ACTION ALERT: NYT’s China Covid Coverage Needs to Acknowledge Reality
New York Times coverage of Covid in China, with its casual Nazi analogies, reaches a level of partisan hyperbole on a par with Fox News.
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ACTION ALERT: As US Covid Deaths Reach 800,000, Atlantic Essay Asks: Who Cares?
Beyond the clickbait shock value is a sociopathic contempt for others’ lives, a narcissistic dismissal of neighbors devastated by Covid.
ACTION ALERT: CNN Asks Sinema No Questions About Conflicts
Please urge CNN to ask tough questions even—or especially—of officials like Kyrsten Sinema who don’t grant many interviews.
Politico Doesn’t Have ‘Woke Police’—It Has Staffers Calling Out Bad Journalism
Apparently a disgruntled minority opposed to changes at Politico knew they’d find a sympathetic ear at the Daily Beast.
ACTION ALERT: USA Today Stokes Parents’ Fears of Child Vaccination
USA Today’s reporting should lead with the fact that “there are no known serious risks from vaccination and its effectiveness is clear.”
ACTION ALERT: The New Climate Denial: Don’t Worry, Do Nothing
If “experts are more certain than ever” about climate change, why does WaPo keep printing arguments for inaction based on uncertainty?
Cherry-Picking Polls to Hide Public Support for Biden’s Spending Plan
Henry Olsen presented a red herring argument that ignored all the polls showing support for the reconciliation plan.
NYT Runs Interference for Billionaires Who Don’t Want Their Wealth Taxed
The New York Times was quick to cast doubt on a White House analysis that showed how little the richest families pay in taxes.
NYT: China Needs to Rethink Its Not-Letting-People-Die-From-Covid Policy
Do you feel like you are free of “pandemic fatigue” because you live in a country that has a “higher tolerance of Covid”?
The Two Big Lies of WSJ’s Attack on Critical Race Theory
The point of the backlash campaign is to arrest the recent movement toward teaching about the United States’ “difficult” racial history,
WSJ Likes ‘More Money in Taxpayers’ Hands’—Only When They’re Wealthy Hands
For the Wall Street Journal editorial board, when government helps the working and middle class, it’s tantamount to corruption.
ACTION ALERT: NYT Ignores Two-Year House Arrest of Lawyer Who Took on Big Oil
The New York Times has not covered Chevron’s bizarre conflict with human rights attorney Steven Donziger since 2014.
WaPo Obscures Republican Role in Killing Equal Pay
The GOP no doubt cackles with delight at coverage like the Washington Post’s which deflects blame away from them.
NYT Scolds Pride Organizers for Not Tolerating NYPD Abuse
What’s a “worrisome trend” to the NYT editors wasn’t police violence towards queer people, but LGBTQ activists challenging the ability of police forces to whitewash that violence by having gay contingents in Pride parades.
AP Firing Shows Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Illusion of ‘Objectivity’
Wilder told FAIR that the vagueness of when such standards of objectivity apply meant these standards could be “asymmetrically imposed on certain journalists in a way that has censored and policed journalists before me.”
New York State Hands Billions Back to Wealthy Investors—and NYT Doesn’t See a Story
The New York Times has failed to write about the fact that New York state has billions of dollars that could pay for roads, schools and services, but instead is handed back to wealthy financiers.
Need a Quote From an Official Enemy Denouncing Democracy? Do Like the New York Times and Make It Up
The New York Times produces a new installment in its ongoing project of demonizing China.
ACTION ALERT: Where Is MSNBC on GOP Anti-Trans Campaign?
First it was bathrooms, now it’s sports. When the GOP’s war against trans people using the restroom appropriate for their gender identity largely failed, it turned to a new focus to rile up its base: trans girls in sports “destroying” girls’ athletics. At least 50 bills have been introduced in 29 states that target […]
NYT Fails to Examine Its Participation in Brazil’s ‘Biggest Judicial Scandal’
In article after article, the New York Times failed to share important information on the Lava Jato investigation. This helped normalize the 2016 coup and the removal of Lula from the 2018 presidential elections, which in turn opened the door for a neofascist/military takeover of Brazil.
Power Analysis Failure
The way the New York Times covered the Texas energy crisis obscured rather than illuminated its causes.
