Voters Won’t Miss Sinema—but Corporate Media Already Do
Corporate media, whose commitment to centrism over the public interest mirrors Sinema’s own, blamed the “partisanship” for bringing her down.
Julie Hollar
Leading Papers Skewed Gaza Debate Toward Israeli and Government Perspectives
Despite efforts to include Palestinian voices, editors at two leading papers skewed the Gaza debate toward an Israel-centered perspective.
For NYT’s Baker, 2024 Is About ‘Disparate Visions’—Not Threat to Democracy
The New York Times’ post–New Hampshire analysis bodes very poorly for how coverage of the 2024 election will proceed.
Debate Questions Posed to GOP Hopefuls Rarely Questioned Right-Wing Orthodoxy
The questions asked in the RNC primary debates revealed journalists had little appetite for challenging the GOP’s democracy-threatening turn.
WaPo Tells Women: If You Want Marriage, Compromise With Misogyny
Since it’s Democrats who say they won’t date Republicans, the Washington Post suggests it’s young liberal women who need to “compromise.”
Sunday’s Gaza Guests Linked to Military Industry, Pro-Israel Funding
Sunday show guests skewed strongly toward US politicians with strong financial influence from the military industry and pro-Israel advocates.
In Hours of Israel/Gaza Crisis Coverage, a Word You’ll Seldom Hear: ‘Ceasefire’
As casualties in Gaza mount, most TV news outlets have paid scant attention to the growing calls for a ceasefire.
US Sanctions Missing From Coverage of Russia’s Cuban Soldiers
US corporate media were almost entirely silent on the US embargo on Cuba, ongoing now for more than 60 years and ramped up under Trump.
NYT Reveals That a Tech Mogul Likes China—and That McCarthyism Is Alive and Well
“A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a US Tech Mogul,” the New York Times (8/5/23) announced on its front page. “The Times unraveled a financial network that stretches from Chicago to Shanghai and uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide,” read the subhead. This ostensibly major scoop ran more than 3,000 […]
Humans Might Be About to Break the Ocean? Don’t Stop the Presses
When a cornerstone of the global climate may soon collapse, you’d think news outlets might want to put that on the front page.
Covering ‘Racist State’ Backlash—but Not the Reality That Israel Is a Racist State
Major US news outlets covered the blowup over Jayapal’s statement. But few took the obvious journalistic step of factchecking it.
CNN Town Halls Do Democracy No Favors
Live, single-candidate town halls with strictly friendly audiences are one of the worst ways to help the public make an informed choice.
CNN Needs More Than a New CEO—It Needs a New Model of Journalism
News execs see themselves as non-ideological truth-tellers, yet bend over backwards to both-sides every issue.
For Media, Giving in to Debt Limit Blackmail Was a Triumph of Bipartisanship
Media legitimizing the GOP’s economic hostage-taking allowed the party to stick with it without fear of massive political blowback.
‘Border Crisis’ Means Migrants Coming—Not Migrants Dying
Centrist media’s definition of a “border crisis” has less to do with human lives and more to do with partisan politics.
Sorry, Sulzberger—NYT’s Anti-Trans ‘News’ Is Neither True Nor Important
Critics aren’t asking the New York Times to “skew” or “censor” its trans-related coverage. We’re asking the Times to stop skewing it.
NYT’s Anti-Trans Bias—by the Numbers
The New York Times used its front-page coverage primarily to wonder whether trans people’s rights and access to healthcare have gone too far.
Who Gets to Talk About How Police Need to Change?
The New York Times leaned heavily on official sources when reporting on policing policy—giving the biggest platform to the targets of reform.
Projected Collapse of Crucial Antarctic Current Met With Media Silence
US corporate media were virtually silent on a landmark study projecting the collapse of a crucial Antarctic ocean current.
20 Years Later, NYT Still Can’t Face Its Iraq War Shame
On the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the New York Times says “it’s complicated” to a disaster it can’t admit it helped create.
