ACTION ALERT: NYT Falsely Reports That Attempts on Presidents’ Lives Are Rare
Please tell the New York Times to correct its false report about the uncommonness of presidential assassination attempts.
When a Shooter Is Trans—and Not a Cis Male—Suddenly Identity Matters
Most media outlets focused on profiling the shooter—who was transgender—treating the shooting as an isolated case rather than part of a larger, systemic issue.
Media Blame NYC Shooting Not on Mayor Adams, But on Candidate Mamdani
Corporate media outlets from blamed Zohran Mamdani him for a horrific mass shooting that took place while he was out of the country.
‘There Are More Guns Than Americans, But Most of Them Are Owned by a Minority’
CounterSpin interview with Robert Spitzer on gun rights and rules
“Firearms and other weapons were regulated more strictly in the country’s first 300 years than in the last 30 years.”
Gregory Shupak on Palestinian Genocide, Robert Spitzer on Gun Rights and Rules
Why do the press corps need a constitutional amendment to protect their ability to speak if all they’re going to say is, “oh well”?
New Doc Traces Alex Jones’ Footprints on Our Post-Truth Landscape
The Truth vs. Alex Jones depicts Jones’ transformation from an Austin, Texas–based public access weirdo into a powerful right-wing influencer.
‘Worship of the Holy Framers Offers Us Nothing to Deal With the Problems We Have Today’
“Trying to call gun violence a public health matter is perceived on the other side as just another trick to get the guns out of our hands.”
Scott Burris on US v. Rahimi
The question is whether the Court’s conservative majority can use its special brand of backwards-looking to determine this country’s future.
Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Illness Doesn’t Address Either Issue
Rationalizing the horrors of a mass shooting by emphasizing the perpetrator’s mental state does little to address the larger issue.
Jen Senko on the Cost of Hate Talk
Hate-fueled and hate-fueling media have political and historical impacts—and interpersonal, familial ones as well.
Murdoch Uses Nashville to Stoke Anti-Trans Hate
Rupert Murdoch’s media empire is using Hale’s transgender identity to ratchet up its campaign against transgender people.
It’s Time to Hold News Media Accountable for Transphobia
Five people are dead and more than a dozen others injured after a gunman opened fire at Club Q, a LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs in the early hours of November 20. November 20 is also Transgender Day of Remembrance, which memorializes victims of anti-trans violence. Two transgender people, Kelly Loving and Daniel Aston, […]
National Polls, State Ballots Measure Different ‘Public Opinions’
The New York Times’ Nate Cohn argues that voters don’t really mean what they tell pollsters about guns.
‘More Guns, More Gun Deaths—That’s Really It’
“We know exactly what needs to be done in order to save lives…because states across America have strengthened their gun laws.”
Igor Volsky on Ending Gun Violence, Pat Elder on Junior ROTC
This week on CounterSpin: CBS News‘ website featured a story about the “grim task” of planning funerals for 19 children—shot dead, along with two teachers, in a Texas elementary school on May 24—right next to a story about Oklahoma’s governor signing the country’s strictest abortion ban, the prominent sign behind him declaring “life is […]
Blaming BLM for Homicide Rise—and Excusing Massive Spike in Gun Sales
Media show a striking lack of interest in the massive increase in gun sales as a driver of shootings and homicides.
Media Must Stop Asking Youth Activists to ‘Save the World’
Because stories of youth resistance are powerful and deserve to be told, it’s time to reevaluate the way that media have been telling them.
‘Where There Are More Guns, There Are More Gun Deaths’
“Regurgitating claims that the Second Amendment somehow impedes us from doing anything about this problem is a real hindrance, I think, to the kind of conversations we have publicly about this issue.”
Igor Volsky on Ending Gun Violence, Robert Dreyfuss on Iraq War
Many are simply fed up with the idea that change is too hard. Will media conversation shift to keep up with them?
‘All 50 States Bar Private, Unauthorized Paramilitary Activity’
“It’s not to anyone’s benefit to intimidate voters. It’s not to anyone’s benefit to have armed, non-publicly accountable individuals, private armies, on the streets.”
