PBS protects the Kochs, ignoring the U.S. role in the Guatemalan genocide and Donald Rumsfeld is grilled on accountability--- well, not really.
PBS says no to Citizen Koch-- we'll talk to filmmaker Tia Lessin about what happened. And Karuna Jagger discusses what's missing from coverage of Angelina Jolie and breast cancer.
PBS will soon start airing another program from Charlie Rose, while pressure from station management helps kill a critical documentary about the Koch Brothers. Is this really "public" TV?
On the story of Syria and chemical weapons, is the New York Times making the Iraq WMD mistake all over again?
When it comes to conversations about citizens’ rights, the lion’s share of coverage has gone to perceived infringements on constitutional rights that are of concern mostly to white Americans—like gun ownership—rather than issues like stop and frisk, which primarily impact communities of color.
Corporate media seem to be once again bending over backwards to prove they’re “balanced” by giving a non-judgmental platform to bigotry.
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