‘Chilling the Press Has Consistently Outraged Me’
The last photographs Linda Tirado took before she was shot in the face with a rubber-jacketed bullet show Minneapolis police aiming at her.
Ari Paul
Right-Wing Cop-Bashing Didn’t Start With Trump
The right and the Republican Party have shown hostility toward federal law enforcement agencies for decades.
Jailing of a British Blogger Should Worry Journalists on Both Sides of the Atlantic
As a British blogger, Murray is simply not protected by the First Amendment… US media should pay more attention.
Why Carlson’s Alliance With Hungarian Fascism Matters
Tucker Carlson’s endorsement of Viktor Orbán is a signal of what kind of society Carlson would like to see in the United States.
They All Scream Over Ben & Jerry’s Not Selling Ice Cream on the West Bank
What’s striking about the editorial reaction to the Ben & Jerry’s news is it insinuates that boycotting Israel is extreme and illegitimate.
Press Sees NYC Primary Win as Yet Another Reason for Dems to Move Right
The press sees Eric Adams’ primary win as yet another indication that the Democratic Party must stick to moderate ideas.
Outrage at ProPublica Tax Leaks Underscores Their Importance
The political and media class are fuming at ProPublica and whomever leaked billionaire’s tax information.
AP Firing Shows Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Illusion of ‘Objectivity’
Wilder told FAIR that the vagueness of when such standards of objectivity apply meant these standards could be “asymmetrically imposed on certain journalists in a way that has censored and policed journalists before me.”
Conservative Jewish Journalists Use False Claims of Censorship to Try to Silence Critics
The signers hold up robust Jewish debate as their guiding tradition, when what they really want is for their ideas to go unchallenged in the marketplace of ideas.
Israel’s War Against Press Turns More Literal
Israel’s attack on two prominent news agencies is a sign that it seeks to stifle information coming out of Gaza, but also, as its political center of gravity moves sharply to the right, a sign that the nation is at war not just with its occupied population, but with the notion of a free society itself.
Jobs Report Coverage Lacked Context, Worker Perspective
The perspective of workers and unemployed people were often left out of stories, or their quotes were buried beneath the partisan bickering over the jobs numbers and the complaints from businesses.
New York State Hands Billions Back to Wealthy Investors—and NYT Doesn’t See a Story
The New York Times has failed to write about the fact that New York state has billions of dollars that could pay for roads, schools and services, but instead is handed back to wealthy financiers.
The Judicial Right Is Coming After Freedom of the Press
A dissenting opinion from the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has breathed new legal life into the prospect of making it easier for political and corporate leaders to use defamation suits to stifle the press.
WSJ Rage at ‘Woke’ China Foreshadows New Redbaiting of Social Justice Activists
The Wall Street Journal editorial board (3/7/21) has accused a major Chinese newspaper, and by extension the People’s Republic of China, of exploiting progressive rhetoric around racial justice to create division in the United States. The Journal‘s target was an editorial in the Communist Party–owned newspaper Global Times (2/23/21), which complained that the US, […]
Sahouri Acquitted, But US Press Freedom Still Under Attack
Journalists don’t need to embrace the cause of a protest in order to cover it accurately and in full. But they do need to take a side in the fight over the right to protest,
Murdoch Paper Gives Away the Game: Cuomo Is on Their Side
The New York Post is letting slip that although the media tend to view the Cuomo scandals as a Democratic problem, the political and economic stakes here involve an aggressively center-right executive against a liberal legislature.
Fear and Celebration of Substack Are Both Misplaced
Today’s journalism isn’t short on hot takes; its problem is a dearth of full-time foreign correspondents and long-term investigative units.
Amid Scrutiny of Tweets, Tanden’s Role in Killing a Union Website Should Not Be Forgotten
Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP) think tank, may or may not be confirmed by the Senate as the Biden administration’s budget chief. Republicans and one conservative Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, may reject her based on her past of posting overly personal attacks against […]
Guardian Columnist’s Firing Over Israel Joke Highlights Paper’s Rightward Drift
The Guardian has fired one of its columnists for its US edition, Nathan Robinson, because Robinson jokingly tweeted about US military aid to Israel.
Cuomo’s Nursing Home Scandal Vindicates His Critics in the Press
For journalists who have covered Andrew Cuomo’s tumultuous governorship, the recent revelations are a return from the adoring media frenzy of a year ago to the Cuomo they remember: a corrupt bully who perhaps embodied the Trumpian spirit as much as anyone else in power today.
