Activists Await NYT Podcast on Trans Care With Justifiable Dread
As Pride month kicks off, the New York Times is releasing a podcast about medical care for trans youth—a subject on which Times coverage has been shameful.
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Once Again, NYT Coverage of Anti-Trans Attacks Leaves Out Trans Voices
The New York Times covered the latest right-wing attack on trans youth in a fashion all too common for the paper: devoid of any perspectives from trans individuals.
An ‘Objective’ Press Won’t Alert You to Threats to Democracy
If you follow the New York Times’ approach to journalism, your audience won’t know when their government is acting illegally, or denying truth and reality.
NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism’s Worst Enemy
Downplaying Israel’s often lethal repression of journalism has been a pattern for the New York Times generally, not just for its publisher.
How NYT Reports on Weaponized Famine So You Don’t Have to Give a Damn
It’s a perverse way to describe a situation where widespread starvation is not looming or imminent, but well underway.
Covering for Predatory Politicians Is Also Corruption
The New York Times’ Eric Lipton defended his reference to lobbyists buying access to the president for millions of dollars as “potentially corrupt.”
Hey NPR, Free Speech Isn’t Just a Vibe
NPR offers only two possibilities: Trump is increasing free speech, or censorship is just a swinging pendulum whose victims change as administrations change.
Politico Plays With Polling to Manufacture ‘Trump-Resistance Fatigue’
A recent Politico article gave readers an excellent lesson in how not to report on a poll—unless the goal is to push politicians to the right.
NYT Covers Up for Cuomo
While some local papers have been scathing in their coverage of the ex-governor, the New York Times seems to be largely buying what Cuomo’s selling.
MSNBC Sidelines Its Most Progressive Anchors
MSNBC’s recent purge makes it more unlikely that the cable news network will have any role in holding Democrats’ feet to the fire.
NYT: Trump Unstoppable, Opposition Futile
New York Times headlines paint opposition to Trump as pointless, ineffective, disorganized and/or pusillanimous.
AP Describes Musk’s Coup as ‘Penchant for Dabbling’
“Musk is popping open the hood on the federal government like it’s one of his cars or rockets.”
WaPo Provides Cover for Musk’s Government Takeover
It wasn’t just Jeff Bezos’s company that threw Elon Musk a lifeline, but also his newspaper.
As Constitutional Crises Mount, US Press Sleepwalks Into Autocracy
The New York Times and Washington Post largely downplayed the Trump administration’s earth-shattering break from democratic norms.
With Zero Evidence, NPR Suggests Trump May ‘Work for Working Class’ in Second Term
NPR’s evidence that Trump is a “populist”—or at least has a populist lurking inside him—is remarkably thin.
ACTION ALERT: When Trump Tried to Freeze Federal Funds, WaPo Saw Not Illegality But ‘Determination’
When Trump usurped Congress’s power of the purse, the Beltway paper declared this “highlights” the administration’s “determination.”
For Elite Media, ‘Oligarch’ Is Just a Partisan Claim
We would have work enough without news media dedicating themselves to putting up a rhetorical scrim between us and the things we need to understand and resist.
As Trump II Begins, Bezos Swaps Scrutiny for ‘Storytelling’
The new direction sounds like the Foxification of the Washington Post, a move away from any attempt to hold the powerful to account and toward inexpensive clickbait punditry.
ACTIVISM UPDATE: Responses Show WaPo Is Hearing From Its Critics
Washington Post editors may not be backing down, but they are hearing you.
WaPo Kills Cartoon That Mocked the Boss—and Trump
“I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.”
