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‘The FCC Is Trying to Roll Back Protections Won Over the Past 60 Years’: CounterSpin interview with Joseph Torres on FCC and structural racism

“We have not reconciled the history of… how government regulation was just reinforcing the racial apartheid that exists in our country.”

Graphic detailing what was and wasn't included in news reports on Israel's killing of Al Jazeera journalists.

Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel’s Murder of Palestinian Journalists

Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.

From left to right: An early Federal Communications Commission licensing card given to KDKA; early Radio Corporation of America speaker; Rufus P. Turner at his radio; excerpt of Kerner Commission’s “Race and Violence in Washington State”; Eugene Sykes. Collage by James Salanga. Photos via Wikimedia Commons.

Joseph Torres on the FCC and Structural Racism

The White House’s assaults on the press corps are part of, and not ancillary to, their direct assaults on Black and brown people.

New York Times photo of Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro next to a painting of Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro.

How NYT’s Bad Reporting Helped Justify Trump’s Tariffs on Brazil

The arguments presented in the New York Times have bolstered Trump’s justification for imposing tariffs on Brazilian goods.

New York Times photo illustration of Trump as TikTok star

NYT Complains Trump Isn’t Anti-Media Enough

The New York Times is angry because it supports the muzzling of TikTok for Cold War–inspired reasons.

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Graphic detailing what was and wasn't included in news reports on Israel's killing of Al Jazeera journalists.

Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel’s Murder of Palestinian Journalists

Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.

Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation

Gaza’s conditions of famine have been out in the open for well over a year, and yet it was considered barely newsworthy in US news media.

The Wall Street Journal depicts the bombing of Iran as an act of peace.

America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran

56% of Americans opposed Trump’s bombing. Why wasn’t this reflected in the range of opinions presented by America’s top press outlets?

Trans sources in front-page New York Times stories on trans-related issues

NYT Less Interested Than Ever in Trans Perspectives on Trans Issues

Even while feigning concern, the paper of record remains largely uninterested in centering trans people and perspectives in coverage of trans issues.

CNN Erin Burnett interviewing LA County Sheriff Robert Luna with a split screen of LAPD riot police.

On CNN, LA’s ICE Protesters Were Seen and Not Heard

A FAIR study found that CNN’s primetime coverage of the Los Angeles anti-ICE protests in early June rarely included the voices of the protesters themselves.