(From February)
Who Watches the Watchdog? The #CJR’s Russia Problem

How the investigation into The Nation magazine’s pro-#Russia bias was canned by ‘press watchdog’ the Columbia Journalism Review
Duncan Campbell

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/07/who-watches-the-watchdog-the-cjrs-russia-problem/

ICYMI, conflicts of interest and influence have made #CJR a “zombie publication” — a term I learned in the old CJR. We know the other guys sold out https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2023/2/15/23588121/trump-russia-cjr-jeff-gerth-russiagate

Oh, zut.

On est passé à ça 🤏 de la dignité en politique.

#DupondMoretti #CJR https://nitter.net/2022Elections/status/1633563734319702020

https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1455270211-mhi-120639128-rfh_ep_88_hensman.mp3 "Radio Free Humanity Ep. 88: “Pseudo-Anti-Imperialism Defends the Indefensible—interview with Rohini Hensman.” On her 2018 book and its continuing relevance. Current-events segment: How Cohen–vanden Heuvel–The Nation injected pro-Putinism into US left". #PseudoAntiImperialism #Stalinism #Putinism #Assad #TheNation #StephenCohen #CJR #Ukraine #authoritarianism #SriLanka (honourable mention for @duncaned

[4] “Gerth falsely claimed the DOJ IG Report vindicated Devin Nunes’ memo – but he didn’t check that (I did). He applauded retractions based off John Durham claims that couldn’t withstand the scrutiny of a jury. At least twice, he falsely claimed that investigations – … – showed no evidence rather than that much of it remains classified.”

#CJR #JeffGerth @emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/11/jeff-gerth-declares-no-there-where-he-never-checked/

[3] “Gerth simply assumes that the thing that damaged press credibility in 2016 was coverage of the Russian investigation, and not any of the other closely linked politicized investigations into one or another of the candidates, including the ones he played a role in.”

#CJR #JeffGerth @emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/08/jeff-gerths-undisclosed-dissemination-of-russian-intelligence-product/

[2] “in spite of his citation of WaPo’s tracking of the vast number of lies #DonaldTrump told during his term early in the series, Gerth put great stock in what Donald Trump told him in two interviews”

@emptywheel #CJR #JeffGerth

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/07/the-blind-spots-of-cjrs-russiagate-sic-narrative/

Here’s the @emptywheel series that interrogates the #CJR #JeffGerth series

[1] “It took just 18 words into a 23,000-word series complaining about journalistic mistakes in the coverage of the investigation into Trump’s ties with Russia before Jeff Gerth made his first error.”

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/07/cjrs-error-at-word-18/

Every political journalist and media critic should be reading this @emptywheel series that details the sloppy “reporting” in the #CJR #JeffGerth series that complains about news coverage of #Trump.

“Gerth’s reliance on people like Lindsey Graham and Sidney Powell and John Durham and a host of angry men who post highlighted screen caps on Twitter is a problem, because they’re not reliable. They’re the obvious source of many of his outright errors.”

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/11/jeff-gerth-declares-no-there-where-he-never-checked/

"this series is more a symptom of what Gerth claims to combat, the degree to which coverage of the Russian investigation has been swamped by tribalist takes that only serve to increase polarization, rather than the cure he fancifully imagines he is offering"

#Gerth #CJR

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/07/cjrs-error-at-word-18/

@emptywheel finds holes bigger than a China balloon to waft thru in J. Gerth's assessment of "Russiagate" in CJR:

"[...] the fact that DOJ was continuing to investigate Roger Stone for conspiring with Russia at such time as Barr was loudly and inaccurately making claims about the Mueller investigation is not only a critical detail for someone assessing the press coverage of the investigation, but it also undermines the entire premise of Gerth’s series."

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/02/07/cjrs-error-at-word-18/

#uspol #CJR

@radicalizedpod @HeidiCuda @HiFi @jimstewartson

#Russia and the #USPress: The Article the #CJR Didn’t Publish – @BylineTimes

“Two and a half years ago, the Columbia Journalism Review refused to publish Duncan Campbell’s investigation into The Nation magazine and its apparent support for Vladimir Putin. It is published here in full.”

@tzimmer_history

I know this has nothing to do with the NY Times, but that #CJR article downplaying Russian interference by Jeff Gerth is an indication that elite circles among journalists and editors HAVE LOST THEIR WAY.

The Times may be out to lunch here (they are!), but in mainstream press the NY Times isn't the only problem.

I can't even imagine what the editors at CJR were thinking. Same for the NY Times.

Great article on #mediabias by #journalist #DuncanCampbell about #TheNation and how they went all #Tankie #ProPutin after #Trump won in 2016.

Even more:

#ColumbiaJournalismReview commissioned the story and then killed it two days before publication. That's relevant because #CJR just published a truly awful piece arguing #Russiagate fake. @DavidCorn wrote about that.

Is CJR #biased?

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/02/04/russia-and-the-us-press-the-article-the-cjr-didnt-publish/

⚖️ Gestion de la crise sanitaire: la Cour de cassation annule la mise en examen d’Agnès Buzyn

Dans un arrêt rendu ce vendredi, la plus haute juridiction annule pour des raisons juridiques la mise en examen de l’ancienne ministre de la santé pour «mise en danger d’autrui», prononcée en septembre 2021 par la commission d’instruction de la Cour de #justice de la République (#CJR).

› https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/200123/gestion-de-la-crise-sanitaire-la-cour-de-cassation-annule-la-mise-en-examen-d-agnes-buzyn

RT @Themislv_vls@twitter.com

Pour protéger l'hôpital il ne faut pas laisser toute une population s'infecter en masse au risque d'accroître considérablement le nombre des hospitalisations, y compris en pédiatrie.

L'hôpital sert à soigner, pas à légitimer l'incurie en matière de prévention. #CJR ⚖️ https://twitter.com/salomesaque/status/1614943686856704005

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Themislv_vls/status/1614947925443887104

RT @PierreKharmaz
« Persévérer dans l’erreur ça aurait été franchement grave… » dixit D.VOYNET, la naufrageuse…#CJR https://twitter.com/docuverite/status/1610258099285422084

RT @Themislv_vls@twitter.activitypub.actor

B. Lina a déjà proposé en 2021 un "nouveau contrat social" inspiré de la GBD, consistant à enfermer les plus vulnérables pour laisser vivre les autres.
Ces propos hors sol et irresponsables ne sont donc pas surprenants.
Pas de doutes le @gouvernementFR sait s'entourer #CJR ⚖️
1/n https://twitter.com/Ecole_Oubliee/status/1608554707865440256

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Themislv_vls/status/1608560141242372096

RT @Themislv_vls@twitter.com

Il s'agit de décès et d'hospitalisations *évitables* par les *normes sanitaires* et *l'information appropriées* que vous refusez de mettre en oeuvre @FrcsBraun@twitter.com @olivierveran@twitter.com @Elisabeth_borne@twitter.com.👉#CJR ⚖️
Toutes mes pensées pour les enfants et leur famille 😔 https://twitter.com/Ecole_Oubliee/status/1606303527709462528

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Themislv_vls/status/1606326186908475394

RT @Themislv_vls@twitter.activitypub.actor

Il s'agit de décès et d'hospitalisations *évitables* par les *normes sanitaires* et *l'information appropriées* que vous refusez de mettre en oeuvre @FrcsBraun@twitter.activitypub.actor @OlivierVeran @Elisabeth_Borne.👉#CJR ⚖️
Toutes mes pensées pour les enfants et leur famille 😔 https://twitter.com/Ecole_Oubliee/status/1606303527709462528

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Themislv_vls/status/1606326186908475394