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Posts from the ‘Dissecting the Local News’ Category

1January 18, 2021Providing a platform for the Far Right: How the Grand Rapids Media reported on the small protest at the Lansing State Capitol on Sunday

2January 14, 2021In a TV show discussing the January 6th actions of White Nationalists at the US Capitol, Acton Institute founder blames the left for creating a culture of rioting and destruction

0January 11, 2021GR Chamber blog post promotes misinformation about Grand Rapids voting down CARES Act Funding from the County

3December 17, 2020GRIID Year in Review Part I: Monitoring the Dominant News Media

3December 15, 2020Grand Rapids City leaders say they want violence reduction, but only if it fits within a model they have predetermined won’t challenge systems of power

7October 25, 2020Local news once again fails to provide substantive coverage of White Supremacist groups and those opposing them

5October 22, 2020Bankrolling hate and harm: On the Death of Peter Secchia

4October 10, 2020The local news media has been complicit in White Supremacy by providing White Supremacist groups an uncritical platform to promote hate

0October 6, 2020MLive refuses to call Proud Boys a Hate Group, embraces the dominant narrative about policing

3September 28, 2020Grand Rapids-based Acton Institute endorses Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee who is part of a far right Christian group