Media Matters: Telling our story, sustaining our paper
More than 300 nonprofits are working to address the collapse of the for-profit business model, recognizing that democracy works best when citizens are informed.
Richard Campbell
Media Matters: Detectives, reporters … and crime
Our fascination with crime stories, whether in fact or in fiction, endures.
Media Matters: ABC fights back, finally
“If the Administration gets its way, the message to every media company in the country will be unmistakable: tell only the stories the Administration deems favorable, or face the coercive machinery of the federal government.” – From ABC’s lawsuit against the FCC
Media Matters: Meta caves … is YouTube next?
In 2025, 36% of teens said they use at least one of the top five social media platforms “almost constantly,” according to the Pew Research Center
Media Matters: Rock ‘n’ roll … and race
“If I could find a white boy who could sing like a black man, I’d make a million dollars.” - Sam Phillips, Sun Records
Media Matters: Presidents, publishers and ‘Citizen Kane’
“You know, Mr. Thatcher, if I hadn't been very rich, I might have been a really great man.”
– Charles Foster Kane
Media Matters: Local news and state support
“The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.”
–Bill Moyers