The ‘Heated Rhetoric’ That Doesn’t Make CNN’s Bash Think Twice
After the thwarted attack at the White House Correspondents Dinner, some elite media have held straight faces as they decry violent rhetoric…from the left.
‘Criminal Penalties Will Remain in Place Unless Marijuana Is Completely Descheduled’:
CounterSpin interview with Maritza Perez Medina on rescheduling marijuana
“There are people who are serving decades-long sentences for marijuana….They’ve been really punished for what others are making so much money off of.”
‘The Targeting of Homelessness Has Been a Tactic of Authoritarian Regimes’:
CounterSpin interview with Jesse Rabinowitz on criminalizing the unhoused
“We need to focus on the real cause of homelessness, which is the fact that rent in this country is just too damn high for more and more people to afford.”
What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Genocide
Corporate media outlets continue to dance around the word “genocide” while the Israeli military carries out the systematic mass killing of Palestinians.
Murdoch Outlets and Bezos’ WaPo Demand More Sympathy for Health Insurance Execs
Many news outlets’ pontificators were incensed that anyone would voice frustration with health insurance when an industry CEO has fallen.
‘Trying to Pull the Strings on a Prosecutor’s Judgment Is a Serious Problem’:
CounterSpin interview with Shayana Kadidal on Guantánamo plea deal
“They’ve taken the most significant criminal trial of the century, the 9/11 case, and put it into a system where everything is being invented from scratch.”
Lee Hepner on Google Monopoly, Shayana Kadidal on Guantanamo Plea Deal
Does the company that “corners the market” do so because people simply prefer what they sell? The anti-monopoly ruling against Google challenges that idea of how things work.
Crime Is Way Down—But NYT Won’t Stop Telling Voters to Worry About Crime
In a rational world, voters would be aware that crime went down sharply during the Biden/Harris administration.
Trump’s Shooting Should Not Silence Warnings About His Threat to Democracy
Rather than denouncing the right’s hypocritical and opportunistic attacks on critical speech, the country’s top editorial boards cravenly bothsidesed their condemnations of “political violence.”
‘Wage Theft Is Built Into the Business Models of Many Industries’
“In some sectors and industries, it’s more likely for you to be a victim of wage theft than to be paid your full wage.”
Rodrigo Camarena on Wage Theft
Corporate media tell us to be mad at the rando taking toilet paper from Walgreens, but not the executive who’s skimming your paycheck.
Why Are Michael Lewis—and 60 Minutes—Hyping SBF?
Acclaimed business writer Michael Lewis took to CBS’s 60 Minutes to tell the world that Sam Bankman-Fried was simply misunderstood.
WaPo’s All-White Edit Board Decides DC Can’t Be Trusted With Democracy After All
The Washington Post’s objections to DC’s government being “subject to the whims of Congress” were withdrawn when it agreed with those whims.
Scary Headlines Hype Dangers Rarely Faced by Tourists in Mexico
US corporate media outlets seem uninterested in giving readers a sense of what level of risk they might face visiting Mexico.
Media’s Crime Hype and Scapegoating Led to Crackdown on Unhoused People
The New York Times parrots the implausible suggestion that cities cracking down on unsheltered people constitutes efforts to help them.
Media Muddled Midterms by Simplifying Crime’s Complexities
The Republican obsession with crime received major attention in the media, often tipping the balance to the conservative partisan narrative.
‘This Is America. That’s the Kind of Trial Mumia Abu-Jamal Had.’
“The culture of imprisonment tells a deeper story about America. We’re not going to get it if we don’t go to the prisons and get those voices out.”
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.
Turning a San Francisco Recall Into Rout for Police Reform
San Francisco’s successful DA recall was portrayed as a watershed moment, with progressive voters turning against police reforms.
‘The Miscarriage of Justice Catalyzed a Whole Movement Led by Asian Americans’
“An injury to one is an injury to all, and we have a basic interest in joining together to ensure each other’s safety.”
