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Margot Susca

@margotsusca.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Accountability & Democracy 📍American University, Washington, D.C. 📘Author “Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Helped Destroy American Newspapers and Undermine Democracy” 📜UMass, Columbia J-School, Florida State

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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Ann Telnaes on this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Ann Telnaes on this year’s White House Correspondents dinner.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
@aramsinn.bsky.social hosting former Washington Post editor and foreign correspondent Alisa Tang for a talk on journalism and resurrection after being fired by a billionaire.
Aram Sinnreich and Alisa Tang talk journalism.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
C’mon NYT! We all could use a break. 🐝
Rural Juror
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
2026…so far.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Washington Post laid off its reporter covering Amazon. From @columjournreview.bsky.social
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Rupert Murdoch’s right-wing media machine already framing the shooting as a threat to ICE agents
New York post headline
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Fixed it for you, New York Times.
New York Times headline
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Au pair testifying against her former employer and lover accused of killing his wife is getting her prison expenses paid by news producers in exchange for her story.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Citizens speaking truth to authoritarian overreach do not have equal responsibility nor power to the government agency that kills them. Readers and viewers are paying attention to this kind of feckless journalism.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Fox News is doing everything in its power to shift today’s Trump—Epstein story to anything other than what the emails revealed about a sitting president’s relationship to a child sex offender.
Fox News headline
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The onion
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Ahh The New York Post… For nights you want to read about a historic election with record turnout but get reminded a billionaire owns it.
New York Post Marx headline
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The news should reflect daily just how much these bungling politicians’ failure falls on children.
No Kid Hungry
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
When the NYT wants to report and publish on private equity, I think the first calls they make are to their largest shareholders.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I don’t know America’s largest newspaper chain, is it?
Gannett rapture
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
ABC just announced Jimmy Kimmel’s replacement.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This is the real Washington, D.C. Teachers greeting students outside the Eastern Market Metro on the first day of school. ❤️
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Me (out of breath): We must aggressively protect journalism in democracy. Journalism in democracy:
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
@jordanklepper.bsky.social in your city is like seeing Jim Cantore arrive before a hurricane! Hope all the journalists out here on the National Mall stay safe today. ✌🏼
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands Off protest signs on the National Mall.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Gannett out there Gannetting. 🙄
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Public media heads called to testify Wednesday before House sub-committee hearing called "Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the Heads of NPR and PBS Accountable.” Reporting from @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Every university right now.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
‘Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.’
House censures Green
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Turns out democracy dies in the the bright light of billionaire ownership.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Gannett company-wide employment dropped by more than 10% to 8,900 in 2024, according to its annual report filed today. In 2005, Gannett employed 39,700.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Finally getting to @anneapplebaum.bsky.social Autocracy, Inc. 🖤 the dedication.
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The final straw for media ownership restrictions and regulations that serve the public interest.
FCC pick
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Margot Susca @margotsusca.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Trump tapping Pete Hegseth for Defense strengthens the bond between the White House and Fox, which raked in more than $3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Fox news revenue $3 billion
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