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MEDIA BITS AND BITES – SEPTEMBER 16, 2025  
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September 16, 2025
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_ Murder by meme _

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* The New Face of Broadcast Media is Emerging
* Murder By Meme
* Top AI Scientist Leaves US for China
* Global Press Freedom in Steep Decline
* A Newsroom Strike in Pittsburgh
* Sexy Selfies and Women’s Self Esteem
* Covering the Occupation of DC
* All the President’s Tech CEOs
* Funding Nonprofit Journalism
* The Cartoonist Who Made Presidents Tremble

THE NEW FACE OF BROADCAST MEDIA IS EMERGING
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By David Klion
The Guardian

After leaving the New York Times, Bari Weiss turned her Substack into
an unshakable pro-Israel voice. Now as Paramount eyes acquisition of
her company, Weiss is poised to become Trump’s ally among media
elites.

MURDER BY MEME
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By Ryan Broderick and Adam Bumas
Garbage Day

We still don’t have a clear motive in the Charlie Kirk murder case,
but we do have a slightly clearer picture of what inspired the
attack. As we wrote yesterday, the shooting was obviously staged to
maximize impact on social media. And according to the FBI, the
attacker’s bullet casings had meme references inscribed on them.

TOP AI SCIENTIST LEAVES US FOR CHINA
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By Chang Che
The Guardian

In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a
one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the
global AI race.

PRESS FREEDOM HITS 50-YEAR LOW
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International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Freedom of the Press declined in a quarter of the 173 countries
covered, marking the most far-reaching decline since the beginning
of the International IDEA dataset as of 1975. The deterioration of
Freedom of the Press was found in all regions, impacting 15 African
and 15 European countries, as well as 6 countries each in the Americas
and Asia and the Pacific.

A NEWSROOM STRIKE IN PITTSBURGH
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By Tadhg Larabee
The Baffler

Two and a half years is a long time to be on strike. In summer 2024,
the strike became the longest ongoing labor action in the nation; it
was already the longest in the history of American newspapers and of
any Pittsburgh industry. It's the product of a once-in-a-generation
collision between an exceptionally dedicated union and an eccentric
family unwilling to accept anything short of the union’s
dissolution.

SEXY SELFIES AND WOMEN’S SELF ESTEEM
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By Andi Zeisler
Salon

The heyday of Girls Gone Wild marked a shift in adult content — not
just from professional to amateur, but more importantly, to aplace
that blurred the lines between consensual and violatory. Social media
was emerging as the dominant conduit for online interaction, and its
combination of immediacy and anonymity made nonconsensual content seem
inescapable.

COVERING THE OCCUPATION OF DC

 • NYT
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 By Pete Tucker, FAIR

 • WASHPOST
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 By Pete Tucker, FAIR
 

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S TECH CEOS
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By Brian Barrett
Wired

One by one, Trump asked the executives how much they were investing in
the United States. One by one, they obliged, praising Trump’s
leadership along the way. As usual, powerful people tripping over
themselves in the race toward Trump’s good graces. But there was an
eeriness to seeing that same dynamic among Big Tech’s braintrust.

FUNDING NONPROFIT JOURNALISM
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Richard J. Tofel
Second Rough Draft

There’s a lot of unease just now surrounding funding for nonprofit
journalism, and I thought it might make sense this week to try to sum
up where I think we stand, and where the industry is headed. The
upshot is a mix of significant concerns, but also an emerging sense of
opportunities.

THE CARTOONIST WHO MADE PRESIDENTS TREMBLE
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By Coleman Spilde
Salon

In a career spanning 61 years, over 10,000 cartoons, 24 illustrated
collections and one Pulitzer, Pat Oliphant established himself as one
of the world’s preeminent political cartoonists. Death threats and
backlash from those in power were regular responses to Oliphant’s
work, reactions he welcomed as proof of a job well done.

* Bari Weiss
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* CBS
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* paramount network
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* Charlie Kirk
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* press freedom
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* strike
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* Pittsburgh
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* Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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* Women
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* self esteem
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* artificial intelligence
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* environmental racism
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* Washington DC
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* occupation
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* The Washington Post
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* Donald Trump
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* Big Tech
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* nonprofit journalism
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* Pat Oliphant
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