Collection
Updated 23h
Reputations, biases, past controversies, etc. Ranked 64th out of 180 countries for 2026 in the RSF’s Press Freedom Index. (Collection mostly intended for a friend who’s neither in nor from the US.)
US media: The New York Times
For context, I’m a former NYT and WaPo subscriber who wishes the former would do better and has given up on the latter Search terms: A. G. Sulzberger, A.G. Sulzberger
US media: The Washington Post
For context, I’m a former NYT and WaPo subscriber who wishes the former would do better and has given up on the latter Search terms: Jeff Bezos
Japanese media
Reputations, biases, past controversies. I know about Sankei Shimbun and I have some idea about the national newspapers, but I honestly don’t know anything at all about most local ones. Japan has poor press freedom in general (ranked 62nd out of 180 countries for 2026, and that’s after the ranking went up, not because of improvement in Japan but because other countries’ conditions have worsened)
One Year Into Clampdown, WaPo Opinion Cheers for MAGA, Billionaires and AI
Washington Post to cut one-third of all staff
The Washington Post sold Democracy. Now it needs a new line of business.
More than 250,000 subscribers have left 'Washington Post' over withheld endorsement
Washington Post Has Lost 250K Subscribers, LA Times 18,000 Since Owners Axed Kamala Harris Endorsements
The Washington Post has broken my heart | Will Bunch Newsletter
NHKのウェブニュース、閲覧回数が急落 新聞・民放と共闘の道は：朝日新聞
「メディアが報じない」と反発が広がる背景に何が 有識者2氏に聞く：朝日新聞
「朝日と毎日は無視、読売は…」だから日本の報道レベルは“国際的にも低水準”…有名評論家が大手新聞社に絶望した「ある事件」 | 文春オンライン
自衛隊が一般市民を監視…？熊本日日新聞の大スクープに「大手全国紙」がまるで加勢しない異常事態（神保 太郎） | 現代ビジネス | 講談社
自衛隊の市民監視スクープが鳴らす警鐘…沖縄で起きた虐殺の歴史と「国家情報局」に見る、情報戦の行き着く先（神保 太郎） | 現代ビジネス | 講談社
「報道の自由」からの逃走(222) | Tansa
As I have said for years, the NYT is just Facebook. Same ratcheting effect pushing “moderates” right, same delegation of all editorial autho…
🧵🧵🧵 The NY Times posted a 15-minute video today in which I got to tell NYT what’s wrong with its coverage. They said they saw my critical…
Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump
NYT is explicitly using 2FA as a punishment to try to upsell existing subscribers.
There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at…
Trump Told Supporters To “Cheat Like Hell.” The NY Times Went With “A Bit Tired Of Politics.”