Angelo Carusone on Media Matters v. FTC, Rachel K. Jones (2023) on Mifepristone
Media Matters’ victory over Elon Musk and the FTC is not just hopeful but instructive, offering what the group calls a “roadmap” for other organizations.
‘The Court Did Not Say Conversion Therapy Is Safe, Effective, Appropriate or Ethical’:
CounterSpin interview with Shannon Minter on 'conversion therapy' ruling
“The Court literally just held that if Tennessee wants to ban transgender healthcare for minors, it can do so.”
Shannon Minter on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ruling, Alex Frandsen on Local News Day
The Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting the widely discredited practice of trying to “convert” LGBTQ young people violates healthcare workers’ rights.
How Will Corporate Lobbyists Fix Healthcare? Don’t Ask—Because You Can’t
Corporate news sources now issue press releases without bothering to include any information about who to contact with follow-up questions.
With US’s Measles-Free Status in Danger, ABC Fails to Mention Trump and MAHA as Cause
When ABC reported on reluctance to vaccinate and its consequences, it failed to call out the administration sowing much of this doubt and confusion.
An Inside View of Why NYT’s Trans Coverage Has Been So Bad
A former New York Times editor affirms that the paper’s fearmongering, pseudo-scientific, anti-trans coverage is a response to directives from the top.
Don’t Worry, Wall Street Journal—Health Insurers Are Profitable!
When insurance stock prices dropped sharply, business journalists fretted that private looting of the healthcare system might end.
NYT Sidelines LGBTQ Youth Again in Conversion Therapy Case
Coverage of the conversion therapy case left out scientific and legal information necessary to understand what’s at stake for LGBTQ youth.
‘Kennedy Is Not a Skeptic. He Is an Anti-Vaccination Enthusiast’:
CounterSpin interview with Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and public health
“It is my opinion that misinformation—not just scientific, but all kinds—is the greatest existential threat to the United States right now.”
Elizabeth Jacobs on RFK Jr. and Public Health
It’s only an opinion that it’s wrong that our federal health agency is led by a guy who claims he can diagnose children he walks past at the airport.
Media Sidelined Deadly Consequences of Trump’s Reconciliation Bill
Many of the bill’s key provisions—including Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy cuts—will be literally deadly for people in the US and abroad.
NYT Obscured Worst Harms of Trump’s Budget
Through inaction and poor coverage, the New York Times undermined opposition to some of the Trump reconciliation bill’s most damaging policies.
‘Work Requirements Have Produced the Same Results Over and Over Again’:
CounterSpin interview with Bryce Covert on work requirements
“This is not about, in fact, helping people to work. This is, instead, about kicking people off the program.”
‘The HHS Report Was Put Out to Give Cover to Oppose Transgender Healthcare’:
CounterSpin interview with Erin Reed on trans care 'questions'
“What we have is another example of the relentless pseudoscience coming out of this healthcare department under RFK Jr.”
Bryce Covert on Work Requirements, Erin Reed on Trans Care ‘Questions’
The feint Congress is using to cut Medicare—we’re just forcing recipients to work, like they should—is obvious, age-old and long-disproven.
Do Mob Wars Help Crime Victims?:
Understanding media coverage of healthcare price battles
Performative patient hostage-taking has become standard practice in hospital rate negotiations across the US.
‘The Great Educator, Sadly, Is Going to Be These Viruses’:
CounterSpin interview with Paul Offit on RFK Jr. and measles
“We’ve eliminated the memory of measles. I think people don’t remember how sick that virus can make you.”
Paul Offit on RFK Jr. and Measles, Jessica González on Trump’s FCC
Kennedy’s unorthodox ideas may get us all killed while media whistle.
Deny, Defend, Disinform:
Corporate media coverage of healthcare in the 2024 presidential elections
Corporate media had a hard time finding “big” plans for healthcare because they chose to look for them only in the two major parties’ platforms.
‘We Need to Understand the Political Economy That’s Given Rise to RFK’:
CounterSpin interview with Anne Sosin on RFK Jr. and rural health
“Resistance to public health measures often, in my view, reflects unmet need.”
