WSJ Speaks Out Against Threat of Politicians Responding to Voters
An ethnic voting bloc in Dearborn might “claim” not to be a Fifth Column—but for the Wall Street Journal, they are at best unwitting stooges.
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LA Times Shortchanges Readers With Deficient Explanation for Rising Food Prices
Corporate greed is conspicuously missing from LA Times columnist Steve Lopez’s list of reasons that prices go up.
ACTION ALERT: Friedman’s Vermin Analogies Echo Ugly Pro-Genocide Propaganda
Thomas Friedman compared the targets of US bombs to vermin, the sort of metaphor historically used to justify genocide.
WaPo Owes an Apology to the DC Mayor It Drove From Office
The Washington Post sought to preempt DC voters by getting rid of Mayor Vincent Gray before he stood for reelection.
For NYT’s Baker, 2024 Is About ‘Disparate Visions’—Not Threat to Democracy
The New York Times’ post–New Hampshire analysis bodes very poorly for how coverage of the 2024 election will proceed.
NYT Engages in Front-Page IDF ‘Womenwashing’
The framing of IDF women in the New York Times bolsters suspicions that the outlet acts in accord with Israeli government propaganda.
March Against Genocide Isn’t News to New York Times
The New York Times apparently decided that the huge pro-Gaza protest on January 13 didn’t warrant a story,
NYT Invents a Bipartisan Anti-Immigrant Consensus
Contrary to the New York Times, the evidence of local Democrats morphing into Trumpists on the border is scant to nonexistent.
ACTION ALERT: NYT Misrepresents Zionism’s Opponents as Anti-Jewish Bigots
The effort to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable critics of Israel painted supporters of equal rights as antisemitic bigots.
WaPo Tells Women: If You Want Marriage, Compromise With Misogyny
Since it’s Democrats who say they won’t date Republicans, the Washington Post suggests it’s young liberal women who need to “compromise.”
The Need for a Less Hypocritical Center at the New York Times
Centrists love to decry “both sides”—yet somehow it’s almost always the left that earns the bulk of their contempt.
NYT Ignores Dissent to Convey Image of Jewish Unanimity
Readers would get the impression that a monolithic Jewish community in the US’s most Jewish city sat in self-imposed collective silence.
For NYT, Cluster Munitions Are Completely Wrong—When Russians Use Them
For the New York Times, cluster munitions fall into two categories—clearly wrong or complexly controversial—depending on who uses them.
NYT’s Incredibly Low Bar for Labeling Someone ‘Pro-Putin’
In the New Cold War, even suggesting that the official enemy is not Hitlerian or completely irrational could earn ridicule and attack.
Vox’s Student Loan ‘Expert’ Is Paid by Debt Collectors
A Vox piece insisted that “student debt forgiveness isn’t happening”–but didn’t disclose the author’s ties to the student loan industry.
NBC Cites Balloon ‘Threat’ in Fawning Coverage of NORAD
NBC’s framing is structured so that the new technology NORAD is seeking is portrayed as an important part of America’s defense.
Fans of Cluster Bombs Dominate WaPo’s Opinion Section
As the US escalates the already bloody Ukraine conflict, the Washington Post’s opinion pages cheerlead for the military/industrial complex.
CNN Town Halls Do Democracy No Favors
Live, single-candidate town halls with strictly friendly audiences are one of the worst ways to help the public make an informed choice.
NYT Worries Brazil Goes Too Far to Fight Far Right
The New York Times is traditionally soft on right-wing extremists while portraying leftist Latin American governments as authoritarian.
NYT Reluctant to Fault Israel for West Bank Aggression
The New York Times seems reluctant to hold Israel accountable for the unprecedented settler brazenness of the Netanyahu administration.
