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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 29/09/2026

On the new "Beat the Press with Emily Rooney," we dissect Trump's media ban and marvel over The Boston Globe's lesbian-bar story. Plus I've got some choice words for California AG Rob Bonta and Gov. Gavin Newsom for folding in the Paramount talks. scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/beat-the-p...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 28/09/2026

We've all heard about that NYT poll showing Collins with a 3-point lead. That's an outlier. Nearly every other recent poll shows Jackson with a small lead, and, to this point, none of them fully reflects the impact of the ProPublica exposé.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 24/09/2026

People: Did you know that we had @sulliview.bsky.social on the @whatworks-nu.bsky.social podcast this week? Yes, *that* Margaret Sullivan? Don't miss our conversation about how the local news crisis intersects with national media failures. dankennedy.net/2026/09/21/m...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 24/09/2026

Further down, there's this gem. (2/2)

Aides initially went to Ms. Peltola’s apartment in Washington to feed Meatball, but the congresswoman later brought the reptile into her office on Capitol Hill. On at least one occasion, the crickets escaped in the office and had to be recaptured, according to two former aides who witnessed it as well as a photo viewed by The Times that showed aides in the office trying to trap the crickets using manila folders and small paper cups.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 24/09/2026

Amazing. It looks like the @bostonglobe.com has cracked the business model.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 21/09/2026

I called for a media boycott after Trump banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, but I honestly didn't expect much. This is better than I'd anticipated. dankennedy.net/2026/09/19/j...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 21/09/2026

The @whatworks-nu.bsky.social podcast is back after our summer hiatus. In our new episode, @sulliview.bsky.social tells us how national media failures connect with the local news crisis. Plus our Quick Takes on developments in local news. whatworks.news/2026/09/21/m...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 15/09/2026

📺 @60minutes.bsky.social is back — and so is "Beat the Press with Emily Rooney. We were watching. Plus: fired Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah wins reinstatement; Maria Bartiromo exits Fox News; and our panel's Rants & Raves. (1/2) scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/beat-the-p...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 08/09/2026

I pinned a location by mistake.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 05/09/2026

Maria Bartiromo’s lawyers have been threatening journalists who've said she was fired. Note how carefully the NYT describes her exit. BTW, it's not unusual for settlements to specify there was no firing. I got in trouble myself once for misreporting a "departure." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/b...

Ms. Bartiromo still has considerable time left on her contract, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning that Fox News is still obligated to pay her millions a year despite ending her on-air role. The contract could also keep her from appearing on other networks.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 29/08/2026

I’ve investigated, and it’s true. Natalie reads the words to him. external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 28/08/2026

We‘ll see what happens with Lake America, but don’t forget that Trump was two feet taller when he got Google, Apple and a few others to knuckle under on the “Gulf of America.” Oh, and welcome to Lake Trump.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 22/08/2026

Robo-answer. Sorry, just no.

The online registration form for purchasing Megabucks tickets requires a Social Security number to verify the age and identity of all players. This is essential for the validation process to maintain security and protect player accounts. Additionally, providing the Social Security number streamlines the claiming process if you win a prize in a Second Chance Drawing. Proof of Social Security number is required to properly verify the player's identity and age as part of the account activation and security measures.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 22/08/2026

The media keep doing this, over and over. Today's example is from the @bostonglobe.com. Abdul El-Sayed is neither a socialist nor a democratic socialist. www.britannica.com/question/Is-...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 15/08/2026

What I learned about Rob Curley, the suspended editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., when I reported on him for my 2018 book, "The Return of the Moguls." dankennedy.net/2026/08/15/w...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 15/08/2026

We were at the Worcester Red Sox game mentioned here, and @edmarkey.bsky.social wasn’t that far from us. I took this picture. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 08/08/2026

Rusty would like to wish you a happy #Caturday.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 04/08/2026

No mention of opinion, lol.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 02/08/2026

This is the conclusion to a Claude summary of a bunch of different popular science articles on alcohol and junk food. It seems pretty reasonable to me. Do you disagree?

Bottom line on the junk-food diet: this is a broad, dose-responsive pattern of harm affecting cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease (obesity, type 2 diabetes), and overall mortality — hitting more systems, with generally larger effect sizes, than what's been shown for one daily drink.

So, which is worse?

A diet built around ultraprocessed food, excess sugar, and additives is the clearer and larger health liability of the two, mainly because it's a whole eating pattern, not a single input — it affects metabolic health, cardiovascular risk, and mortality broadly, with well-replicated dose-response data. One glass of wine a day carries real, non-zero risk (especially for certain cancers) but the absolute risk increase at that specific level is smaller and more narrowly concentrated than what's associated with an ultraprocessed diet.

Neither is "healthy" in the sense of conferring benefit — the "wine is good for your heart" idea has aged poorly — but if you're asking which does more damage, the junk-food-based diet wins that unfortunate contest by a clear margin.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 27/07/2026

In the AI era, even more than in the search era, there is no substitute for establishing a direct relationship with your audience. www.inma.org/blogs/earl/p...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 23/07/2026

Ah, Anthropic, the "ethical" AI company. From the Bo Sacks newsletter (no link; not yet posted).

Anthropic did not get hammered because it trained an AI system on copyrighted material. In fact, the judge had already ruled that using copyrighted books for training could qualify as fair use under the circumstances of the case. Anthropic’s real problem was how it got the material. It downloaded millions of pirated books. It copied them. It stored them. It built a system on top of stolen goods.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 21/07/2026

On the new "Beat the Press with Emily Rooney," we take on Trump's subpoenas of NY Times journalists. Plus: Should all news outlets have carried Trump's lie-filled speech? How Boston fell in love with the World Cup. And our panelists' Rants & Raves. (1/2) scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/new-in-con...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 21/07/2026

This is huge: The @nytimes.com is rolling out unlimited sharing, matching the @wsj.com. Clearly labeled in the iOS app, but not showing up on the website yet (although my quote for the month was reset to 10). Come on, @bostonglobe.com. Give us a few gift links!

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 19/07/2026

She should hang out with Stephen Miller.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 14/07/2026

Claude's getting snarky with me. I asked a question about "the late Senator Lindsey Graham." Here's part of the answer. Well, excuse me!

Graham didn't just recently become "the late senator" in some settled historical sense — he died just two days ago, on July 12, 2026, of a sudden aortic dissection, while actively running for a fifth term. That's very recent news, in case you hadn't caught it.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 13/07/2026

Trump will sue the AP for refusing to change its entry for "USA." At Trump rallies, drunken bros will spontaneously burst into chants of "The Guardian of the Hormuz Strait! The Guardian of the Hormuz Strait!"

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 13/07/2026

Yes. It's the front page of today's Washington Post sports section.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 11/07/2026

Anyone have any insight into this marketing message from the @bostonglobe.com? The Globe is notorious for not offering any gift links except one-to-one emails. And this was sent to my work account, where I already have a free subscription. Weird.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 07/07/2026

Well, there it is. Bernie has finally called on Platner to quit.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 07/07/2026

Come on, Bernie. You can do it! Just say it: "I ... was ... wrong." www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

Our Revolution, the progressive organization formed to continue the goals of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) 2016 presidential campaign, said it is withdrawing its endorsement and calling on Platner to drop out. Sanders himself has yet to comment on the news.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 04/07/2026

This is first-order political philosophizing:

"He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within."

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 03/07/2026

This is what the top of the @bostonglobe.com homepage looks like today. It's the first two pages of the e-paper, too. If you're a home delivery subscriber, I'd be curious to know exactly what it looks like in print. Is it the front page, or is it tucked inside somewhere?

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 01/07/2026

A Fourth of July tradition is back! The 27th annual New England Muzzle Awards highlight outrages against freedom of speech and expression. dankennedy.net/2026/06/30/t...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 30/06/2026

The NYT is back with another Siena Poll, this one on the Talarico-Paxton race in Texas. It's the mirror image of Monday's Maine poll — the candidates are tied, but drilling down shows some real vulnerabilities for the flagrantly corrupt and extreme Paxton. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/u...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 29/06/2026

OMG, people, get ready: On Tuesday, Media Nation will present the 27th annual edition of the New England Muzzle Awards. We're calling out the forces of repression and naming names. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox for free: dankennedy.net/media-nation...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 29/06/2026

Buckle up, Platner fans. A big new poll shows he's up by 2 points — a virtual tie, and well below what Gideon was polling six years ago. And if you drill down, the numbers get really scary. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 19/06/2026

A perfect summation of the challenge to journalism in the Age of Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/b...

All this presents a profound challenge to journalism. The profession is shaped by an assumption that has been around at least since the Greek tragedians: Revelation is followed by reversal. When Oedipus’ (or Richard Nixon’s) crimes are exposed, he must fall from power. But not so Trump. With a few notable exceptions, he relies on a collective shrug of indifference from those in his support system, and defies exposure. What can journalists do in a world where there is no shame and, apparently, no consequence?

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 17/06/2026

Thank you to the Massachusetts Center for the Book for including me in its MA Writers Directory. www.mawritersdirectory

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 16/06/2026

Drudge still knows how to do a front page.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 15/06/2026

The Plymouth MA Independent, a high-quality nonprofit digital news organization, is hiring a staff reporter. www.plymouthindependent.org/now-hiring-r...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 15/06/2026

I encountered this turtle chilling by the side of the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail in West Concord, Mass., earlier today. I believe it’s an eastern painted turtle, but if you have other ideas, let me know.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 12/06/2026

Looks like @brianstelter.bsky.social’s family doesn’t read his newsletter.

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 09/06/2026

On the brand-new "Beat the Press with Emily Rooney," we try to make sense of the implosion of "60 Minutes." Plus: World Cup watch parties and our panel's Rants & Raves. With Emily, @scottvv.bsky.social, @lmalphonse.bsky.social and me. scottvanvoorhis.substack.com/p/new-in-con...

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Dan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 04/06/2026

Ending the requirement that legal ads be published by news outlets would harm democracy and journalism. Now two bills in the Mass. Legislature threaten that Colonial-era tradition. My commentary for @cwbeacon.bsky.social. #mapoli #journalism commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/endi...

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