Okay I signed up. We need more real journalists who focus on facts and truth with impartiality and integrity, and I'm willing to fund such journalism for the benefit of all of us.
Welcome Mr. Tracey. I'm happy to give you and Mr. Greenwald a subscription because you're honest people. I probably don't even agree with half your opinions, but I know for a fact you're not a hack. And that's solid gold these days.
It remains a mystery, why there are so few of you - meaning, independent journalists who speak their minds and haven't chosen an ideological 'side'. It seems like the world should be splattered with free thinkers disagreeing respectfully and learning from each other.
But instead, there's a huge, dense, establishment foundation that covers the majority of our discussions.
Fantastic. Now that Messrs. Tracey, Greenwald, DeBoer, and Taibbi are all on Substack I see little reason to seek out "mainstream" news sources ever again.
Yes I feel like - no I know - the media and the left have always underestimated the common sense anc intelligence of the American public and I hope and pray that one day that will backfire on them & The truth will prevail!!
Mark me down as another subscriber. I owe you at least that much for your reporting of the summer riots. The Michael, Glenn and Matt show on SubStack is going to be epic.
In a way I feel sorry for mainstream journalists, they behave like a school of mackerel. Always moving in the same direction, too scared to leave the safety of the shrinking school, picked off one at a time by the twitter mob or corporate owner. Reporters deserve more respect, they won't get it from monopoly corporations.
I'm here via Andrew Sullivan's hearty endorsement, and I like what I've read so far. Also remember your encounter with those goons a while back. So far I've subscribed to Taibbi, Greenwald, Weiss and The Dispatch. I think your work will make a fine addition to that stable, so count me in.
I saw you were here and immediately subscribed. Great move.
As an English teacher, I have some students who express interest in journalism. I posted this in the summer of 2020 to show what someone with a camera and wheels can do:
Glad you signed on to Substack Michael and honored to be a subscriber. Why did the Freedom of the Press Foundation (wonder why you masked FPF with the link) decide your incident with the [non-existent] Antifa activists decide that incident did not qualify as a bona fide press freedom violation? Was it because the violation was not perpetrated by a government actor? If so, okay. But, I found your “pertinent anecdote” unsettling since the implication is that FPF is operating, along with other media gatekeepers, to “dictate what’s seen as acceptable journalistic conduct.” In light of FPF’s stellar board of directors, if FPF is co-opted (and I believe it may be based on other FPF omissions I have observed), truthful journalism is – in a word – fucked.
Okay I signed up. We need more real journalists who focus on facts and truth with impartiality and integrity, and I'm willing to fund such journalism for the benefit of all of us.
Welcome Mr. Tracey. I'm happy to give you and Mr. Greenwald a subscription because you're honest people. I probably don't even agree with half your opinions, but I know for a fact you're not a hack. And that's solid gold these days.
Good luck, chief.
It remains a mystery, why there are so few of you - meaning, independent journalists who speak their minds and haven't chosen an ideological 'side'. It seems like the world should be splattered with free thinkers disagreeing respectfully and learning from each other.
But instead, there's a huge, dense, establishment foundation that covers the majority of our discussions.
I don't get it.
Fantastic. Now that Messrs. Tracey, Greenwald, DeBoer, and Taibbi are all on Substack I see little reason to seek out "mainstream" news sources ever again.
Yes I feel like - no I know - the media and the left have always underestimated the common sense anc intelligence of the American public and I hope and pray that one day that will backfire on them & The truth will prevail!!
Mark me down as another subscriber. I owe you at least that much for your reporting of the summer riots. The Michael, Glenn and Matt show on SubStack is going to be epic.
I saw you tonight on the tube, came right here and signed up. Thank you.
In a way I feel sorry for mainstream journalists, they behave like a school of mackerel. Always moving in the same direction, too scared to leave the safety of the shrinking school, picked off one at a time by the twitter mob or corporate owner. Reporters deserve more respect, they won't get it from monopoly corporations.
I'm here via Andrew Sullivan's hearty endorsement, and I like what I've read so far. Also remember your encounter with those goons a while back. So far I've subscribed to Taibbi, Greenwald, Weiss and The Dispatch. I think your work will make a fine addition to that stable, so count me in.
It's getting mighty crowded at Substack...in a good way!
Sounds good, MT. Looking forward to the upcoming Minneapolis trip!
Happy to support...not hard to cancel a newspaper subscription (NYT for example) and switch to actual investigative journalism.
I'm really looking forward to this, Michael. Good luck!
I saw you were here and immediately subscribed. Great move.
As an English teacher, I have some students who express interest in journalism. I posted this in the summer of 2020 to show what someone with a camera and wheels can do:
https://education-ny.blogspot.com/2020/07/heres-what-also-happened-while-your.html
Thank you for your dedication to reality. The Corporate Media has never been this atrocious, and your legacy will hold up, while theirs will not.
Glad you signed on to Substack Michael and honored to be a subscriber. Why did the Freedom of the Press Foundation (wonder why you masked FPF with the link) decide your incident with the [non-existent] Antifa activists decide that incident did not qualify as a bona fide press freedom violation? Was it because the violation was not perpetrated by a government actor? If so, okay. But, I found your “pertinent anecdote” unsettling since the implication is that FPF is operating, along with other media gatekeepers, to “dictate what’s seen as acceptable journalistic conduct.” In light of FPF’s stellar board of directors, if FPF is co-opted (and I believe it may be based on other FPF omissions I have observed), truthful journalism is – in a word – fucked.
Excited you are here!