Matthew Cunningham-Cook on Criminalizing Witness, Tim Karr on Media Compliance
Witness testimony is how we can resist official testimony about people “resisting arrest.” And you can tell how much it matters by the efforts to shut it down.
Barnard Prez’s NYT Op-Ed Is Height of Hypocrisy
The New York Times had Laura Rosenbury write as a free speech expert, despite her record of repressing protests, policing thought and censoring ideas.
‘Media Really Took at Face Value What Trump Said About This Boat and Its Occupants’:
CounterSpin interview with Alex Main on Venezuelan boat assault
“I would’ve hoped by now that more US journalists would report on the fact that the US is at the brink of war with Venezuela.”
Kirk Coverage Downplayed MAGA’s Culture of Violence
The right-wing movement Kirk was a crucial part of has played the leading role in dehumanizing others and normalizing violence.
When Trump Took Over DC, NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protests
Dismising the vibrant grassroots resistance to Trump’s occupation of DC as “only a few scattered protests” is a distortion.
Alex Main on Venezuelan Boat Assault
Can the Trump administration, or any administration, declare people guilty and summarily kill them based on that declaration?
‘Kennedy Is Not a Skeptic. He Is an Anti-Vaccination Enthusiast’:
CounterSpin interview with Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and public health
“It is my opinion that misinformation—not just scientific, but all kinds—is the greatest existential threat to the United States right now.”
CBS Drifts Further Toward Right-Wing State Television
Face the Nation’s renunciation of editing comes in the wake of other recent capitulations by CBS and Paramount to Trump administration demands.
‘Insurance Companies Are Moving to Protect Their Profits in a Short-Term Way’:
CounterSpin interview with Cathy Cowan Becker on insurance and climate disasters
“What they’re paying out in climate-attributable losses is almost the same as what they’re taking in from the fossil fuel companies in premiums.”
Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and Public Health
It’s only an opinion that it’s wrong that our federal health agency is led by a guy who claims he can diagnose children he walks past at the airport.
NYT Buries News That Experts on Genocide Say Israel Is Committing It
A declaration by genocide scholars that Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza was widely seen as significant news–but not by the New York Times.
Media Dance Around Illegality of Trump’s Third-Country Deportation Scheme
US corporate media have not shied away from reporting on third-country deportations, but tend to dance around the illegality of the whole matter.
More Coverage of Gaza Starvation Did Not Necessarily Mean Deeper Coverage
Even when outlets addressed the consequences of food deprivation, reporting still fell short of holding Israel responsible for deliberately inducing starvation.
The Miami Herald‘s Fuzzy Math Makes Case for Economic Warfare on Cuba
The Miami Herald’s exposé of a Cuban state enterprise appears to be based on a willful misreading of a financial document.
Cathy Cowan Becker on Insurance and Climate Disasters, Aviva Chomsky (2016) on Workers’ Voices
You buy insurance in case something bad happens—like a fire, or a flood. But if that fire or flood is driven by climate disruption? Well, wait a minute.
Media Like Newsom’s Fighting Words—But Are Words Enough to Beat Trump?
Newsom seems to think that all he needs is one splashy issue he can fight Trump on–and a little help from his corporate friends, donors and media outlets.
WaPo Editors Doing Their Best to Conceal Reporters’ Vital Work on DC Occupation
Washington Post editors have been slapping misleading headlines on Post reporters’ invaluable coverage of the military occupation of DC.
On the Ethics of Embedding With Génocidaires
Western governments have long chosen to normalize the state-sanctioned murder of journalists. But journalists don’t have to.
‘The FCC Is Trying to Roll Back Protections Won Over the Past 60 Years’:
CounterSpin interview with Joseph Torres on FCC and structural racism
“We have not reconciled the history of… how government regulation was just reinforcing the racial apartheid that exists in our country.”
Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel’s Murder of Palestinian Journalists
Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.
