how is easy: Food touches everything. Food is life or […]
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Should You Blame the Media?
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Triggers and Lifelines
The news is depressing. Not all of it but enough. Scrolling through Twitter, Facebook and news websites can be overwhelming, one awful headline after another. Hell, our staff can get worn down writing those stories. Gallows humor is common enough in newsrooms — sometimes the ping of a text message prompts a sigh and a […]
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How We News
What is the news and who are we to decide? Those are fair questions and, if you’re reading them, thanks for taking somewhat of a leap of faith in thinking we might deliver the former while trusting us on the latter. But if you still find yourself wondering about the answers, you’re not alone. As […]
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Fake News
Writers at the Internet Research Agency, a Russia-based troll factory, crank out propaganda for fake news blogs.¹ An automated Twitter account or “bot” spreads the word.2 Alex Jones jumps on the story for InfoWars.com.3 A cable news network chimes in. Facebook users share and share. Some of the propaganda contains verifiable facts mixed with fabrication. […]
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Look at All These Ads
See that box to the right? That’s an ad. This right here under the headline and byline is editorial content. Easy, right? Mostly. What’s harder to see on the page is the relationship between the advertisements and the paper they support. This paper is free insofar as you didn’t have to pay to pick it […]