Extra! Soundbites June 2018
A survey by FAIR (4/18/18) of the top 100 papers in the US by circulation found not a single editorial board opposed to Trump’s April 13 airstrikes on Syria.
‘These Worst-Case Projections Keep Getting Upgraded’
“…these worst-case projections, unfortunately, keep being upgraded every time more and more reports, like the one we’re discussing today, are being released.”
Don’t Be ‘Progressive’—Be a ‘Liberal’
A New York Times op-ed argued that conservatives make better partners for liberals than progressives, because “one can debate how much to conserve.”
Searching for the Roots of Benghazi’s Ruin—but Not Too Hard
But when a journalist sets out—“guided by one main question”—to understand the roots of devastating violence in a particular city, and fails so utterly to take the overwhelming role of Washington intervention into account, the complete erasure of quite recent, utterly relevant events is startling.
Supposedly Taboo Ideas You Never Stop Hearing
None of the ideas described in a New York Times feature as “That Which Cannot Be Said” are remotely taboo; they’re the kind of things that are said routinely in outlets like the New York Times.
