Why Is Mexico’s Sheinbaum Framed as an AMLO Clone?
“Pragmatic” means doing what’s best for the US, “ideological” means doing what’s best for the Mexican people Claudia Sheinbaum represents.
New York Man Goes Down the New York Way
For journalists who looked at the Manhattan courtroom, Trump sat there like many other New York politicians and political influencers whose criminality brought them down.
When Nicaragua Took Germany to Court, Media Put Nicaragua in the Dock
Establishment media seemed distracted by the “hypocrisy” of Nicaragua challenging a country whose “legitimacy as a democratic state is unassailable.”
NYT Misses What’s True and Important About an Anti-Trans School Resolution
Like most New York Times articles about trans politics that FAIR has analyzed, the piece marginalized the voices of those most impacted.
Are Impoverished Amazon Workers News to Bezos’ Newspaper?
We’ll wait and see if the Washington Post gives proper news coverage to what is incontrovertibly a news story: the clear association between Amazon’s “health and safety issues, and experiences of economic insecurity among its workforce.”
Reporting on Influence of Pro-Israel Funders Is Not Antisemitic
Establishment attacks on outlets that expose corruption are evidence of good journalism. In this case, they are meant to shut down dissent against the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
As Corals Bleach Worldwide, Some Outlets Are Willing to Name the Cause: Fossil Fuels
Reporting on coral bleaching should not only link it to climate change, but to climate change’s main culprit: the fossil fuel industry.
The Media Mogul Trying to Buy Baltimore’s Mayoral Race
In his capacity as Baltimore’s self-appointed overlord, Sinclair David Smith has determined the city needs a new mayor.
GOP Grilling NPR Is a Tired Ritual That Needs to Be Rejected
The primary “intractable bias” public broadcasting suffers from is toward the same elites that dominate the rest of establishment media.
On Campus Gaza Protests, Media Let Police Tell the Story—Even When They’re Wrong
There are plenty of ways to report on the arrests of protestors without relying on the word of police officials.
As Peace Protests Are Violently Suppressed, CNN Paints Them as Hate Rallies
CNN offered some of the most striking characterizations of student protesters as violent, hateful and/or stupid.
Divestment Can’t Work, Media Tell Protesters—Even Though It Has
Divestment would be dangerous, self-defeating and impossible, is what we’re hearing from corporate media. Why are students even bothering?
NYT Not Much Concerned About Israel’s Mass Murder of Journalists
A review of six months of New York Times coverage exposes a remarkable selective interest in threats to journalism.
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.
The McCarthyist Attack on Gaza Protests Threatens Free Thought for All
With the encouragement of the state, universities are taking draconian steps to silence debate about US-backed violence in the Middle East.
ACTION ALERT: NYT’s War on Words: Avoid ‘Palestine,’ ‘Genocide,’ ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
A New York Times memo seemed designed to dampen criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza and to reinforce the Israeli narrative of the conflict.
‘Brutal’ Is a Word Mostly Reserved for Palestinian Violence
Since October 7, leading papers have overwhelmingly applied the term “brutal” to violence committed by Palestinians rather than by Israelis.
Musk Is Consistent in His Opposition to Internet Democracy
Elon Musk’s defiance of a Brazilian judge is a political campaign to use social media to reshape global politics in favor of the right.
UN Tells Israel: Cease Fire; NYT Says: If You Want
The New York Times offered no rebuttal from any international law scholar to the US claim that the ceasefire resolution was “nonbinding.”
New Doc Traces Alex Jones’ Footprints on Our Post-Truth Landscape
The Truth vs. Alex Jones depicts Jones’ transformation from an Austin, Texas–based public access weirdo into a powerful right-wing influencer.
