Paramount Sells Out Journalism to Secure Purchase by Skydance
The latest moves from CBS’s owners mark the latest seismic shift to the right in the US media landscape.
Ari Paul
Media Did Their Best to Scare Voters Away From Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani’s victory exposes the out-of-touchness of establishment media outlets that twisted like pretzels to scare voters away.
Murdoch Cheers on Candidate’s Arrest—and Authoritarianism
The Murdoch news empire expresses its devotion to a Mafia-like government that is using an unaccountable police force to arrest politicians of a rival political party.
NYT Undermines Fight Against Antisemitism by Using It as Shield for Zionism
The New York Times invokes the canard that pro-Palestine leftists hold Israel to a different standard by ignoring human rights concerns in other countries.
NYT Goes Silent on Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Voyage
How could Greta Thunberg have gone from a star in the New York Times’ pages to such a nonentity?
NYT Assumed Antisemitism in DC Embassy Attack
The New York Times asserted definitively that Rodriguez’ violent action was antisemitic and must be understood in the context of global anti-Jewish hate.
NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism’s Worst Enemy
Downplaying Israel’s often lethal repression of journalism has been a pattern for the New York Times generally, not just for its publisher.
Jumping to Blame Renewables for Iberian Outage
Numerous media outlets rushed to blame the Iberian blackout on Spain’s push for more renewable energy sources.
Taibbi Cites Government Attacks on Media to Defend Government Attacks on Media
Taibbi’s invocation of “Putin” and “Russia” as a reason why we should not be concerned about Trump’s attacks on public broadcasting is such an illogical non sequitur
Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar
Wikipedia has been attacked before by countries with censorious reputations. The Trump administration is inclined to join the club.
Cuts to PBS, NPR Part of Authoritarian Playbook
Going after public broadcasters is also a part of the neo-fascist playbook authoritarian leaders around the world are using to clamp down on dissent.
Pope Francis Obits Omit Focus on Palestine
The obituaries for Pope Francis in the leading US newspapers ignored the late pontiff’s commitment to the Palestinian people.
Lab Leak: The Official Conspiracy Theory That Still Gets You Credit as a Free Thinker
The US government and the media are breathing new life into this zombie idea that the Covid virus was released from a Chinese lab.
Failing to Rise to the Constitutional Crisis
Trump’s defiance of the courts is a declaration that the United States will no longer operate as a constitutional republic.
Tufts Grad Student Targeted by DHS Wrote Suspiciously Pro-Humanity Op-Ed
Ozturk might be the first student to be targeted specifically for engaging in journalism deemed offensive by the state.
Elite Media Paved Way for Trump’s Targeting of Columbia
The response to Columbia’s protests from establishment media laid the groundwork for this fascistic nightmare.
In Return to ‘War on Terror’ Propaganda, Murdoch Cheers Suppression of Protest
The Murdoch press’s celebration of the misery visited upon Mahmoud Khalil hearkens back to the “War on Terror.”
Did Left Journalists Buy Into Right-Wing Ideology—or Were They Bought?
The lesson we should draw from Eoin Higgins’ book, Owned, is that unless we build up an alternative, democratic media to fill the current void, an ideologically driven cohort of rich industrialists will monopolize the communication space, manufacturing consent for an economic order that, surprise, puts them at the top.
FCC’s Knives Are Out for First Amendment
FCC chair Brendan Carr’s is waging war on news media as part of the Trump administration’s quest to destroy freedom of the press.
What’s in a Gulf’s Name? A Test for Democracy
The Trump administration has created a fake controversy to bully the media, and the public, to go along with what it says, no matter how strange.
