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Legacy media scrambles amid shifting political dynamics
Approved, MIG Reports, National

Legacy media scrambles amid shifting political dynamics

By MIG Reports Key Takeaways: Joy Reid being fired from MSNBC and Jeff Bezos giving the Washington Post a new directive stirs discussion of a dying legacy media apparatus. Viewership and subscriptions are down for traditional media outlets as the Trump White House embraces new media and independent journalists. American trust in legacy media is extremely low and many believe the industry is quickly sinking and may be unrecoverable. Legacy media continues to collapse as Americans reaffirm their distrust. Institutions like CNN, MSNBC, and The Washington Post have been deteriorating for years, and recent events are deepening fault lines in the industry. Recent events like Lester Holt leaving NBC, Joy Reid being fired from MSNBC, new directives for the Washington Post fuel di...
Dems, corporate media rushed to cite FBI data showing crime decrease — experts say the numbers are flawed
Approved, National, The Daily Caller

Dems, corporate media rushed to cite FBI data showing crime decrease — experts say the numbers are flawed

By Wallace White | Daily Caller The FBI quietly revised its 2022 data to reflect an increase in crime after initially reporting it had decreased, and experts say that the flawed figures are just the tip of the iceberg. It was initially reported that violent crime decreased by 2.1% in 2022, but the Bureau suddenly revised that figure, revealing that violent crime increased by 4.5% instead. Experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the FBI’s metrics are plagued with problems, such as incomplete data collection, confusion about reporting standards, the omission of unreported crime as well as the inherent problems of measuring crime nationally. Democrats, corporate media outlets and political pundits have routinely cited the FBI’s data to claim that crime has gone down under ...