Saudi PR Pays Off at the Atlantic
The piece went to great lengths to make the royal ruler relatable to the common American, pointing out that he eats breakfast with his kids.
Ari Paul
Foreign Agents Designation Causes Media Cold War
Some state-backed journalists must register as “foreign agents” with the US government. But others don’t have to.
Palin v. NYT Is Latest Salvo Against Free Press Protection
Sullivan, once seen as a necessary shield to protect independent speech from powerful figures, is being painted as a bad guy.
Defenses of Rogan Aren’t About Free Speech; They’re Right-Wing Solidarity
The real predations on free speech in this country don’t seem to elicit the same hand-wringing about censorship from right-wing media.
The News Is Not That Israel Has Apartheid, but That Amnesty Dares Say So
Criticism of Israel’s denial of Palestinians’ rights is deemed a threat to the country’s ability to be an explicitly Jewish state.
ACTION ALERT: NYT’s China Covid Coverage Needs to Acknowledge Reality
New York Times coverage of Covid in China, with its casual Nazi analogies, reaches a level of partisan hyperbole on a par with Fox News.
Reformist DAs Spark Murdoch Empire Freakout
Rupert Murdoch’s biggest outlets have spent the beginning of 2022 on a full-scale attack against progressive criminal justice reform.
Tutu Obits Underplay His Advocacy for Palestine
Obituaries often underplayed how Desmond Tutu normalized the idea that Palestinians also suffered under an apartheid system.
Chilean Election Is a Feast of False Equivalency
For a lot of the Western corporate press, the Chilean candidates are equally bad for a country lauded for its moderation.
Legal Wrangle Between NYT and O’Keefe Puts Press Freedom at Risk
That the Times has been prohibited at least for a time from publishing journalism about Project Veritas, and must fight off the possibility that the right-wing activist group may be able to essentially edit and censor a story after it is published, has press freedom advocates worried.
Breaking News: AOC’s District Has Opinions
Ocasio-Cortez is an obvious target for both establishment papers like the New York Times and conservative outlets like the New York Post.
Media’s Anti-‘Woke’ Mania Moves Social Justice to the Fringe
As the Democrats prepare for the midterm election cycle, anti-wokeness has become a key theme about the party’s future.
How Buffalo News Helped Keep a Socialist out of City Hall
Many actors in the political establishment worked hard to keep Byron Brown in office, and the Buffalo News was definitely one of them.
Politico’s Staff Must Toe New Owner’s Line—Including Endorsing Israel
The fear is that Axel Springer will weaponize its US presence against criticism of Israel and pro-Palestine perspectives as it has in Germany.
Kristof’s Moralistic Journalism Was Often Full of Holes
The Kristofs of the world are helping to create the right-wing populism they say they want to fight against.
Cable News’ No. 1 Host Flirts With Fascism
Tucker Carlson, as a top media personality, is steering the right into a loose global confederation of illiberal political movements.
AT&T and OAN: Not-So-Strange Bedfellows
The revelations about AT&T and OAN puncture the myth that Trumpian populism is isolated on the fringes of Red State America.
Censorship Is OK When Transphobes Do It
The Guardian redaction has some trans activists wondering if the rhetoric of the far-right media is bleeding into the mainstream.
Press Response to ‘Tax the Rich’ Dress Proves AOC’s Point
Corporate media’s response indicates that they are worried that history might be on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her dress’s side.
WGAE Tensions Reflect an Age-Old Clash of Labor Visions
What’s actually happening at the WGAE is an all-too-common struggle between industrial unionists and craft unionists.
