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“Despite US claims that settlements in Jerusalem, for instance, are an obstacle to peace…the US has done nothing over the years to prevent settlement construction in Jerusalem, to protect Palestinians living in Jerusalem.”
At the beginning of December, liberal TV hosts Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow—the anchors of MSNBC‘s primetime schedule—were confronted with ever-escalating breaking news. In the span of a week, from December 1 through December 7, President Donald Trump shrank two national monuments, recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saw his travel ban upheld by […]
Republicans are putting in place a tax plan similar to what they campaigned on. If the fact that it mostly helps the rich is a surprise to anyone, it is due to the poor quality of reporting during the campaign.
By leading with warnings of a “Middle East on edge,” the media double down on dangerous stereotypes, marginalize legitimate frustration and resistance, and obfuscate history in favor of the ever-convenient, shoulder-shrugging, “they’ll just never get along” narrative.
What makes Trump’s endorsement news—what justifies the entire reporting of the story—is that Trump is backing someone accused by multiple people, backed by years of circumstantial evidence, of sexual assault and child sexual abuse.
“It’s saying that it’s OK to continue business as usual, when we know that our planet is in climate chaos because of anthropogenic causes, human-induced causes, of messing with our Earth systems and our Earth cycles.”
Tragically, one of the most honest rhetorical tools that journalists have in the fight for truth has been struck from the lingua franca of US journalists. Within the stilted framework of mainstream news “objectivity,” the simple act of calling out “lies” or “lying” by a politician—especially a president—is now taboo.
Trump’s call for a “war” on opioid use and a “just say no” media campaign, sound like very old—and very discredited—ideas indeed. What’s going on, and what’s a better way forward?
According to corporate media, the greatest hope to rein in President Donald Trump’s extremism is a top general who just complimented the commander of the slavery-defending Confederacy.
Ignoring the Fantasies That Kill Real People… Here’s What Forgetting History Looks Like… Disclosure: I Get Paid to Fool WaPo Readers About Climate… Freebooter Turns Freelancer… And by ‘Dethroning,’ We Mean One-10th as Popular… Trump’s Problem Is That New York Doesn’t Understand Media… Questions That Don’t Require Asking
“They’re talking about increasing the growth rate 5 percentage points—they’re just pulling numbers out of the air. There’s literally nothing to support that.”
What constitutes “extremism” is…ideologically worthless
Poorer residents tend to be concentrated in areas more prone to flooding
“They’re willing to sacrifice nonproliferation, the core US national security interest, in the service of their ideological crusade against Iran.”
For all the outrage over Sean Spicer’s appearance at the Emmys, and for all the distaste over Spicer’s relatively quick public rehabilitation, the fact is that it’s par for the course in how the corporate media—both in news and entertainment—treat those in power when they leave Washington.
How should reporters cover White House maneuvers to depict Iran’s compliance as non-compliance, and make clear what’s at stake?
Almost as soon as Donald Trump won the election last November, corporate media began to concoct a collective narrative that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner would exert a strong moderating influence on the new president.
A Washington Post op-ed argues, in a wholly incoherent fashion, that Donald Trump’s failures can be chalked up to a cultural difference between New York City and Washington, DC.
Like clockwork, pundits responded to the Afghanistan speech by rushing to praise Trump for his “presidential” decision. There is nothing quite as presidential as expanding an unending war that has left many thousands of Muslim civilians dead.
As President Donald Trump tries to make the case for staying indefinitely in Afghanistan, the stakes for those actually living there are rarely broached by US corporate media.
