Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover between media and technology.
Trump Wins, the Media Loses. Again.
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I’m sure you all have dozens of newsletters in your inbox about Donald Trump and the election. Sorry… this is another one. Indeed, I decided to wait to publish until we knew the result. (I promise I’ll write about something else on Friday.) As I said the other day, there is only one story in town. You can read about the politics of the election elsewhere, and I’ll doubtlessly discuss it with my co-host Emma Burnell on this week’s House of Comments podcast episode. Here, though, I want to look at the media coverage and reaction. First, something not about the election. Check out the latest episode of The Addition Podcast. Journalist and researcher Carl Miller joins to explain his gripping new podcast “Kill List”. It is an extraordinary series, that brings together hit men, human relationships and the dark web.
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Media Meltdown After Trump WinThere was a new kid in town last night. Prime Video brought in Brian Williams to anchor its coverage in an absolutely enormous studio. I liked that some of the Puck correspondents were involved in it. The most fascinating thing to me, though, was when I opened the Prime Video app, there it was - live news coverage next to live coverage of the Champion’s League match the service was also showing. This is a bit of an outlier situation because a) the US Presidential election only happens every four years, and b) Prime Video only has Champions League games on a Tuesday, which just so happens to be when US elections are held. However, the combination of live sports and live news made it seem rather like a traditional cable. Once they have debriefed from last night, it will be interesting to see how much further Prime Video goes into these kinds of live news events and how that transforms the service. |
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Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover between media and technology.
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Ben Mullin of The New York Times joins the show once again to discuss coverage of the US presidential election and Donald Trump, and what it means for the media going forward. He feels the media did a good job of holding all the candidates to account. I'm not so sure. We also discuss the growing power of podcasts when people are preparing to go to the polls. Coverage of Trump and the 2024–The Addition –...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Last week, I reflected on the news that Gary Lineker is leaving Match of the Day at the end of the season and will leave the BBC after the 2026 World Cup. Many people noted, quite reasonably, that this means he can focus solely on his very successful Goalhanger Podcasts company. One somewhat overlooked element is that Lineker’s The Rest is Football show is going to be hosted by the BBC. It will be...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Hate to say I told you so. Ok, I don't. It has been revealed that Gary Lineker is leaving Match of the Day at the end of this season. He will leave the BBC completely at the end of the 2026 World Cup. I've said for a while that I thought this would be his last season presenting the flagship football highlights show, and that is how it has turned out. The truth is, this just works for everyone. As The Sun...