What’s in a Gulf’s Name? A Test for Democracy
The Trump administration has created a fake controversy to bully the media, and the public, to go along with what it says, no matter how strange.
Counting the Victims of Israel’s War on Gaza Is Low on Media’s Priority List
Over the course of Israel’s genocide, Western media have actively avoided investigating the true human costs of the war.
As Constitutional Crises Mount, US Press Sleepwalks Into Autocracy
The New York Times and Washington Post largely downplayed the Trump administration’s earth-shattering break from democratic norms.
Media Hype Set Up Tren de Aragua to Serve as Trump’s New Bogeyman
Tren de Aragua hype fuels a general persecution of migrants by implying that migrant shelters are gang hotbeds.
For Elite Media, ‘Oligarch’ Is Just a Partisan Claim
We would have work enough without news media dedicating themselves to putting up a rhetorical scrim between us and the things we need to understand and resist.
Remember When Howard Dean Yelling Made Him Unfit to Be President?
The journalistic response to “Why Would Trump Want Greenland?” is: It’s simple, and not at all weird.
20 Years After His Death, Gary Webb’s Truth Is Still Dangerous
Twenty years ago this month, former San Jose Mercury News investigative reporter Gary Webb died by apparent suicide after his career was systematically destroyed.
NYT Panics Over Outrage at Insurance Companies
The New York Times is in full-scale panic mode over the widespread boiling anger against the health insurance industry the killing of Brian Thompson has laid bare.
ABC Settles With Trump in a Case It Could Have Won
ABC’s $16 million settlement is a dangerous omen for press freedom, given Trump’s threats to use his power to go after his media critics.
Corporate Fearmongering Over Fast Food Wage Hike Aged Like Cold French Fries
The narrow focus on whether a Big Mac costs 15 cents more, and if it does, shouldn’t you yell at the people behind the counter, is a distortion, and a tired one,
Appeals Court Upholding TikTok Ban Is a Grim Sign for Press Freedom
A US District Court of Appeals, with two Republican-appointed judges and one picked by a Democrat, has upheld a law forcing the sale of TikTok.
With Bolsonaro Facing Prosecution, NYT Renews Attacks on Brazil’s Courts
The New York Times has embraced a toxic narrative pushed by former President Jair Bolsonaro and allies like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson to discredit Brazil’s court system.
WaPo: When Israeli Leaders Commit War Crimes, They Can Prosecute Themselves
The Washington Post argued that rules needn’t apply to the West and its allies, since they have the “means [and] mechanisms to investigate themselves.”
Media Coverage of Amsterdam Soccer Riot Erases Zionist Hatred and Violence
Rather than acknowledging that there was ethnic animosity on both sides, some articles about the melee elevated the violence to the level of a “pogrom.”
WaPo Says Not to Worry About Climate Disruption’s Disastrous Costs:
Reassuring report based on long-debunked climate contrarian
The Washington Post’s “Climate Lab” seems to be working hard to cast doubt on whether climate change is really causing weather disasters to be more expensive.
Bezos’ Declaration of Neutrality Confirms: Billionaires Aren’t on Your Side
While media are focused on how Bezos bent the knee for Trump, it may be President Harris whom Jeff Bezos fears most.
White Men Get Short End of Stick—in NYT Chart, if Not in Reality
Not only are white men without college degrees not uniquely disadvantaged, they’re actually better paid than any other demographic without a college degree.
CPB Funds Ideological Overseers at NPR in Response to Right-Wing Criticism
CPB declared it was giving NPR $1.9 million in “editorial enhancement” funding–using language that reads as a direct response to the recent right-wing criticism.
60 Minutes Pushed Harris Right on Econ, Border, While Ignoring Other Vital Issues
Bill Whitaker’s questions frequently started from right-wing talking points and assumptions, particularly over immigration and economic policy.
Double Standards and Distortion: How the NYT Misreports Sexual Violence in Israel/Palestine
From the beginning, there were serious problems with the claims of mass rape by Hamas. Yet the New York Times devoted significant coverage to promoting that narrative.
