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Prof + Director - Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia J School. Director, Guardian Media Group . bylines -assorted . @emilybell@mastodon (+ Bluesky)
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The Old Playbook of Power and Influence Is Different Now

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By Emily Bell, Heather Chaplin
| Columbia Journalism Review Verified
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. When Ronald Reagan won the presidency, in 1980, it was a victory long in the making. For almost half a century, conservatives had plotted ways to cut taxes and undo workers’ rights. Their playbook for political influence went something like this: create a think tank, publish reputable reports, build relationships with journalists and politicians, and disseminate free-market ideas to the public, creating a new common sense.
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Journalism in the Age of Techno-Kings

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By Emily Bell, Heather Chaplin
| Columbia Journalism Review Verified
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Before Elon Musk, there was Henry Ford: an attention-seeking car manufacturer, newspaper owner, and media celebrity who pushed reactionary views on the public and transformed society around his business interests. ā€œFordismā€ was more than a mode of production, it was a way of organizing society, involving large factories, nuclear families, stable employment, and affordable cars, refrigerators, and televisions.
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Did I really say that?

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By Emily Bell
| Columbia Journalism Review Verified
Three weeks ago, a Dutch freelancer named Menno van den Bos contacted CJR and the Tow Center for Digital Journalism to tell us he had found a writeup of our Journalism 2050 issue in his country's press that he suspected of containing AI-generated inaccuracies. In itself this is not surprising. As we have written here before, the incidence of fake quotes and citations from journalists and academics is a growing menace.
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