The DC press corps that goes nuts because Bernie Sanders doesn’t know the name of the statute under which he would prosecute bank fraud thinks a guy who calls for eliminating most of the federal government is a great budget wonk.
Apr 6 2016
‘There’s Never Been a Drug Law That Wasn’t Tied to Race’
“When you were talking about the first opiate laws, those were against Chinese people. The first cocaine laws are against black people, with the New York Times screaming about the Negro cocaine menace.”
Apr 5 2016
Panama Papers’ Publishers Don’t Need to Sell Out WikiLeaks
By Adam Johnson
In this moment of well-earned glory, why would the primary party responsible for the Panama Papers go out of its way to take a swipe at WikiLeaks, and, by extension, a prisoner of conscience?
Apr 1 2016
Did Sanders Lie About Clinton’s Oil Money? NPR Factchecker Can’t Be Bothered to Check
Hillary Clinton is “so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me.” And NPR’s factchecker is so sick of having to decide whether or not Sanders’ campaign is actually lying about Clinton.
Apr 1 2016
asha bandele and Laura Carlsen on the War on Drugs
By CounterSpin
CounterSpin talks about the War on Drugs with asha bandele of Drug Policy Alliance, and also with Laura Carlsen of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy.
Mar 31 2016
Vox and the False Consensus of ‘Most Economists Agree’
By Adam Johnson
Much of Vox’s analysis pivots on the toxic cliche, “most economists agree/think/say/believe,” and its equally toxic cousin, “most experts agree/think/say/believe.” This cliche is frequently used without a shred of evidence for said consensus.
Mar 31 2016
‘They Want South America Back the Way They Used to Have It’
“They took sides against all the left governments, and they supported military coups in Venezuela, in Honduras, kind of a parliamentary coup in Paraguay. So they’ve been trying to get rid of all the left governments, really, for the whole 21st century, when they all came in, and they’re still trying to do that.”
Mar 31 2016
Anonymity in the New York Times: By the Numbers
By FAIR
A new report from FAIR looks at a year’s worth of anonymity in the New York Times, with media critic Reed Richardson taking an in-depth look at how unnamed sources were used in the paper in 2015.
