FCC Fights First Amendment and ‘Democracy Itself’
Allowing allegedly local broadcast firms to acquire even more stations will put control over news in still fewer, more corporate hands.
Nonprofits Purge Websites of Diversity Language in Futile Attempt to Appease MAGA Inquisitors
Threats of funding cuts don’t just endanger nonprofits, they warp them—which is why putting political strings on funding violates the First Amendment.
Derek Seidman on Starbucks Strike, Mitch Jones on AI vs. Environment
Even Forbes has to acknowledge that even as the Starbucks strike “drags” into a second month, “global support grows.”
The Gaza Genocide Continues, Rebranded as a ‘Ceasefire’
Despite Trump’s pronouncement, a “peace” has not held, though the fantasy narrative has.
Pundits Blame Sydney Slaughter on Protest Slogan
The rush to blame the shooting on a pro-Palestinian slogan reflects the extent to which media serve as an echo chamber for Israeli talking points.
NYT Editors Gaslight Readers Over Paper’s Gaza Bias
Even as NYT chief Joe Kahn was clamping down on the newsroom, he offered praise to then-President Joe Biden for backing Israel’s genocide.
‘Honduras Is a Country Still Recovering From a Coup the US Helped Enable’:
CounterSpin interview with Alex Main on Honduran election
“If you are a right-wing Latin American government that’s aligned with the US, you get a free pass in the media.”
Judd Legum and Adam Johnson on Gambling on the News
We’re learning about the deal just struck by “news” outlets CNN and CNBC with the “prediction market operator” Kalshi Inc.
Media Opinion on DC Shooter Avoided Reality That Violence Abroad Can Come Home
Six of eight opinion pieces on the DC National Guard shooting ignored extensive evidence that the suspect’s US military experience impacted his mental state.
FBI Is Making an Enemies List—and Most Corporate Media Didn’t Even Check It Once
The Trump FBI’s enemies list could encompass over half the US public, and virtually no corporate media outlets covered this catastrophic decree.
With Turban or Hammer and Sickle, Cartoonists Tried to Make You Fear Mamdani
Right-wing cartoonists waged a relentless campaign to tar Mamdani as a dangerous political extremist and religious radical.
Media Reaction to a Woman Murdered at Work Is ‘Nothing to See Here’
A male coworker allegedly bludgeoning Amber Czech to death has nothing to tell us, evidently, about broader trends or influences.
NYT Covers Racism From the Point of View of the Racist
The New York Times’ problem isn’t that it hasn’t probed deeply enough into the far-right psyche; it’s that it refuses to stop normalizing it.
Alex Main on Honduran Election
As we record on December 4, the Honduran election is still in question. Not in question: the US’s long history of violently intervening in Honduras.
‘COPs Are About the Public vs. Politicians and Their Corporate Interests’:
CounterSpin interview with Jean Su on COP30 narratives
“It’s the people, it’s the citizenry of the world who are going toe to toe with the handful of politicians who are driving disastrous decisions for us.”
On Trans Care, WaPo Rejects Experts and Invents ‘More Neutral’ Center
The HHS report on transgender care is a sham–yet at the Washington Post, it’s a “dispute” among people with “strong opinions.”
Sports Press Covers WNBA Negotiations From Owners’ Point of View
Too many news reports have catered to owners’ interests when reporting on the negotiations between the players’ union and the league.
Jean Su on Challenging COP30 Narratives
Focusing on what people, including those most harmed, are doing, along with what’s being done to them, could help move debate off an outdated dime.
Press Remembers Oldest Survivor of Tulsa Massacre—But Not Press’s Role in Massacre
The white-owned press didn’t just fuel the Tulsa Race Massacre, which killed 300 overwhelmingly Black people and destroyed a thriving community; it also helped cover it up.
NYT Mourns Lost Glamour of Jeffrey Epstein’s New York
In reporting on Epstein and his orbit, the New York Times seems more concerned with the problems of the powerful than the circumstances of their victims.
