Matthew P. McAllister

@matthewpmcallister.bsky.social

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Teaches about media stuff in college. Studies the political economy of media and commercial culture. He/him

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Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 5d

This message could/should be extended to a wide range of academic fields and areas of study. My field, communication, has too often dismissed media ownership concentration as a serious concern.

Pepper Culpepper @pculpepper.bsky.social · 5d

Political scientists should pay attention to concentration of media ownership as a key challenge for democracy.

Victor Pickard @victorpickard.bsky.social · 5d

Excellent piece by @sulliview.bsky.social in @theguardian.com. Grateful that she references our recent @rooseveltinstitute.org report on the media crises facing US democracy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 5d

It’s impossible to overstate what a big deal this is for this legendary Kentucky brand. The last time Jim Beam closed down like this was during Prohibition. Trump’s tariffs & fight with Canada are surely to blame.

www.kentucky.com/news/busines...

Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026

The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.

www.kentucky.com

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.

At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein

The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 5d

“AI” is the new “red meat”.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d

Sen. Ron Wyden on the Trump DOJ not producing all of the Epstein files, as required by law:

"Anything short of a full release today is a violation of the law and a continuation of this administration’s coverup on behalf of a bunch of pedophiles and sex traffickers."

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CNN @cnn.com · 7d

Frustration is mounting inside the Justice Department as it races to redact thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein before they must be released Friday, multiple sources familiar with the process told CNN. https://cnn.it/44z7tNG

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9d

Trump’s ballroom went from $200 million to $250 million to $300 million to $350 million to $400 million to …

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9d

NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.

Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.

After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death

“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

www.propublica.org

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Free Press @freepress.bsky.social · 9d

Read the full report from @victorpickard.bsky.social, @bilalb.bsky.social and @shahrzadshams.bsky.social of @rooseveltinstitute.org called "The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis."

HERE: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute

Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...

rooseveltinstitute.org

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 9d

advertisers also wanted nothing to do with bari's gibberish, relegating it to being aired alongside ads for the chia pet like some dogshit 3am infomercial

Nobody (Including Advertisers) Cared About Bari Weiss’ New CBS ‘Town Hall’

We’ve already explored at length how Bari Weiss was hired by the billionaire Ellison family to make CBS even more friendly to billionaires and authoritarians after their embarrassing capitula…

www.techdirt.com

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Balls & Strikes @ballsandstrikes.org · 9d

Since owner Jeff Bezos overhauled the Post's editorial board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.

The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis

Since Bezos overhauled the board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.

ballsandstrikes.org

Matthew P. McAllister @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social · 9d

Congrats, Mina!

Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · 9d

CONGRATS to PhD candidate Wilhelmina Antwi, who defended her dissertation proposal today. With co-advisors Lee Ahern and Juliet Pinto, and committee members @chrisskurka.bsky.social, @matthewpmcallister.bsky.social, and Sinfree Makoni (PSU's Director of African Studies).

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Bradford Vivian @bradvivian.bsky.social · 9d

I was privileged to appear on “Democracy Works” to discuss the Trump admin compact w/universities, the growing “diploma divide” in the U.S. electorate, and why higher ed matters to democracy. Thanks to the terrific folks at the Penn State McCourtney Institute. #EduSky

radio.wpsu.org/opinion/2025...

Democracy Works: Troubling times for higher education and democracy

We end this season where we started — a conversation about higher education and democracy.

radio.wpsu.org

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Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · 9d

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 10d

Even some of Donald Trump’s most devoted followers have recoiled at his suggestion that Rob Reiner was killed because of his “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

MAGA Turns on Trump Over Unhinged Rob Reiner Post

The president managed to make even a grisly murder about himself.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 10d

Donald Trump maliciously mocks the brutal murder of Michele & Rob Reiner, and Republicans don’t bat an eye. But as soon as you quote Charlie Kirk’s views, all hell breaks loose.

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 11d

As the film world and people of good taste around the world mourn the sudden death of legendary director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer, President Donald Trump jumped to make the apparent double homicide about himself.

Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 11d

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

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Cory Barker 🆗 @corybarker.bsky.social · 11d

One of my favorite things to do in class is ask my students to rank our screened materials at the end of the semester. The results are not often surprising, but they're still interesting/instructive.

The results from my 200-level Film History & Theory course this semester.

List of 16 films, ranked by preference.

All That Jazz: 3.08, 4 first-place votes
In The Mood For Love: 5.92, 3 first-place votes
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: 6.08, 2 first-place votes
Portrait of a Lady on Fire: 6.23, 2 first-place votes
The Conversation: 6.46
Marie Antoinette: 6.54, 1 first-place vote
Double Indemnity, 7.31, 1 first-place vote
Blood Simple, 7.31
Breathless, 8.23
Blue Velvet, 8.46
The Blair Witch Project, 9.31
The Wizard of Oz, 9.69
Millennium Actress, 11.62
Meshes of the Afternoon, 12.31
Daughters of the Dust, 12.85
With Babies and Banners, 14.62
Some other details: No film received my favorite honor in this exercise (first- and last-place votes), but Daughters of the Dust came close, with a single second-place vote and five last-place votes. All That Jazz's victory was defined by consistency; only one person rated it outside the top five. Fittingly, Double Indemnity and Blood Simple tied all the way to the millionths decimal point. I gave DI the nod because of its lone first-place vote.

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 15d

This report is kinda brutal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFd...

Trump confronts rising cost of living during Pennsylvania rally

YouTube video by WHAS11

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