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Posts from the ‘Dissecting the Local News’ Category

3April 6, 2021Grand Rapids City Commissioners weigh in on Defunding the GRPD: What the MLive article doesn’t tell you

2April 4, 2021Living with COVID one year later: Part I – Another surge in cases, but without explanation

0March 26, 2021Increased rent costs in Grand Rapids, bad media advice and the power of Tenant Unions

3March 23, 2021The arrest of Holland Restaurant owner provides a platform for far right ideas, which is then amplified by local news coverage

1March 10, 2021WXMI 17 talks to cops, museum curators, anybody but the people who organized/participated in the May 30th Rebellion in Grand Rapids

1March 2, 2021MLive perpetuates the same narrative from the May 30th rebellion in Grand Rapids, without ongoing reporting centering those most impacted by harm of policing

0February 25, 2021Far Right news platform Breitbart, posts about the group Defund the GRPD

0February 18, 2021Another DeVos investment venture: More for the Capitalist Class, to hell with everyone else

0February 17, 2021That’s 1 down and lots to go in the West Michigan Radio Market: On the Death of Rush Limbaugh

1February 15, 2021When the Grand Rapids news media doesn’t hold those in power accountable: A WOOD TV 8 fluff piece on the City Manager