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Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.

Victor Pickard

“It’s an extremely dangerous situation for any democracy worthy of the name when government can quell dissenting views in the press,” Pickard said. “The entire American media system requires deep structural reform.” www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

Excited to have this out in the world!

This is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of broadband.

We can’t solve any of our big problems, including climate change, without doing this.

Reframe the question and it becomes very clear. If you hire a manager to run your estate can that manager burn down the buildings on your estate or chop it and sell it off in parcels? Pretty obviously not. The president doesn't own the country. He's hired to administer it for four years.

The rise of prediction markets is creating new ethical headaches for journalists www.poynter.org/ethics-trust... Delighted that our recommended solutions were highlighted. @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @kaleighrogers.bsky.social #Journalism #PredictionMarkets

Scott Pelley has provided @status.news a statement blasting current CBS News management and even accusing them of having tried (and failed) to "inject falsehoods and bias" into his stories. www.status.news/p/scott-pell...

If journalism is meant to serve democracy, perhaps the question isn’t how to protect the current commercial model from AI, but whether that model was ever adequate. A better alternative may be independent, publicly funded media treated as essential democratic infrastructure, not a product.

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I'm Mike Lindell. I'm Herschel Walker. I'm Mel Gibson. I'm Sidney Powell. I'm Riley Gaines. Those stories and more. Tonight. On 60 Minutes.

Victor Pickard