"According to internal data shared first with CNN, Trump's reelection prompted a record surge in donations to the Guardian US. The outlet's end-of-2024 fundraising campaign raised $5.13 million in immediate contributions, more than double the previous record $2.2 million it brought in at the end of 2023."

~ Brian Stelter

You can count me among those who began subscribing to The Guardian after Trump's election.

#Trump #media #Guardian #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos
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https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/1736862492831a79723821428/raw

"The Guardian's US arm has used controversies at other outlets – like Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos blocking the paper's planned endorsement of Kamala Harris – to generate spikes in contributions. When Trump marveled that 'in this term, everybody wants to be my friend,' The Guardian blasted out a fundraising email saying 'Trump, we don't want to be your friend' and urging readers to contribute a year-end gift.

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"Imagine my surprise, then, when The Washington Post issued a mass endorsement of nearly every Trump cabinet-level nominee over the weekend — 19 in all ...

The Post previously said these nominees 'spread treacherous disinformation,' 'sabotage democracy,' and 'parrot false claims about fraud.' Now it says they lack 'disqualifying deficiencies.'"

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Joyce Vance announces the development of a new venture, Democracy Index, affiliated with the Contrarian:

"The Democracy Index is a project that will use the expertise of lawyers and political scientists to track developments in Trump 2.0., based on facts and transparent analysis. At heart, it’s a proposal for civics education, something whose restoration is near a dear to my heart."

~ Joyce Vance

#Contrarian #WashingtonPost #DemocracyIndex #democracy #media
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-democracy-index-and-the-contrarian

@wdlindsy Of course the Grauniad is less bad, and not corporate owned. But don't expect trans people to ever give them a penny. I am still bitter about their climate failure back in 2009.

@martinvermeer I'm all for supporting less-than-perfect options that nonetheless ally themselves with me and others in pushing back against the growing fascist right.

@wdlindsy @martinvermeer falling into the category “the perfect is the enemy of three possible.” The sources for objective journalism are sprouting out all around us. What a time!