The Critical Reader

Is your city newspaper also creating AI-generated podcasts?

They're Baaack! AI podcastslers are as horrifying as the monsters in Poltergeist.

https://open.substack.com/pub/dianedipierorodio/p/fake-news?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5vs4

'Fake' News? AI-generated reporters are the latest dystopian thing.

Should these news stories have gotten more attention?

Big News, Not So Big Reporting? Three major news stories you might have missed.

Companies waited way too long to enforce in-office work following the pandemic. If you've been working from home for 2-3 years, why would you feel compelled to go back to the office?

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2026/05/our-regions-heart-is-downtown-cleveland-thats-why-downtowns-troubles-matter-brent-larkin.html?fbclid=IwdGRjcARu1DFjbGNrBG7QNmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHuocDdH2GDF_a_5iBnnb-9FiCVZPsL7_zyi0XaejB2y66CEZR_zYbb_WGksi_aem_xN2BMvGOhp6t34oFwloSGg

Our region’s heart is downtown Cleveland. That’s why downtown’s troubles matter: Brent Larkin Of course, steep declines in property valuations for downtown office buildings result in property tax cuts, which result in far less money for Cleveland's troubled school system. The dilemma here is that fixing the problem results in choosing from a list of bad options, writes Brent Larkin in his co...

Sorry to get a little sappy on Mother's Day!

The Hello, Goodbye Mother's Day They tell you this will happen but it still can't prepare you.

Am I the only person who thought Ted Turner died several years ago?

CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87 | CNN Ted Turner, the media maverick and philanthropist who founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour network that revolutionized television news, died peacefully Wednesday, surrounded by his family, according to a news release from Turner Enterprises. He was 87.

You think The Devil Wears Prada is fiction? Oh no, I lived it. Here's why I'll never see the movies.

https://open.substack.com/pub/dianedipierorodio/p/yes-theres-a-morality-problem-in?r=5vs4&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

https://open.substack.com/pub/dianedipierorodio/p/trump-missed-his-reagan-moment?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5vs4

Trump Missed His Reagan Moment Collaborating with the Pope for peace would be a winning idea.

Wait, we can't have a pretrial yet because he has tuberculosis?

Prosecutors reveal new details about Loyola student's killing, suspect's criminal history Jose Medina's pretrial detention hearing has been postponed as police say he is still at Illinois Masonic Hospital, being treated for tuberculosis.