Social: How not to respond on social media
Eventbrite founder and chairman makes a fool of himself on social media.
Climate: “Fire-breathing carbon monster in the sky”
How not to do climate communications.
Media: Gen Z has it worse, but Gen Z itself says they have it better
The media jumps on stories saying Gen Z has everything worse, and spreads negativity far and wide. But surveys of Gen Z show Gen Z thinks they are doing better than their parents at the same ages. It’s as if the media just makes up everything for click-bait.
Maps: The size of countries, in reality
Maps can be very misleading.
Media: Typical American cannot buy a home in 99% of nation
Once again, the media confuses average and median, leaves out that half of homebuyers are dual incomes, not a single income, and that people can and do buy homes less than the median price. Bad reporting.
Media: Exaggerate much? Solar storm to end civilization?
The sole purpose of today’s media is to frighten you and present you with negativity. This article should win an award for mindlessly frightening people about something that is very unlikely and, in fact, there are protections in place.
Others are calling out the elite-ness of today’s media
Today’s journalists are a mono-culture (nearly 4 in 5 have degrees in arts and humanities), and at the national level, attended elite universities, with global experiences. They are disconnected from the public about which they report, and for whom their stories are targeted.
Elite: Who attends elite universities?
the authors find that students with wealthy parents enjoy a large advantage in elite college admissions that academic credentials alone cannot explain. Moreover, graduates of these institutions reap significant monetary and nonmonetary rewards compared to similar college graduates who attended less-prestigious schools. New Study Investigates Why Elite Colleges Favor Rich Kids (forbes.com) And this applies to elite journalists as well: The twelve most prestigious private schools (the Ivy League plus the University of Chicago, Stanford University, the Massachusetts Institute of…
Media: Reporter’s biographical sections
News author bios tell us that the writer enjoys hiking, has 3 dogs, and likes to write music – rather than giving us background on the author’s qualifications to write the story. Why does the media do this?
Media, Education: Why media stories focus on elite colleges
Partly because so many of those in the field went to elite schools, and partly because the major national news outlets like the NY Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post are catering to their readers, who are the elite who also went to elite schools. But it’s hard not to suspect that there is also another reason for reporters’ focus on elite colleges: At least in major national media outlets, that’s where most of them went. There’s…