Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback
Pretending protest isn’t happening is aiding and abetting the work of the silencers; it’s telling lies about who we are and what we can do.
Publisher’s Firing Shows Double Standard in Israel/Palestine Cartooning
Political cartoonists routinely compare Palestinians and the Palestinian cause to Nazis and Nazism.
Robert W. McChesney, a Scholar/Activist Who Fought for Media Democracy
No one did more to analyze the negative impacts of our media systems being controlled by giant, amoral corporations.
Israel Kills Palestinian Journalist Hossam Shabat as US Media Look Away
Targeting journalists appears to be part of Israel’s efforts to prevent documentation of its atrocities.
‘A Small Group of People Wanted to Do Away With Social Security From the Beginning’:
CounterSpin interview with Nancy Altman on Social Security attacks
“Social Security, and Medicare and Medicaid. In my 50 years working on the programs, this is the most severe threat I’ve ever seen to them.”
Sanitizing Resumption of Genocide as ‘Pressure on Hamas’
The function of the corporate media is to endow demonstrably false US/Israeli accusations with a veneer of solid credibility.
Elite Media Paved Way for Trump’s Targeting of Columbia
The response to Columbia’s protests from establishment media laid the groundwork for this fascistic nightmare.
‘Anti-Disability Rhetoric and Policy Lies at the Heart of the Second Trump Administration’:
CounterSpin interview with David Perry on MAGA and disability
“When you start to dig into the most harmful things the Trump administration is doing, I find disability there, again and again and again.”
Decades of Media Myths Made Social Security Vulnerable to Political Attack
Leading newspapers still push the pernicious myth that Social Security is struggling and nearing insolvency, with few viable options for its rescue.
Nancy Altman on Social Security Attacks
All that’s in the balance are human lives and health, and the ability of working people to plan for our futures.
Leading Papers Give Two Cheers for DOGE
Criticism of DOGE by major editorial boards has been weak, and often overshadowed by the boards’ support for the ideas behind DOGE or DOGE itself.
In Return to ‘War on Terror’ Propaganda, Murdoch Cheers Suppression of Protest
The Murdoch press’s celebration of the misery visited upon Mahmoud Khalil hearkens back to the “War on Terror.”
David Perry on MAGA & Disability, Kehsi Iman Wilson (2023) on ADA
Policy impacts on people with disabilities are overwhelmingly an afterthought for corporate media, though it’s a community anyone can join at any moment.
Did Left Journalists Buy Into Right-Wing Ideology—or Were They Bought?
The lesson we should draw from Eoin Higgins’ book, Owned, is that unless we build up an alternative, democratic media to fill the current void, an ideologically driven cohort of rich industrialists will monopolize the communication space, manufacturing consent for an economic order that, surprise, puts them at the top.
‘These Strikes Are a Good Example of Why We Shouldn’t Just Succumb to Despair’:
CounterSpin interview with Eric Blanc on worker-to-worker organizing
“The example of the red state strikes are a prime indicator that even when you have very conservative people in power…workers have an ability to use their workplace leverage and their community leverage to win.”
US Media’s Sorry History of Abetting Immigration Panics
From Chinese exclusion to Japanese internment to Operation Wetback, media of all kinds have repeatedly sensationalized the immigrant “other,” constructing an all-encompassing threat to native-born US labor and culture that can always be neutralized through a targeted act of mass displacement or incarceration–with catastrophic consequences for millions of human lives.
Media Obscure Message of Oscar-Winning Documentary No Other Land
In reporting on its historic Oscar win, many publications avoided describing No Other Land in detail, or relied on the passive voice to obscure its specifics.
Eric Blanc on Worker-to-Worker Organizing
Federal workers, presumed to be easy targets, are also on the front lines of the fightback against the Trump/Musk federal smash and grab.
MSNBC Sidelines Its Most Progressive Anchors
MSNBC’s recent purge makes it more unlikely that the cable news network will have any role in holding Democrats’ feet to the fire.
‘If Energy Transfer Prevails, This Could Really Embolden Other Corporations’:
CounterSpin interview with Kirk Herbertson on anti-environmental lawsuit
“This is a free speech issue that in normal times would be a no-brainer.”
