Former President Trump drives media attention, whether the story is about his first-quarter fundraising or the whereabouts of his wife, Melania. Broadcast-media ratings remained unusually high while he was in office and spiked again after his recent indictment. Financial Times columnist Edward Luce wrote that the media circus around Trump’s […] Read more »
Podcasts as a Source of News and Information
Following a steady increase in podcast listening over the past decade, podcasts have become a big part of the normal routine – and news diet – of many Americans, especially younger adults. … Roughly half of U.S. adults say they have listened to a podcast in the past year, according […] Read more »
Is Big Tech biased against conservatives? Evidence from search algorithms says no
Algorithm-based news recommendations on social media and search engines shape the news people see. … To get a sense of how algorithmic recommendations perform as news intermediaries, we asked actual internet users to complete real-world searches of topics in the news and list the recommendations they got. In other words, […] Read more »
We need another Republican primary-poll reality check
Y’all are doing it again. Not all of you. But a good number of you are obsessing over Republican primary polls. What’s more, some of you are getting lured in by operatives pushing polls from a certain angle that doesn’t provide the full picture. I know better than to hope […] Read more »
Fox News faces bad choices with a possible Trump indictment
If former President Trump is to be believed, his indictment and arrest are imminent on charges related to paying off adult-film actress Stormy Daniels. We don’t know how an indictment might impact Trump’s electoral chances, but looking at how Republicans reacted to Trump’s stolen-election claims and his role in the […] Read more »
Why Fox’s Call on Arizona, Which Was Right, Was Still Wrong
… Was the Fox call the result of the most sophisticated and accurate modeling, or more like being “right” when calling heads in a coin flip? It appears to be the latter — a lucky and dangerous guess — based on a review of televised statements by the Fox News […] Read more »