A Coup Against Candor
The media failure to call a coup a coup, following the Obama administration’s realpolitik decision to not label it as such, robbed the public of crucial analysis and let the administration slide.
Emily Masters
Not Enough Debate in Morning Joe’s Walmart Wage Debate
An MSNBC debate on Walmart and the minimum wage need at least one thing: More debate.
The Snowden Psychiatric Smear
Attacking Edward Snowden’s character with an amateur understanding of mental health medicine not only distracts from the the secret mass surveillance of U.S. citizens, it also further marginalizes an already highly stigmatized portion of our society.
The Rolling Stone Cover and the ‘New Ideological Threat’
The cover of Rolling Stone (8/13), featuring a self-portrait of Dzhokhar Tsaernav taken weeks before the Boston bombing, has fueled a strong backlash. Discussing the cover, Fox News‘ Lisa Daftari (7/18/13) said: In the aftermath of 9/11, if you look back over a decade ago, this country had an awakening, an understanding, that we have […]
Advice on Balancing Work and Life Could Use More Balance
One of the most important facts left out while discussing breadwinners? Of female breadwinners in America, 63 percent are single moms with a median family income of just $23,000.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of a White Male ‘Mainstream’
With the tagline “The Magazine for Men,” it is almost unsurprising that Port magazine, a British quarterly, celebrated “A New Golden Age: The Increasing Importance of Print Media” by putting six white men on its cover. Not surprising, but also not excusable.
Press Latched On to Snowden’s ‘Dropout’ Status
Edward Snowden has been characterized as many things in recent weeks, but journalists’ discounting him as a “high-school dropout” speaks volumes about media portrayals of education.
Public Radio’s Pro-Fracking Spin
The April edition of Public Radio International’s monthly program America Abroad Media, “Global Energy and Innovations,” was essentially an infomercial for the natural gas industry and fracking, under the guise of news.
NYT Public Editor Joins Critics of Hastings Obit
In her take on Michael Hastings’ obit, New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan said that while “the obituary…is not factually inaccurate, as far as I can tell,” she said it “seems to diminish his work’s legitimacy.”
