The Digital Media Oligarchy: Who Owns Online News?
More than half of US visits to major online news sites from Dec. 2024 through Nov. 2025 went to outlets controlled by just seven families or corporate entities.
Lemon Arrest Shows Being Near Protesters Can Make You an Enemy of the State
The Lemon and Fort arrests ratchet up a trend by US officials, both local and national, to view reporters as accomplices to anti-government protesters.
‘There’s an Attack on Racial Equity Analysis Because They Feel It Changes the Conversation’:
CounterSpin interview with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on the State of the Dream
“People want to talk so much about the King holiday as a time for community service, but it’s really a time for community action.”
Beyond Corporate Media, Journalists Are Stepping Up and Speaking Up About ICE
It’s not clear whether corporate media know they’re writing themselves a resignation letter, but they are.
Social Media Working to Protect ICE Clampdown in Minneapolis
We have a social media oligarchy that is now working directly in the interests of the Trump administration’s national police state.
Jenna Ruddock on DHS Domestic Surveillance
People who never called themselves “political” are moving out of their comfort zone to register their opposition to violent, state-sanctioned power.
US Media Keen on Iranian Unrest—Less So on US and Israel’s Role in It
If US media habitually placed the news in political context, claims of US and Israeli intervention in Iran would hardly be regarded as dubious.
WaPo So Worried About Deficit It Wants to Increase Pentagon Budget by Half
Three days after its editorial fretting about the deficit, the Washington Post applauded Trump’s proposal to increase military spending by 50%.
After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest
Since Donald Trump declared that “the war in Gaza is over” on October 3, 2025, US news outlets’ interest in the occupied territory has plummeted.
With US’s Measles-Free Status in Danger, ABC Fails to Mention Trump and MAHA as Cause
When ABC reported on reluctance to vaccinate and its consequences, it failed to call out the administration sowing much of this doubt and confusion.
As Trump Uses Military to Threaten Democracy, NYT Declares Military Needs More Resources
Devoting seven editorials to boosting the US military when the country’s own democracy is under threat, the Times reaffirmed its commitment to militarism.
‘We’re Looking to Save News for the Folks in Pittsburgh’:
CounterSpin interview with Jon Schleuss on Pittsburgh paper shutdown
“If you can reduce the amount of news, and the free flow of information, you can reduce democratic rights.”
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on State of the Dream 2026
The elite press corps that now pretend they honor Martin Luther King show that they never understood him—or those who share his vision today.
‘We’re Seeing the Result of Decades of ICE Being Able to Act With Impunity’:
CounterSpin interview with Setareh Ghandehari on ICE violence
“If ICE is acting with such impunity and disregard for human life in broad daylight…what happens inside of immigration detention centers?”
An Inside View of Why NYT’s Trans Coverage Has Been So Bad
A former New York Times editor affirms that the paper’s fearmongering, pseudo-scientific, anti-trans coverage is a response to directives from the top.
Recentering the Debate Over ‘Greenland’ Begins With Calling Kalaallit Nunaat by Its Actual Name
The message reporters get when they actually talk to the nation’s citizens is that Kalaallit Nunaat is not a piece of property to be sold or swapped.
All Bezos’ Groveling Didn’t Stop Trump’s FBI From Raiding a WaPo Reporter’s Home
The Trump administration’s raid on Natanson’s home is the latest escalation in a history of government attacks on whistleblowing.
Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.
I Wish I’d Been Wrong About What ‘Control of the Border’ Would Look Like
Sixteen years later, Ross Douthat has gotten the kind of sincerity on immigration control that he wanted. How does it look?
‘People in Venezuela Can Oppose the Government But Still Reject US Intervention’:
CounterSpin interview with Michelle Ellner on Venezuela invasion
“That’s what I want people to understand, that that opposition that is asking for the US to bomb their country, they are not the majority of Venezuela.”
