Soundbites April 2016
Activist, not the media, brings up Clinton’s use of the term”superpredators”; NYT calls Sanders’ huge primary upsets predictable; MSNBC’s non-white hosts risk being sidelined or canceled by bringing up issues of race
Trump: Bad for America, Good for CBS
A broadcaster cheers on the electoral “circus” (“bring it on, Donald, go ahead, keep going”) that he acknowledges “may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.”
NYT Rebuke to Sanders’ Media Criticism Just Illustrates His Point
The first thing the New York Times wants you to know about Sanders’ media criticism is that it’s wrong–because Sanders fails to appreciate the brave new media world.
Omitting the US Role in Honduran Activist’s Death
Almost none of the US coverage of Honduran activist Berta Carceres’ murder mentioned that the brutal regime that likely killed her came to power in a 2009 coup d’etat supported by the US, under President Barack Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
