Ever picked up what looks like a local paper or clicked on a link to what should be a local story only to find pseudo journalism masquerading as local reporting?
Congratulations! You just got slimed. Pink slimed that is.
Pink Slime Journalism referrers to the low-cost, low-quality local-ish news content oozing across the country, especially prominent in news deserts that lack local coverage.
Domenic and Jenna interview Barrett Golding, a Peabody Award-winning producer and Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow who also created and runs the blog IFFY News, an index of Unreliable News Sources.
https://iffy.news/
Headlines:
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Interview:
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Spotlight:
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Headline Articles:
Scripps News To Partner With ProPublica On Original Investigative Journalism
https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/scripps-news-to-partner-with-propublica-on-original-investigative-journalism/
GBH employees say they were left in the dark as layoffs announced
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/05/22/its-really-disturbing-gbh-employees-say-they-were-left-in-the-dark-as-layoffs-announced/
GBH is laying off 31 employees, about 4% of Boston public station workforce: ‘This is painful’
https://www.bostonherald.com/2024/05/22/gbh-is-cutting-employees-at-boston-public-station-we-have-been-told-nothing-its-really-disturbing/
Spotlight Article:
I Went to Karen Summer Camp
A rage ritual might be the only place in America where the wrath of white women is welcomed.
https://www.thefp.com/p/i-went-to-karen-summer-camp
