Activists Await NYT Podcast on Trans Care With Justifiable Dread
As Pride month kicks off, the New York Times is releasing a podcast about medical care for trans youth—a subject on which Times coverage has been shameful.
NYT Assumed Antisemitism in DC Embassy Attack
The New York Times asserted definitively that Rodriguez’ violent action was antisemitic and must be understood in the context of global anti-Jewish hate.
An ‘Objective’ Press Won’t Alert You to Threats to Democracy
If you follow the New York Times’ approach to journalism, your audience won’t know when their government is acting illegally, or denying truth and reality.
NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism’s Worst Enemy
Downplaying Israel’s often lethal repression of journalism has been a pattern for the New York Times generally, not just for its publisher.
How NYT Reports on Weaponized Famine So You Don’t Have to Give a Damn
It’s a perverse way to describe a situation where widespread starvation is not looming or imminent, but well underway.
With Friends in Media, Brazil’s Coffee Workers Don’t Need Enemies
The arguments advanced to justify banning coffee imports from Brazil to the US rely on outliers representing a tiny portion of the workforce, not the norm.
Covering for Predatory Politicians Is Also Corruption
The New York Times’ Eric Lipton defended his reference to lobbyists buying access to the president for millions of dollars as “potentially corrupt.”
One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That’s Usually Blamed
Corporate media often treat Hamas use of human shields as an established fact, while pretending that Israel doesn’t do exactly that.
Jumping to Blame Renewables for Iberian Outage
Numerous media outlets rushed to blame the Iberian blackout on Spain’s push for more renewable energy sources.
Taibbi Cites Government Attacks on Media to Defend Government Attacks on Media
Taibbi’s invocation of “Putin” and “Russia” as a reason why we should not be concerned about Trump’s attacks on public broadcasting is such an illogical non sequitur
Hey NPR, Free Speech Isn’t Just a Vibe
NPR offers only two possibilities: Trump is increasing free speech, or censorship is just a swinging pendulum whose victims change as administrations change.
Do Mob Wars Help Crime Victims?:
Understanding media coverage of healthcare price battles
Performative patient hostage-taking has become standard practice in hospital rate negotiations across the US.
Feds Threaten Wikipedia After Right-Wing Media Uproar
Wikipedia has been attacked before by countries with censorious reputations. The Trump administration is inclined to join the club.
Politico Plays With Polling to Manufacture ‘Trump-Resistance Fatigue’
A recent Politico article gave readers an excellent lesson in how not to report on a poll—unless the goal is to push politicians to the right.
Pope Francis Obits Omit Focus on Palestine
The obituaries for Pope Francis in the leading US newspapers ignored the late pontiff’s commitment to the Palestinian people.
Lab Leak: The Official Conspiracy Theory That Still Gets You Credit as a Free Thinker
The US government and the media are breathing new life into this zombie idea that the Covid virus was released from a Chinese lab.
Fox News Can’t Admit Jewish Identity of Anti-Israel Protesters
In its coverage of Jewish Voice for Peace’s Trump Tower protest, Fox News obscured the Jewish identity of protesters—while echoing antisemitic conspiracy theories and racist tropes.
Media Find Ways to Minimize Israel’s Murder of Paramedics
In the case of Israel, corporate media have institutionalized the practice of dancing around the straightforward statement of fact.
The Resistance Will Not Be Televised
If you relied on articles and broadcasts from the legacy national news media during early 2025, you wouldn’t know the extent of grassroots action.
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.
