Press Amplifies GOP Attack Line: Walz Too Slow to Use Force Against BLM
Corporate media are allowing the debate to revolve around the question of whether Tim Walz was quick enough to use force against Black Lives Matter protests.
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NYT Cynically Suggests Antisemitism Cost Shapiro the VP Slot
The New York Times has stood by the fiction that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who made the short list of vice presidential hopefuls, didn’t get the nod because of left-wing antisemitism.
Italy’s Antisemitism Scandal Should Have Raised Alarms in US
Lackluster coverage at best focused on Giorgia Meloni’s self-interested damage control rather than the dark ideology at the center of her movement.
Establishment Press Hails Big Money Crushing a Black Progressive
The Wall Street Journal presented Jamaal Bowman’s loss as “voters reject[ing] his antagonistic progressive politics,” and the rest of the establishment press took the same line.
Assange Is Free, But US Spite Will Chill Reporting for Years
The deal shows how eager the US government is to both save face and remain a threatening force against investigative reporters.
Censorship at a Jewish School Part of a Crisis for Free Expression
The Boiling Point affair is indicative of a larger problem with a censorship that exploits the term “antisemitism” to silence anything remotely critical of Israel’s far-right government.
Kristof’s Burden: Global Journalist Supports Closed Borders
“It’s better that the ladder be raised in an orderly way by reasonable people.”
Why Is Mexico’s Sheinbaum Framed as an AMLO Clone?
“Pragmatic” means doing what’s best for the US, “ideological” means doing what’s best for the Mexican people Claudia Sheinbaum represents.
New York Man Goes Down the New York Way
For journalists who looked at the Manhattan courtroom, Trump sat there like many other New York politicians and political influencers whose criminality brought them down.
Attacks on ICC Show ‘Condemning Hamas’ Is Really About Absolving Israel
By condemning both Hamas and Israel leaders for illegal acts of violence, the ICC is delegitimizing Israel, editorialists say.
Reporting on Influence of Pro-Israel Funders Is Not Antisemitic
Establishment attacks on outlets that expose corruption are evidence of good journalism. In this case, they are meant to shut down dissent against the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
Media Scorn Gaza Protesters for Recognizing Corporate Reporters Aren’t Their Friends
An emerging complaint corporate media have against the nationwide peace encampments is that many student protesters won’t speak to them.
The McCarthyist Attack on Gaza Protests Threatens Free Thought for All
With the encouragement of the state, universities are taking draconian steps to silence debate about US-backed violence in the Middle East.
Musk Is Consistent in His Opposition to Internet Democracy
Elon Musk’s defiance of a Brazilian judge is a political campaign to use social media to reshape global politics in favor of the right.
‘Free Speech’ Fan Elon Musk Enlists State Allies to Silence Critics
Elon Musk has tried to use his wealth to crush free speech. Now his friends in government are joining his efforts to silence critics.
What the Chuck? Murdoch Defends Bibi From Senate Leader
The Murdoch empire professed outrage at the idea of an American official intervening in the politics of another country.
House Votes Against TikTok—and for More Cold War
The US government campaign against TikTok has very little to do with privacy, and everything to do with McCarthyism and neo-Cold War fervor.
WSJ Speaks Out Against Threat of Politicians Responding to Voters
An ethnic voting bloc in Dearborn might “claim” not to be a Fifth Column—but for the Wall Street Journal, they are at best unwitting stooges.
Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison
The fact of the matter is that investigative journalism can only happen because of leakers who take great risks.
The Real Border Crisis: Texas vs. the Constitution
A Southern state invoking its “sovereignty” in defense of violent and inhumane policing of non-white people sounds eerily familiar.
