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Please contact Newsweek’s editors and demand that they retract the op-ed insinuating that Kamala Harris (like millions of other Americans) is not a US citizen.
Does it make sense to describe the alleged actions of Russian and Chinese hackers as a form of “theft”? If so, what kind of “theft” is it?
The New York Times has been patting itself on the back for recognizing authoritarianism in neofascist regimes that it helped normalize in Latin America for at least 50 years.
A New York Times reporter tries to explain why Swedes are no longer allowed to visit other Scandinavian countries in a way that minimizes having to acknowledge how much he sold deadly snake oil to Times readers.
The New York Times has it exactly backwards: Kramer’s confrontational approach didn’t “overshadow his achievements,” they are what made his achievements possible.
It’s critically important that media provide accurate reporting on what our governments are choosing to do, and what price we are likely to pay for their choices. Instead, Newsweek is giving us the latest fashion reports on the emperor’s new clothes.
In the US, the government may surveill you, but at least it doesn’t protect your health.
The New York Times graphics department has done some great work translating the data of the Covid-19 pandemic into visual form, allowing readers to get an intuitive sense of the scope and course of the outbreak. Their “Real Coronavirus Death Toll in Each State” (5/5/20) is not a good example of that great work. […]
CNN should note that accepting a 60–70% infection rate means accepting a million deaths or more, assuming a fatality rate of 0.5%—which may be a conservative estimate.
What the New York Times describes as being “as successful in controlling the virus as most other nations” really means having the tenth-worst per capita death toll from the coronavirus in the world.
More testing is good, but media shouldn’t let states use it as an excuse for out-of-control viral transmission—or as cover for a premature reopening of the economy.
Despite the Washington Post’s unique ability to bring about area-wide change, the paper has mostly kept quiet about the DC region’s dangerous construction sites, thereby inviting human tragedy.
Election Focus 2020: With only about half the states having cast their votes in the Democratic primaries, the Covid-19 pandemic has frozen the majority of campaign activity, but the New York Times has already chosen its winner.
Election Focus 2020: Seeing its chance to thwart Sanders’ second bid for the presidency, the Washington Post risked voters’ health by staying silent about the dangers of in-person voting, even encouraging it.
Please tell the Associated Press to include a serious warning about the dangers of Covid-19, based on CDC guidelines, in its standard description of the coronavirus.
Election Focus 2020: The Washington Post gave us a major piece telling us how Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are two sides of the same populist coin.
A critical flaw with corporate media’s coverage of Donald Trump’s impeachment was how it obscured the extent of the Trump administration’s litany of impeachable offenses.
Election Focus 2020: Even when you assume that Bernie Sanders supporters won’t vote as much as they say they will, and will vote when they say they won’t, Sanders still wins
Election Focus 2020: The New York Times gives a a true orgy of really big numbers in the form of trillions of dollars of additional taxes and spending, providing readers with no context that would let them know how much impact these taxes are likely to have on the economy and/or their pocketbooks.
Election Focus 2020: a piece by two of NPR’s leading political reporters, which aired just before the Iowa caucuses, provides a view of how journalists speak with authority on issues they seem to know very little about.
