If you're not following Mark Jacob , you're missing some excellent critiques of journalism's challenges (and failures) in covering today's politics and elections.

Like this:

71% of respondents in a Chicago area survey think the local news industry is doing well financially — even though it’s in severe distress. Journalists have largely failed to tell their own story.

Smart piece⤵️ from Mark Jacob calling out the massive journalism failures around SCOTUS news coverage especially the The Washington Post hiding the Alito flag story from us for THREE YEARS. Journalists are supposed to seek truth & report it and that must include the high court.

Many reporters have treated the SCOTUS justices differently from, say, the speaker of the House. But it’s wrong to think that was an acceptable mindset.

Mark Jacob explains that what’s needed now is accountability for both justices and journalists.stopthepresses.news/p/the-medias-s…

The rest of the world must think Americans are out of their minds for giving Donald Trump a shot at retaking the White House.
And they’d be right.

And here’s ex-editor at the Chicago Tribune and Sun Times Mark Jacob rightly calling out POLITICO. Printing this without pushback is shameful malpractice.

Still feels like it should be a bigger story that Clarence Thomas’ billionaire benefactor appears to have committed pretty serious tax fraud

just gonna reiterate that it's become essential for leading Trump supporters to expressly declare their allegiance to him over our institutions and the rule of law -- that's what Rs attacking his trial as illegitimate is really about newrepublic.com/article/181682…

If you’re thinking of voting for someone who posts, “Happy Memorial Day to All, including the Human Scum,” please re-examine your values.

Semafor is building quite a brand for itself by running cover for mainstream journalists who fail to meet this dangerous political moment. First NYT’s Joe Kahn and now this WaPo editor who helped keep Justice Alito’s upside-down flag secret for 3 years.