
Drew Holden
Managing Editor at americancompass.org
Managing editor at @AmerCompass, @Commonplc. Link to my Substack about the media, @Holden_Court, is below. Maker of 🧵threads🧵
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1 month ago |
threadreaderapp.com | Drew Holden
That story came four days after a previous effort from @washingtonpost to write off these videos as Republican efforts to mislead voters: proof, the Post claimed, that “the politics of misinformation and conspiracy theories do not stop at the waters edge.” And it wasn’t just the Post. @AP used the same exact framing to pretend the mental undoing of the guy with the nuclear codes was no big deal. Really. “The experts” said it was nothing to worry about.
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1 month ago |
threadreaderapp.com | Drew Holden
The rush to hit Trump has led to some other funny side by sides from @NPR, like this one about Covid’s danger. And on some issues, @NPR has really taken on the role of advocacy organization, not media entity.
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Mar 3, 2025 |
americancompass.org | Drew Holden
The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted a wide range of social problems, from the slow deaths of American communities to cultural hypochondriasis to the damage that can be done by a too-powerful government bureaucracy. One subject given surprisingly short shrift was the dawning realization that America can’t make things anymore.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
drewholden.substack.com | Drew Holden
Discover more from Holden CourtUnpacking what the media get wrong and why it matters. Over 2,000 subscribersAs Trump’s second term begins, I find myself wondering what media coverage of his administration will look like. It led me to reflect on the worst “journalism” of his first term and, naturally, one story stands out amid all the false and misleading claims: allegations of “Russian collusion,” known more colloquially as “Russiagate.”Holden Court is a reader-supported publication.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
drewholden.substack.com | Drew Holden
As a self-described media critic, I wanted to be the first to share with you a new publication, Commonplace, an online magazine about the political, economic, and social concerns of ordinary Americans. It launched yesterday, and it’s brought to you by the think tank American Compass. I’ll be the managing editor, so I wanted to provide my very-not-biased take about what it is and why you should subscribe to it (which you can do here).
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