ACTION ALERT: NYT Book Review in Denial on Japanese Persecution in World War II
The insistence that not all Japanese people were banned from California severely damages the credibility of the New York Times.
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You Don’t Stop Police Killings by Calling them ‘Fatal Encounters’
Describing repeated police murder of Black people as “fatal encounters,” the New York Times works to soften a blow that shouldn’t be softened.
Independent Media Need You to Get the Word Out on Social Media
Engaging with posts on social media is a meaningful way of supporting journalism organizations you are sympathetic to.
Renomination of Gigi Sohn Gives Public Another Chance to Be Heard
The re-nomination of Gigi Sohn to the FCC, and the record-breaking delay on her vote, have been met with virtual radio silence in news media.
WaPo Feeds Denial With False Claims About Overcounting Covid Deaths
Medical commentator Leana Wen wants us to believe that society has overcounted Covid deaths and hospitalizations.
NYT Moves to ‘Stack the Deck of Justice’ Against Its Subscribers
Another company silently snuck a forced arbitration clause into its terms of service—and that company is the New York Times.
Pamela Paul’s Gender Agenda
By giving Paul a platform, the New York Times is feeding a grievance-based ideology that directly harms trans and other marginalized people.
ACTION ALERT: NYT Has Found New Neo-Nazi Troops to Lionize in Ukraine
The New York Times has found another neo-Nazi militia to fawn over in Ukraine. The Bratstvo battalion “gave access to the New York Times to report on two recent riverine operations,” which culminated in a piece (11/21/22) headlined “On the River at Night, Ambushing Russians.” Since the US-backed Maidan coup in 2014, establishment media […]
Climate Confusion and Complicity at the New York Times
When the New York Times treats the same climate data as horrifying or reassuring, it helps confuse the public and keep us complacent.
ACTION ALERT: NYT Invents Left Extremists to Make ‘Moderation’ the Midterm Winner
Please tell the New York Times to explain how the Democrats cited in its November 14 piece qualify as “extremists.”
Politico Airs Flimsy Case Against Abrams and Voting Rights
The right-wing press jumped on the Politico report as a way to sully Abrams as she runs to the electoral finish line.
WaPo Wants US ‘Beacon’ for Ukraine Refugees—but Not for Haitians
Ukrainians seeking refuge in the US found a strong advocate in the Washington Post editorial board–unlike their Haitian counterparts.
Katie Halper Violated Media Taboo Against Israel Criticism
Halper laid out the case that has been made by major human rights organizations: that Israel is in fact an apartheid state.
ACTION ALERT: NYT Celebrates Neo-Nazi Azov Unit
Three years ago, describing an Australian white supremacist charged with massacring 49 people in New Zealand, the New York Times (3/15/19) wrote: “On his flak jacket was a symbol commonly used by the Azov Battalion, a Ukrainian neo-Nazi paramilitary organization.” What a difference a war makes! A Times story (10/4/22) in the paper’s Ukraine […]
Dragging Trump Into Spotlight Feeds His Dangerous Movement
Shoehorning Trump into conversations that don’t involve him implies a false equivalence between the president and a political pretender.
PBS and BBC Team Up to Misinform About Brazil’s Bolsonaro
Rise of the Bolsonaros tells the story of Brazil’s far-right president through sources like Steve Bannon and Bolsonaro’s son Flavio.
ACTION ALERT: Crime Claims of CNN’s New Police Expert Don’t Hold Up to Facts
Please ask CNN to explain why a person who misrepresents the evidence on the causes of crime trends should be offered as an expert.
NYT Scolds China for Not ‘Learning to Live’—or Die—With Covid
The New York Times writes yet another in a series of articles about how China has had the enormous misfortune of avoiding mass death.
NPR Devotes Almost Two Hours to Afghanistan Over Two Weeks—and 30 Seconds to US Starving Afghans
NPR failed to call attention to the US policy of starving Afghanistan by restricting its trade activity and seizing its banking reserves.
NYT Etiquette Column Offers Advice for the Resentful Rich
One can respond with only so much good humor to the misery, greed and pettiness of the Times readers whose letters the paper chooses to print.
