Archive - Dave Busiek on Media

Paramount caves, Grassley misbehaves and Iowans get played

Iowa's delegation votes to defund Iowa Public Radio and Iowa PBS

Jul 18 •

Who's watching city hall? Nobody - and that should scare you

Where are the journalists?

Jul 13 •

CBS News sells its soul

And why did Brenna Bird drop out?

Jul 3 •

Trump’s poll tantrum returns

New court, same pettiness

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Trump’s tell: Insults fly when the facts hit home

CNN and The New York Times must have hit a nerve this week when they reported that a preliminary assessment from the U.S.

Jun 27 •

Social media meltdown costs another journalist his job

And makes every other journalist's job harder

Jun 11 •

Beware Trump’s Reichstag Moment

When Leaders Exploit Chaos: A Warning from 1933

Jun 9 •

We’re all going to die? Senator Ernst and the arrogance of power

Leave sarcasm to the pros

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Too trusting, too late. How reporters failed the country on Biden

Why didn’t we know?

May 30 •

Caitlin Clark’s hometown paper still doesn’t get it

Iowans are hooked on the Fever

May 18 •

Des Moines exhales: legislature leaves, sanity returns

A few bills brought progress – most brought embarrassment

May 17 •

Want to beat the Republicans? Then make Rob Sand sweat first

No primary, no practice

May 9 •

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