Mel Bunce

@meljbunce

Professor of International Journalism & Politics @cityjournalism | Expert on international news, media freedom, journalism & democracy 🏳️‍🌈

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Mel Bunce@meljbunce12 Dec 2024

Journalists told us there was a “climate of fear” under Pack & this changed their reporting on issues from Black Lives Matter to the 2020 election. They self-censored & would include 'false balance'. Some told us it was too ‘risky’ to report on the US so they stopped altogether 160 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Mel Bunce@meljbunce12 Dec 2024

This affected the reporting on America that went to audiences around the world. VoA news reaches around 350million people a week & is esp important in countries where the domestic media is heavily controlled (e.g. in its reporting on China https://t.co/Sh7UWDx0o5 278 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Mel Bunce@meljbunce12 Dec 2024

Our book shows that there are very few safeguards to stop a political appointee like Lake from influencing VOA journalists and news content (despite a “firewall” meant to protect the organisation's independence) 127 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Mel Bunce@meljbunce12 Dec 2024

In 2020, Trump appointed Michael Pack, an old friend of Steve Bannon, to run VoA’s parent agency. Pack and his team team infringed the rights of VOA journalists to free speech, according to an OSC investigation https://t.co/eFDW3j2vnt 161 views · 2 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Mel Bunce@meljbunce12 Dec 2024

Most importantly perhaps, Kari Lake says that VOA's core mission is "chronicling America’s achievements worldwide". Suggesting there will be v little appetite for journalists to report critically on US leadership or policies. And this could be a huge blow for international news 147 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Mel Bunce@meljbunce12 Dec 2024

According to the NYT, Kari Lake has called journalists “monsters”, and described herself as their “worst nightmare” if elected. She has shared misinformation about Covid-19, and she denies some of the 2020 election outcomes https://t.co/HB2oQbocKU 151 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Mel Bunce@meljbunce12 Dec 2024

Donald Trump has named Kari Lake as his pick to run Voice of America. This could have profound & negative consequences for journalism around the world. Our new book for @OUPAcademic shows exactly why (w/ Kate Wright, @martinscott2010) THREAD https://t.co/Gz0OTchUza 3.5K views · 10 likes · 3 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Mel Bunce@meljbunce12 Dec 2024

This is deeply concerning. Despite its flaws, VOA has been a vital source for human rights news in China, and for the global Chinese-language audience to understand the US and global politics. VOA is not CGTN precisely because it does real journalism. https://t.co/Sjd0k2JK3Z

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How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views.

What the audience does

Likes61.4%129 in total

Reposts15.2%32 in total

Replies21.9%46 in total

Bookmarks1.4%3 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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