ACTION ALERT: Friedman’s Vermin Analogies Echo Ugly Pro-Genocide Propaganda
Thomas Friedman compared the targets of US bombs to vermin, the sort of metaphor historically used to justify genocide.
Leading Papers Skewed Gaza Debate Toward Israeli and Government Perspectives
Despite efforts to include Palestinian voices, editors at two leading papers skewed the Gaza debate toward an Israel-centered perspective.
NYT Engages in Front-Page IDF ‘Womenwashing’
The framing of IDF women in the New York Times bolsters suspicions that the outlet acts in accord with Israeli government propaganda.
March Against Genocide Isn’t News to New York Times
The New York Times apparently decided that the huge pro-Gaza protest on January 13 didn’t warrant a story,
‘When You’re in a Colonial Situation, the Colonial Power Initiates Violence’
“This notion that Israel is defending itself relies on the preposterous assumption that the violence began on October 7.”
Gregory Shupak on Gaza and Genocide
How does the New York Times’ assertion that “what Israel is fighting to defend is a society that values human life” stand up now?
At Springer, Accurate Reporting Can Get You Investigated
German media giant Axel Springer is investigating one of its US media outlets for reporting truthful information about a wealthy couple.
‘Protest Is the Tool by Which We Realize Our Democracy’
“Don’t let them intimidate you. Don’t be silenced. The First Amendment gives you the right to speak and act for your conscience.”
Chip Gibbons on the Right to Protest
US journalists invoke the First Amendment a lot, but not so much when it extends to regular folks saying NO to the US government.
‘We Have to Do the Hard Work of Looking at Context’
Transcript of The Best of CounterSpin 2023
The best of CounterSpin for 2023 is only a sample of the valuable conversations it’s been our pleasure to host this year.
‘”Material Support” in the Form of Speech Can Be Criminalized’
Wadie Said on the new Gaza McCarthyism
“There’s a question of who gets on the list…. It’s not something that you or I can say anything about or influence.”
Wadie Said on the New McCarthyism
Powerful institutions, including the media, combine a selective understanding of free expression with a vehement desire to enforce it.
Gessen’s Cancellation Can’t Go Unchallenged
Gessen, a queer Jew, is being punished by the German political machine for being too open about the nature of global authoritarianism.
ACTION ALERT: NYT Misrepresents Zionism’s Opponents as Anti-Jewish Bigots
The effort to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable critics of Israel painted supporters of equal rights as antisemitic bigots.
‘”None of Us Are Free Unless All of Us Are Free” Is Not Just a Slogan’
“As US Jews, we know what it means when a government uses genocidal rhetoric and then attacks civilians. We know where that leads.”
Causing Gaza Blackouts, Israel Benefits from Media Double Standards
Israel-allied media minimized Israel’s culpability for internet shutoffs, portraying the shutoffs more as an unforeseeable act of nature.
NYT Amplifies Outrage Over Imaginary Calls for Genocide
Amidst a concocted outrage that has nothing to do with safeguarding Jewish students, the New York Times is going along for the ride.
‘Israel-Hamas War’ Label Obscures Israel’s War on Palestinians
Characterizing what has happened since October 7 as an “Israel-Hamas war” fails to adequately capture the character of Israel’s violence.
Sonya Meyerson-Knox on Jewish Voice for Peace
The devastation of Gaza, and the vehement efforts to silence anyone who wants to challenge it, is the story for today.
Press Relayed Israeli Claims of Secret Hospital Base With Insufficient Skepticism
Not only did the Israeli military make a weak case, some media outlets and pundits were too quick to take this presentation at face value.
