Ari Paul on Genocide in Gaza, Scout Katovich on Criminalizing Poverty
Corporate media are now gesturing toward engaging questions of Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. But what does that amount to at this late date?
Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation
Gaza’s conditions of famine have been out in the open for well over a year, and yet it was considered barely newsworthy in US news media.
‘People Don’t Want to Be Complicit in War Crimes’:
CounterSpin interview with Iman Abid on the genocide economy
“Weapons manufacturers and large corporations have been extremely disappointed in what the world is able to finally see.”
Iman Abid on the Economy of Genocide, Victor Pickard on Paramount Settlement
The UN’s Albanese has long opposed Israel’s genocide of Palestinians—but what broke US warmongers was her naming corporations profiting from that genocide.
Cartoonists Can Compare Victims of Genocide to Nazis—But Not the Perpetrators
Right-wing media and pro-Israel pressure groups still have the capacity to threaten the employment of cartoonists who do not toe the pro-Israel line.
I Covered the Intifada. It’s Wrong to Say It Means Violence Against Jews.
I can say unequivocally: Intifada was used by Palestinian activists to describe a civil resistance movement rooted in dignity and national self-determination.
Media Celebrate International Aggression Against Iran
Rather than condemning the US bombing of Iran as a blatant violation of international law, commentators gushed over the “brilliant military operation.”
‘Their Goal Is to Equate Protests for Palestine With Support for Terrorism’:
CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on freeing Mahmoud Khalil
“This is a case about whether or not we have a First Amendment right to criticize Israel for engaging in a genocide in Gaza.”
Working Hard to Justify Israel’s Unprovoked Attack on Iran
Israel’s special relationship with the US means it gets special coverage in the US corporate media, presenting its assault on Iran as fundamentally justified.
NYT Undermines Fight Against Antisemitism by Using It as Shield for Zionism
The New York Times invokes the canard that pro-Palestine leftists hold Israel to a different standard by ignoring human rights concerns in other countries.
Chip Gibbons on Freeing Mahmoud Khalil, Farrah Hassen on Criminalizing Homelessness
There’s an important legal development in the case of student activist Mahmoud Khalil, held without warrant since March for voicing support for Palestinian lives.
The Hidden Story: Israeli ‘Aid’ Is Part of Genocide Plan
Western media have found it difficult to report on Palestinians’ bleak choice: either die of starvation or die trying to obtain food aid.
NYT Goes Silent on Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Voyage
How could Greta Thunberg have gone from a star in the New York Times’ pages to such a nonentity?
NYT Assumed Antisemitism in DC Embassy Attack
The New York Times asserted definitively that Rodriguez’ violent action was antisemitic and must be understood in the context of global anti-Jewish hate.
‘I’m Not Seeing the Horror Reflected in Corporate Media’:
CounterSpin interview with Mara Kronenfeld on Israel's aid blockade
“Why hasn’t something happened to stop the killing already? And the displacement of 90% of the population?”
NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism’s Worst Enemy
Downplaying Israel’s often lethal repression of journalism has been a pattern for the New York Times generally, not just for its publisher.
How NYT Reports on Weaponized Famine So You Don’t Have to Give a Damn
It’s a perverse way to describe a situation where widespread starvation is not looming or imminent, but well underway.
Mara Kronenfeld on Israel’s Aid Blockade
Millions around the world ask every day what it will take to awaken the conscience of leaders to stop the genocide of Palestinians.
One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That’s Usually Blamed
Corporate media often treat Hamas use of human shields as an established fact, while pretending that Israel doesn’t do exactly that.
‘Our Position on Palestine Is Not Fringe’:
CounterSpin interview with Danaka Katovich on attacks on activists
“Their goal here is to make people afraid of expressing a very normal human opinion.”
