Brian Creech
@briancreech.bsky.social
Professor and Chair, Lehigh University Department of Journalism and Communication
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Brian Creech
@briancreech.bsky.social
· Feb 17
“The View from the Top”: Elite Metajournalistic Responses to Normative Critiques of American Journalism
Recent debates about journalism’s abiding values have often centered the role journalistic objectivity has played in sustaining various inequities in American society. Amid these challenges, newsro...
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New pub: In this piece, Michael Buozis and I consider statements made by editors, publishers, and owners—what we call "elite metajournalistic discourse"—and how these voices responded to challenge and change.
Largely, these voices called for "independence."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Largely, these voices called for "independence."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.)
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
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Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
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We Tried to Get Big Tech to Pay for Wrecking Journalism. It Didn’t Work Out.
The debate over Who Destroyed Journalism borders on theology among journalists and...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.)
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
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I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I will no doubt read and enjoy all your very good Nuzzi jokes, but I also want to say earnestly, so many of us (myself included) are on the verge of being pushed out of this industry and it's genuinely so dispiriting to see the worst among us, ethics-wise, get such preferential treatment.
It’s definitely time to be clear about what attacks on higher ed have actually been about for twenty-ish years: creating a permission structure to pilfer resources.
Chris Rufo/Ron DeSantis overhauled New College and made it "the most financially inefficient school in the university system"
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
Degree yield is 19%, 2nd-worst in Fla.
Operating funds per student at New College: $83,207
Same category at Univ of Florida: $45,765
www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/e...
New College of Florida shows soaring expenses as state targets 'woke waste'
A report by Florida DOGE found that Sarasota's New College is the most financially inefficient school in the university system.
www.heraldtribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It’s definitely time to be clear about what attacks on higher ed have actually been about for twenty-ish years: creating a permission structure to pilfer resources.
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This is ALSO a media story.
Non-white, young, and low-income voters were misled about what Trump would do. Now they’re learning, and they hate it.
Non-white, young, and low-income voters were misled about what Trump would do. Now they’re learning, and they hate it.
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This is ALSO a media story.
Non-white, young, and low-income voters were misled about what Trump would do. Now they’re learning, and they hate it.
Non-white, young, and low-income voters were misled about what Trump would do. Now they’re learning, and they hate it.
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it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
November 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM
it does seem like there’s a major—though potentially fleeting—opportunity to invest in left-wing media. more than a million people in the most populous city in america just enthusiastically elected a democratic socialist and the world is watching. putting $$ towards left media rn is good business.
Probably shouldn’t have spent the past few years antagonizing the core audience.
NEW from @pewresearch.org: "Today, 69% of Democrats have at least some trust in information from national news organizations. This is the lowest level recorded since we began asking the question." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
October 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Probably shouldn’t have spent the past few years antagonizing the core audience.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
There’s a dude with a guitar playing wonder wall on the quad and I think college campuses may have finally recovered from the pandemic.
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
There’s a dude with a guitar playing wonder wall on the quad and I think college campuses may have finally recovered from the pandemic.
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What can we do about mainstream media moving right? 1. Give up on some outlets (CBS) and embrace others (The Guardian) 2. Get alternative media to cover more hard news 3. Browbeat outlets into using their agenda-setting and framing powers better. newrepublic.com/article/2016...
The Mainstream Media Is Moving Right. Here’s What We Can Do About It.
At The Washington Post, CBS, and maybe CNN, the trend line is terrible. But liberals do have the power to reverse these trends.
newrepublic.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What can we do about mainstream media moving right? 1. Give up on some outlets (CBS) and embrace others (The Guardian) 2. Get alternative media to cover more hard news 3. Browbeat outlets into using their agenda-setting and framing powers better. newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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While Bari Weiss faces skepticism inside CBS News, former colleagues describe her management style to Status as chaotic and abrasive—raising questions about how she’ll lead one of America’s most storied newsrooms.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
A Bari Trying Time
While Bari Weiss faces skepticism inside CBS News, former colleagues describe her management style to Status as chaotic and abrasive—raising questions about how she’ll lead one of America’s most stori...
www.status.news
October 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
While Bari Weiss faces skepticism inside CBS News, former colleagues describe her management style to Status as chaotic and abrasive—raising questions about how she’ll lead one of America’s most storied newsrooms.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/bari-weiss...
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My take on Substack exploring why trust in media outlets reporting is sagging historically, and why changes like CBS News is doing, putting Trump and conservative-friendly executives in charge of a traditional journalism outlet, isn't the answer. READ: https://loom.ly/2p_hMP0
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
My take on Substack exploring why trust in media outlets reporting is sagging historically, and why changes like CBS News is doing, putting Trump and conservative-friendly executives in charge of a traditional journalism outlet, isn't the answer. READ: https://loom.ly/2p_hMP0
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One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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NVIDIA and OpenAi:
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
NVIDIA and OpenAi:
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Just a little more than three weeks left to apply for Lehigh's TT Assistant Professor of Media Law and Policy opening.
facultyjobs.lehigh.edu/node/1183
It's a great job, open to scholarly approach, and seeking a real focus on media & tech, even beyond current discourse around AI.
facultyjobs.lehigh.edu/node/1183
It's a great job, open to scholarly approach, and seeking a real focus on media & tech, even beyond current discourse around AI.
Assistant Professor of Media Law and Policy
facultyjobs.lehigh.edu
October 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just a little more than three weeks left to apply for Lehigh's TT Assistant Professor of Media Law and Policy opening.
facultyjobs.lehigh.edu/node/1183
It's a great job, open to scholarly approach, and seeking a real focus on media & tech, even beyond current discourse around AI.
facultyjobs.lehigh.edu/node/1183
It's a great job, open to scholarly approach, and seeking a real focus on media & tech, even beyond current discourse around AI.
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Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
Just looking around at the top folks in media and politics who are my age and a little older, and realizing that one of the lessons folks in elite educational spaces were quick to learn 20-25 years ago was the power of being obsequious without immediately seeming so.
October 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Just looking around at the top folks in media and politics who are my age and a little older, and realizing that one of the lessons folks in elite educational spaces were quick to learn 20-25 years ago was the power of being obsequious without immediately seeming so.
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You can sort of see the asymmetry in media today -- when the Republicans shut down the government Republican media springs into propaganda mode, when the Democrats do it supposedly left media debates whether its the right fight.
October 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You can sort of see the asymmetry in media today -- when the Republicans shut down the government Republican media springs into propaganda mode, when the Democrats do it supposedly left media debates whether its the right fight.
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Been thinking a lot about Raymond Williams’s “Culture & Technology” essay where he critiques the liberal account of technological disruption: organic progress, rather than conscious choices by capital.
Just imagine if the money we are flushing into data centers went to railways or solar panels.
Just imagine if the money we are flushing into data centers went to railways or solar panels.
September 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Been thinking a lot about Raymond Williams’s “Culture & Technology” essay where he critiques the liberal account of technological disruption: organic progress, rather than conscious choices by capital.
Just imagine if the money we are flushing into data centers went to railways or solar panels.
Just imagine if the money we are flushing into data centers went to railways or solar panels.
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One of the constant strands in the history of the university, dating back to its medieval origins, is the attempt of authorities - especially religious authorities but not exclusively - to control what can and cannot be taught.
September 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
One of the constant strands in the history of the university, dating back to its medieval origins, is the attempt of authorities - especially religious authorities but not exclusively - to control what can and cannot be taught.
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One of genealogies of Media Studies is that many early methods began as advocacy strategies of 1940s media reform, in the attempt to change broadcast regulation to allow for more educational channels. Put differently, Media Studies originated as a research movement to build US Public Media.
September 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
One of genealogies of Media Studies is that many early methods began as advocacy strategies of 1940s media reform, in the attempt to change broadcast regulation to allow for more educational channels. Put differently, Media Studies originated as a research movement to build US Public Media.
My department at Lehigh is hiring for an assistant professor of media law and policy, with an emphasis on media and tech. It’s a great gig, with a broad approach to scholarship and research agenda. Happy tonfield anuly questions. apply.interfolio.com/173289
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September 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
My department at Lehigh is hiring for an assistant professor of media law and policy, with an emphasis on media and tech. It’s a great gig, with a broad approach to scholarship and research agenda. Happy tonfield anuly questions. apply.interfolio.com/173289