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Brits vs Biden, Linklater on Sexless Cinema & the Song of Summer

2024/6/7
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Mixed Signals from Semafor Media
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Ben Smith
前《纽约时报》媒体专栏作家，现任Semafor联合创始人与编辑总监，推动在线新闻创新和透明报道。
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Josh Spanier
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Max Tani
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Nayeema Raza
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Richard Linklater
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Ben Smith认为，英国媒体人正在美国主流媒体中占据越来越重要的地位，他们更务实、成本更低，这与美国媒体机构面临的经济压力和读者信任危机有关。他还指出，白宫对《华尔街日报》关于拜登总统能力下降的报道感到愤怒，这反映了权力运作的现实。 Nayeema Raza则关注的是《华盛顿邮报》新任主编William Lewis的任命，以及这是否意味着默多克正在操纵该报。她认为，媒体机构与其受众之间存在契约关系，而主流媒体机构正在试图调整其立场，从明确支持自由派到更客观地报道新闻。

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Ben and Nayeema discuss the influence of British media executives in American newsrooms, focusing on the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, and the implications for American journalism and politics.

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Ben) and Nayeema) dissect the battle brewing between American newsrooms and President Biden, wondering whether the Brits are to blame. Then they call up Richard Linklater), famed director of films including Boyhood, Dazed and Confused and, his latest, Hit Man), to contemplate whether it was Marvel, #MeToo or something else that took sex out of the cinema. 

Also: Max tries to open our hearts and minds to a faith-based Trump ballad), and Ben vows to improve Amtrak, with the help of unlimited LinkedIn messaging. 

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