{"id":29373,"date":"2024-12-30T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/us-media-is-in-big-trouble-but-i-find-far-less-to-be-worried-about-at-the-guardian-margaret-sullivan\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T14:30:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T14:30:05","slug":"us-media-is-in-big-trouble-but-i-find-far-less-to-be-worried-about-at-the-guardian-margaret-sullivan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/us-media-is-in-big-trouble-but-i-find-far-less-to-be-worried-about-at-the-guardian-margaret-sullivan\/","title":{"rendered":"US media is in big trouble \u2013 but I find far less to be worried about at the Guardian | Margaret Sullivan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The US is in urgent need of well-funded, truly independent journalism in 2025.<\/em><strong><em> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/\">Please make a gift to the Guardian now to help reach our year-end fundraising goal.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a media critic and longtime journalist, I have serious worries about today\u2019s news environment and its effect on democracy.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m concerned about corporate or chain ownership of news outlets that can skew the decision-making and priorities of media leaders. The bottom line seems to loom larger, at times, than tried-and-true journalistic standards do.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/\">If you are able, please support the Guardian before our year-end fundraising deadline. Thank you for helping protect the free press.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/dec\/31\/us-media-guardian\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US is in urgent need of well-funded, truly independent journalism in 2025. Please make a gift to the Guardian now to help reach our year-end fundraising goal. As a media critic and longtime journalist, I have serious worries about today\u2019s news environment and its effect on democracy. I\u2019m concerned about corporate or chain ownership &#8230; <a title=\"US media is in big trouble \u2013 but I find far less to be worried about at the Guardian | Margaret Sullivan\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/us-media-is-in-big-trouble-but-i-find-far-less-to-be-worried-about-at-the-guardian-margaret-sullivan\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about US media is in big trouble \u2013 but I find far less to be worried about at the Guardian | Margaret Sullivan\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}