With Section 230 Repeal, Dems and Media Offer Trump New Censorship Tools
Dissolving Section 230 would empower a Trump-helmed federal government to force online platforms to stifle, or promote, certain speech.
Julianne Tveten
TikTok Law Is an Attempt to Censor, Not a Warning to Big Tech
It’s not a good-faith regulation to protect the populace, but an effort to either seize or severely weaken TikTok in the name of US interests.
Right-Wing Critiques Miscast NPR, NYT as Lefty Bastions
Readers were invited to view these critics as brave iconoclasts at odds with the radical doctrines of their former employers.
Causing Gaza Blackouts, Israel Benefits from Media Double Standards
Israel-allied media minimized Israel’s culpability for internet shutoffs, portraying the shutoffs more as an unforeseeable act of nature.
In AI Regulation Coverage, Media Let Lawmakers off the Hook
“Everyone Wants to Regulate AI. No One Can Agree How,” Wired (5/26/23) proclaimed earlier this year. The headline resembled one from the New Yorker (5/20/23) published just days prior, reading “Congress Really Wants to Regulate AI, but No One Seems to Know How.” Each reflected an increasingly common thesis within the corporate press: Policymakers […]
WaPo & Co. Scapegoat Remote Workers for Urban Real Estate Woes
Corporate media outlets suggest that wealthy office real-estate developers have become the victims of a recalcitrant remote labor force.
‘Ill-Equipped,’ ‘1950s’ Pentagon Needs an Expensive Upgrade, Media Insist
News outlets routinely caution that the Pentagon needs billions of dollars’ worth of improvements to systems, personnel and technology.
US Media Denounce Twitter’s ‘State Media’ Label—When It Affects NPR
Though it’s right to impugn the whims of Elon Musk, the outrage against Twitter’s labeling policy is highly selective.
Media ‘Spy Balloon’ Obsession a Gift to China Hawks
Despite lack of proof of either explanation, media lent far more credence to the US’s official narrative than to that of China.
Media Ignore Criticism of DHS’s New ‘Disinformation’ Board—Unless it’s from the Right
If only the right gets to weigh in on what’s “scary,” the voices of those who truly suffer will continue to go unheard.
US Media Support Tech Regulation—Unless It Comes From China
No matter how much regulatory overlap there may be, US media maintain a double standard for corporate tech law in the US and China.
For US Corporate Media, Not Intervening in Chinese Politics Is Journalistically Suspect
If it’s part of a news outlet’s job to aid dissenters, through privacy protection or other means, why aren’t NPR, CNN and the like providing cybersecurity and “rapid response funds” for antiracist protesters domestically?
Reporting Curfews Through Official Eyes
according to leading media narratives, the curfews aren’t deliberate measures of cruelty that infringe upon fundamental rights; they’re the hard but necessary choice that dedicated city officials must make in the interest of public safety.
Trump’s Pick Could Move VOA Further Right—but It’s Never Been an Independent Outlet
For media to imply that Voice of America or any other organizations under the US Agency for Global Media umbrella are virtuous and independent is categorically dishonest.
Is Kim Dead? Your Guess Is as Good as Western Media’s
The North Korea Law of Journalism is a phenomenon in which editorial standards among US corporate media “are inversely proportional to a country’s enemy status.”
US ‘Disinformation’ Claims Do Exactly What Enemies Are Accused of: Distract From Covid-19 Failures
With the official Covid-19 death toll in the United States now exceeding 14,000, the federal government has found it opportune to reignite the “Fake News” scare, censuring two familiar foes: Russia and China.
There’s No Place Like the ‘Center’ for the Holidays
As the holidays approach, corporate media issue a spirited message to readers: Pipe down about politics.
Protectors of Mauna Kea Are Fighting Colonialism, Not Science
At the heart of the Mauna Kea action is a challenge not only to a telescope, but to capital and the pursuit of unmitigated industrial growth at any cost. It’s no wonder, then, that when corporate-owned media are tasked with examining this movement, their limitations rear their heads.
Wired’s Gee-Whiz High-Tech Militarism
In Wired’s imagination, military weapons resemble otherworldly creations, high-tech spectacles, the stuff of science fiction.
WaPo Hypes ‘Space Capitalists’—One of Whom Owns the Paper
By parroting the propaganda of an emergent class of “space capitalists,” the Washington Post extols the virtues of the private sector, its repackaged press releases masquerading as inspirational musings on American scientific progress.
