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Remembering the Iraq war: How Knight Ridder dug up the truth about Dick Cheney's falsehoods. Now Cheney and McClatchy's DC bureau, the successor to Knight Ridder, have died the same week. New at Media Nation. dankennedy.net/2025/11/05/r...
Remembering the Iraq war: How Knight Ridder dug up the truth about Dick Cheney’s falsehoods
It was sadly ironic that the death of McClatchy’s Washington bureau was announced on the same day as that of former Vice President Dick Cheney. Because it was McClatchy — then known as Knight…
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November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Remembering the Iraq war: How Knight Ridder dug up the truth about Dick Cheney's falsehoods. Now Cheney and McClatchy's DC bureau, the successor to Knight Ridder, have died the same week. New at Media Nation. dankennedy.net/2025/11/05/r...
Worth remembering from a year ago, given that McClatchy just closed its (former Knight Ridder) Washington bureau and wiped out its own national news coverage.
That didn't take long. Hedge-fund-owned McClatchy also cut off the AP. These are not news companies anymore. They deserve NO support from lobbyist-lacky pols (hello, NMA and JCPA). They are cash-flow cows for private equity. Screw them.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/b...
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Gannett and McClatchy Cut Back Relationship With A.P.
The Associated Press said the decisions by the two major newspaper chains “would not have a material impact on our overall revenue.”
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November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Worth remembering from a year ago, given that McClatchy just closed its (former Knight Ridder) Washington bureau and wiped out its own national news coverage.
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McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
www.status.news
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
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McClatchy is shuttering its Washington bureau, axing its entire real-time national desk, and will withdraw from the White House pool, raising questions about the future of the storied newspaper company. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
www.status.news
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
McClatchy is shuttering its Washington bureau, axing its entire real-time national desk, and will withdraw from the White House pool, raising questions about the future of the storied newspaper company. The scoop in @status.news www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
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There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
There is some sad irony in McClatchy shutting its DC bureau the same day that Dick Cheney died.
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
That bureau (then Knight-Ridder) did some of the best, most skeptical reporting anywhere in the run-up to the Iraq War. And they took a lot of shit for it at the time.
www.cato.org/commentary/q...
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Damn... this one is rough.
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Damn... this one is rough.
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Scoop: McClatchy has quietly laid off dozens of staffers across multiple divisions, including shuttering its D.C. bureau.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
McClatchy’s Quiet Cuts
McClatchy, the 168-year-old newspaper chain, has gutted its national news operation—another reminder of how once-towering newspaper giants are struggling to survive.
www.status.news
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Scoop: McClatchy has quietly laid off dozens of staffers across multiple divisions, including shuttering its D.C. bureau.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/mcclatchy-...
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🚨DEI firings at CBS🚨
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🚨DEI firings at CBS🚨
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2
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We’re watching Shock and Awe movie (Knight Ridder story), again. At the time, I haven’t realized that the White House fed the NYT stories which they printed verbatim. I had my doubts but I couldn’t possibly know that. The coverage of Iraq war lies was when I stopped idealizing US. It was a hard fall
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We’re watching Shock and Awe movie (Knight Ridder story), again. At the time, I haven’t realized that the White House fed the NYT stories which they printed verbatim. I had my doubts but I couldn’t possibly know that. The coverage of Iraq war lies was when I stopped idealizing US. It was a hard fall
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this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press
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NBC News layoffs end its reporting team for LGBTQ+ focused news vertical NBC Out - buff.ly/1Jxoc8t
October 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NBC News layoffs end its reporting team for LGBTQ+ focused news vertical NBC Out - buff.ly/1Jxoc8t
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This is a very good paragraph.
From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
By Nancy A. Youssef
From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
By Nancy A. Youssef
October 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is a very good paragraph.
From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
By Nancy A. Youssef
From "The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps" in The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
By Nancy A. Youssef
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Back when I was wire editor at one of Knight Ridder's outposts, I always looked forward to Nancy Youssef's dispatches. If you need proof that she's a master of her craft, read this.
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Back when I was wire editor at one of Knight Ridder's outposts, I always looked forward to Nancy Youssef's dispatches. If you need proof that she's a master of her craft, read this.
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Knight Ridder winning a Pulitzer for shaking the trees and ignoring the press briefings during the Iraq War didn’t move that needle, but maybe they’ll benefit from personal experience of what kinds of stories you can get without relying on access to leadership and their comms team.
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Knight Ridder winning a Pulitzer for shaking the trees and ignoring the press briefings during the Iraq War didn’t move that needle, but maybe they’ll benefit from personal experience of what kinds of stories you can get without relying on access to leadership and their comms team.
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#Iraq Oct 5 2002 Knight Ridder article quoted several intelligence officers that Bush admin ignored dissenting
opinions on aluminum tubes Were for rockets musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...
opinions on aluminum tubes Were for rockets musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...
October 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#Iraq Oct 5 2002 Knight Ridder article quoted several intelligence officers that Bush admin ignored dissenting
opinions on aluminum tubes Were for rockets musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...
opinions on aluminum tubes Were for rockets musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...
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#Iraq Sep 13 2002 US official told Knight Ridder Iraq not close to building a nuclear bomb musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...
Iraq’s WMD-Nuclear Programs
Musings On Iraq review The Achilles Trap, Saddam Hussein, The C.I.A., And The Origins Of America’s Invasion Of Iraq Musings On Iraq revie...
musingsoniraq.blogspot.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#Iraq Sep 13 2002 US official told Knight Ridder Iraq not close to building a nuclear bomb musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...
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What's the best movie about journalism where they get all the little procedural details correct?
The Paper and The Post are quite good in that respect
I know people usually answer All the President's Men or Spotlight, but i'm wondering if there are some less well known ones that I'm missing
The Paper and The Post are quite good in that respect
I know people usually answer All the President's Men or Spotlight, but i'm wondering if there are some less well known ones that I'm missing
August 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
What's the best movie about journalism where they get all the little procedural details correct?
The Paper and The Post are quite good in that respect
I know people usually answer All the President's Men or Spotlight, but i'm wondering if there are some less well known ones that I'm missing
The Paper and The Post are quite good in that respect
I know people usually answer All the President's Men or Spotlight, but i'm wondering if there are some less well known ones that I'm missing
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I'm sure this won't be new to you, but Shattered Glass did well for political mags
August 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I'm sure this won't be new to you, but Shattered Glass did well for political mags
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Shock and Awe (2007) is also very good in this regard. Details the Knight Ridder journalists saw through the Bush admins lies in the lead up to the Iraq invasion.
August 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Shock and Awe (2007) is also very good in this regard. Details the Knight Ridder journalists saw through the Bush admins lies in the lead up to the Iraq invasion.
Advance Local is the winner -- with clickbait headlines that drive traffic, but do they drive quality?
New by me —>
From now on, I’ll tell you every month which 25 local U.S. newspapers are having the most traffic success on the web.
Any guesses what (often forgotten) newspaper company owns a shocking 7 of the top 11, beating out far larger peers?
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/how-...
From now on, I’ll tell you every month which 25 local U.S. newspapers are having the most traffic success on the web.
Any guesses what (often forgotten) newspaper company owns a shocking 7 of the top 11, beating out far larger peers?
www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/how-...
How did newspapers in places like Harrisburg, Birmingham, and Syracuse become some of America’s most-read online?
They share an owner that sometimes gets forgotten — but which dominates much larger peers in web traffic. Here's our first monthly ranking of the top 25 local newspaper websites in the United States.
www.niemanlab.org
August 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Advance Local is the winner -- with clickbait headlines that drive traffic, but do they drive quality?
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That's sort of true but it's also the case that objections simply weren't allowed any space at all in the corporate press. Knight Ridder had 2 or 3 reporters who were doing a great job of countering the case for war all along but they couldn't pay to get their work covered by the big boys.
June 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
That's sort of true but it's also the case that objections simply weren't allowed any space at all in the corporate press. Knight Ridder had 2 or 3 reporters who were doing a great job of countering the case for war all along but they couldn't pay to get their work covered by the big boys.
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I remember that the only publication at the time getting it right was Knight-Ridder (later McClatchy). And the only one on tv reporting reality was Phil Donahue on MSNBC, then the only MSNBC show getting high ratings. So MSNBC...fired Phil for calling out the Admin's lies.
June 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I remember that the only publication at the time getting it right was Knight-Ridder (later McClatchy). And the only one on tv reporting reality was Phil Donahue on MSNBC, then the only MSNBC show getting high ratings. So MSNBC...fired Phil for calling out the Admin's lies.
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Agora mais do que nunca, precisamos de um Knight Ridder.
June 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Agora mais do que nunca, precisamos de um Knight Ridder.