Gregory Shupak on Iran Assassination, Brett Hartl on Biodiversity Loss
The overt saber-rattling may be slowing now, but is that any thanks to media? Does it even mean an end to violence?
From Resistance to Assistance: Little Pushback to Trump’s Iran Assassination
When the president carries out dangerous, aggressive actions, such as the assassination of Iranian general and political leader Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on January 3, “resistance” turns to assistance from the corporate press.
Trump Order Aimed at Palestine Solidarity, Not Antisemitism
There is ample reason to doubt the administration’s claims that the executive order is a good-faith effort at combating antisemitism.
‘We Need to Do Everything We Can on All Fronts’
“If this flies, not only do we no longer have a rule of law in this country, but we are well on our way to a slide into authoritarianism.”
‘No Jury Ever Announces a Not Guilty Verdict Before the Trial’
“If the executive branch, the president, has the right to determine whether or not any witnesses can be called, or any documents produced, then that strikes at the very heart of separation of powers.”
Marjorie Cohn, Dorothee Benz on Impeachment
Corporate media have failed big time, presenting a critical story about asymmetrical power as a kinda boring, “both sides,” depends-who-you-believe Beltway story. And then claiming it’s the public that’s not interested.
Talking Turkey About Impeachment Hearings
Rather than explore the full extent of the Trumpist lurch towards authoritarianism, much of which is palpable and documentable but not necessarily “provable” in the way the Ukrainian extortion scheme is, the New York Times has gone all in on the obsession with the smoking gun.
False Equivalence in the Age of Trump
Election Focus 2020: Even in the Trump era, corporate media, forever insistent on an “objective” approach that always hears out “both sides,” continue to exhibit a dangerous blindness to their own biases.
Michael Edison Hayden on Stephen Miller, Mallory McMaster on Katie Hill
Calls are coming in for the resignation of Trump policy advisor Stephen Miller, after leaked emails show him promoting white nationalist books and ideas to the far-right outlet Breitbart.
‘Community Control Over Police Should Be a Democratic Right’
“The police and law enforcement are needed to sustain the status quo, and put down threats to the status quo that emanate from the people, but particularly organized and politically conscious formations and efforts.”
Rob Richie on Ranked Choice Voting, Netfa Freeman on Police Militarization
The passage of a ballot initiative in New York City will change the way we vote.
Nazi-Normalizing Barf Journalism: A Brief History
Again and again during Trump’s presidency, corporate media have fallen over themselves to find acceptable ways to describe utterly unacceptable behavior, policies and decisions—none more so than the New York Times.
Media Alarmed by Imaginary US Pullout From Syria
The demand that the US keep its forces in Syria to prevent Turkish violence against Kurdish and other Syrian people ignores the fact that US forces in Syria are not an obstacle to Turkish violence.
Actually, Giuliani Has Always Been Like This
For New York City reporters who covered Giuliani’s operatic mayoralty, the Giuliani who famously claimed in defense of Trump that “truth isn’t truth” hasn’t changed so much.
‘Political Interference in the Whistleblower Disclosure Process Is Horrifying’
“It really becomes all about trying to focus on the messenger and not the message, to discredit, to deflect attention. It also, certainly, creates a chilling effect on others who might think about speaking, supporting the whistleblowers’ disclosures, or coming forward on other issues.”
Dana Gold on Whistleblower Protections, Craig Aaron on Net Neutrality Setback
We’re in uncharted water with Trump and impeachment; part of what’s exceptional are Trump’s open threats to the whistleblower who brought forth the evidence of his call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. What protections does that person have? And what’s media’s role and responsibility?
In Media Newspeak, a ‘Peace Plan’ for Israel/Palestine Is Anything US Proposes
In media Newspeak, “peace plan” is a propaganda term that only refers to whatever Washington is proposing at any given time.
Corporate Media Still Waiting for Trump to Knock Over a Bank
What’s changed between 1974 and 2019? The biggest transformation was the realization of the longstanding Republican dream of a right-wing media network.
‘Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda Has Been Driven by Corporations’
“All of the rollbacks that we’ve seen across the government in so many different areas, and across so many different agencies, have been even more radical and extreme that even I expected.”
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‘Under the Trump Administration, the [NLRB] Appointees Have Been Extremists’
“Employers are willing to go to great lengths—’great lengths’ is an understatement—to avoid having to have their employees covered by our labor and employment laws.”
