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MEDIA BITS AND BYTES — NOVEMBER 11, 2025  
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November 11, 2025
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_ RIP independent journalism _

, Ann Telnaes

 

* RIP _Teen Vogue_
* RIP _60 Minutes_
* _Washpost_, Bezos and Conflict of Interest
* Zohran’s Got It
* MAGA’s Chicago
* ICE Monitoring Social Media
* Why Silicon Valley Loves Trump
* Joy Reid, Corporate Cable Refugee
* Asian Diasporic Media
* Google and Vertical Monopolies

 

RIP _TEEN VOGUE_
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By Parker MolloyThe Present Age

_Teen Vogue_ spent years building expertise on the exact issues that
are about to become even more urgent — attacks on reproductive
rights, anti-trans legislation, threats to academic freedom, labor
organizing among young workers. And now, right when that coverage
matters most, Condé Nast has decided it’s expendable. 

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By Robert B. HubbellToday's Edition Newsletter

When media historians document the demise of _60 Minutes_, Norah
O’Donnell’s interview with Donald Trump on November 2, 2025, will
be identified as the moment when mourners shoveled earth laden with
equal parts sorrow, disgrace, and surrender into the grave of a once
proud institution.

_WASHPOST_, BEZOS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST
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By David FolkenflikNPR

On at least three occasions in the past two weeks, an official
_Washington Post_ editorial has taken on matters in which owner Jeff
Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake.
In each case, the _Post_’s official editorial line landed in sync
with its owner’s financial interests.

ZOHRAN’S GOT IT

 • SOLIDARITY TECH
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  By Micah Sifry, The Connector

 • TONGUE TIED
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  By Julie Hollar, FAIR

 • “THE RED APPLE”
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Grynbaum, The New York Times  

MAGA’S CHICAGO
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By Nader IssaChicago Sun-Times

Military imagery projects government strength in the face of
Chicago’s dangers. Hyperbolic language describes unremarkable
protests. Strong leaders are propped up as the face of the campaign.
Social media influencers are deputized to spread the message. This all
coincides with a campaign to recruit more immigration agents that
appeals to American nostalgia and patriotism while vilifying
immigrants.

ICE Monitoring Social Media
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By Nicole M. BennettThe Conversation

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has published a request for
information for private-sector contractors to launch a round-the-clock
 social media monitoring program. Private contractors will be paid to
comb through “Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr,
Instagram, VK, Flickr, Myspace, X, TikTok, Reddit, WhatsApp, YouTube,
etc.,” turning public posts into leads that feed directly into
ICE’s databases..

WHY SILICON VALLEY LOVES TRUMP
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By Jake PearsonProPublica

The Trump administration has hollowed out the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau— the primary regulator with jurisdiction over
financial technology companies and the only one looking out for
consumers in the rapidly expanding crypto marketplace. Lawsuits have
been dropped, settlements have been renegotiated in favor of companies
and a proposed consumer-friendly crypto regulation was killed
outright. 

JOY REID, CORPORATE CABLE REFUGEE
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By Jeremy BarrThe Guardian

Joy Reid hosted the 7pm hour on MSNBC for nearly five years, providing
a daily dose of progressive energy and verve that led into the
network’s primetime programming. Then, in late February, Reid was
suddenly forced out. Reid has since launched her own streaming show,
_The Joy Reid Show_, and has a few things to say about the mainstream
media she was once part of.

ASIAN DIASPORIC MEDIA
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By Christine X. Phan, Sarah Nguyễn and Rachel KuoNPQ

In response to inadequate media coverage—lacking in both accuracy
and nuance—grassroots immigrant organizations continue developing a
diasporic community media journalism (DCMJ) to build a more informed
and engaged public. DCMJ projects connect people living in communities
far away from their homelands with each other in service of enhancing
political engagement and participation. 

GOOGLE AND VERTICAL MONOPOLIES
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By Cory DoctorowPluralistic

“Industrial organization” (IO) is a theory that insists that
_vertical_ monopolies are actually _really_ good. That's when a
company takes over parts of the supply chain both upstream and
downstream from it. Google is a real poster-child for what happens to
a market when regulators adopt IO ideas.

 

* Teen Vogue
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* Vogue
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* Condé Nast
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* CBS
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* Donald Trump
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* 60 Minutes
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* Norah O'Donnell
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* The Washington Post
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* Jeff Bezos
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* Zohran Mamdani
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* mainstream media
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* rightwing media
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* chicago
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* CHATGPT
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* OpenAI
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* Silicon Valley
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* Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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* Marc Andreessen
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* Joy Reid
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* MSNBC
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* diasporic community media journalism
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* Asian Americans
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* Google
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* monopolies
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