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Marjorie Cohn, Dorothee Benz on Impeachment
Corporate media have failed big time, presenting a critical story about asymmetrical power as a kinda boring, “both sides,” depends-who-you-believe Beltway story. And then claiming it’s the public that’s not interested.
PBS Taps Journalist With Anti-Sanders Bias to Help Moderate Debate
Election Focus 2020: Yamiche Alcindor has repeatedly used her articles, tweets and media appearances to portray Sanders in an unflattering light.
To Corporate Media, an Exercise Bike Ad Is More Newsworthy Than 3/4 of a Trillion for the Pentagon
Only the Washington Post covered the NDAA more than Peloton (10 articles versus 5), while every other outlet gave an ad for an exercise bike more coverage than a multi-billion-dollar grant to the military industrial complex.
Afghan Papers Inadvertently Document WaPo’s Role in Spreading Official Lies
While more explicit admissions of deception on the part of US officials involved in wars are always appreciated, one question rarely discussed among the reports and opinion pieces praising the Afghanistan Papers is what this scoop says about the Washington Post.
Reuters Shields OAS Over False Claims That Sparked Bolivia Coup
None of the 114 Reuters articles about Bolivia since the October 20 election mention the extensive technical criticism the OAS complaints have received.
‘It’s Not Just About Sanders and Warren, It’s About the Issues They Represent’
Election Focus 2020: “Sanders wants fundamental change in the structure of power in this country. And the corporate media outlets don’t. The structure of power in this country is working quite well for them.”
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FAIR Studies
To Corporate Media, an Exercise Bike Ad Is More Newsworthy Than 3/4 of a Trillion for the Pentagon
Only the Washington Post covered the NDAA more than Peloton (10 articles versus 5), while every other outlet gave an ad for an exercise bike more coverage than a multi-billion-dollar grant to the military industrial complex.
With People in the Streets Worldwide, Media Focus Uniquely on Hong Kong
From the Yellow Vests in France to demonstrations in Lebanon, Gaza, Chile, Ecuador and Haiti, sustained movements all over the planet have taken to the street demanding change. Yet media have been disproportionately interested in only one: the Hong Kong protests.
In Ohio Debate, Media Stuck to an Increasingly Rigid Script
Election Focus 2020: This week’s Democratic presidential debate confirmed that media are stuck in a fairly rigid debate script that elevates questions about healthcare and the economy above all else, and leaves many pressing topics deeply underexplored.
Major Media Bury Groundbreaking Studies of Pentagon’s Massive Carbon Bootprint
Groundbreaking studies of the US military’s outsized contribution to the climate crisis received no coverage in virtually all the US’s biggest newspapers and TV news channels.
Russia Has ‘Oligarchs,’ the US Has ‘Businessmen’
Our elites are engaged in normal economic activity or else looking out for the betterment of humanity, while theirs are nefariously dominating politics.
