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watching the watchdogs james david dickson substack watching the watchdogs subscribe sign in home archive about 18 10 james dickson podcast no 1 michigan minnesota and the spirit of unjournalism in the 2020s mainstream reporters judge themselves for what stories they don t report dec 31 2025 james david dickson 2 latest top discussions make the detroit newspapers great again if the news is fake nobody will show up to the newspaper war dec 29 2025 james david dickson 5 1 2 when president trump wants to learn about michigan he reads the enjoyer jocelyn benson s voter rolls are inflated beyond reason trump just told the world on truth social dec 25 2025 james david dickson 3 1 38 it s better to be smeared whitmer detroit news break up is good for both parties breaking up is hard to do but for gretchen whitmer and the lansing media it s necessary nov 25 2025 james david dickson 5 1 useful idiots whitmer the fbi and the art of reporter selection if you want a false narrative printed shop it to reporters who don t know any better two recent examples one from michigan one from washington nov 24 2025 james david dickson 1 unprecedented fbi uses fox news to endorse theory that would be trump assassin acted alone this is not a scoop it s pr in a press badge nov 23 2025 james david dickson 4 2 1 burying the lede gretchen whitmer s terrible horrible no good very bad information on covid the thing behind the thing is coming in hot with feedback for bari weiss at cbs and the michigan media for its role in the covid psyop nov 14 2025 james david dickson 12 42 jocelyn benson has a voter data problem don t expect to hear it from the michigan media does michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson hold michigan s voter data as a state secret nov 1 2025 james david dickson 1 15 28 see all watching the watchdogs how does idea laundering work how do you spot a slanted story who does a story question and who does it explain i draw on my 17 years in journalism to explain the tactics and techniques used to manufacture your consent subscribe recommendations the gray matter jamie hope the other side of fear cernovich house of strauss ethan strauss history of michigan politics james david dickson cue the crickets jim treacher watching the watchdogs subscribe about archive recommendations sitemap 2026 james david dickson privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts