Media Owned by Wealthy Find a Wealth of Reasons Against a Wealth Tax
Corporate media—whose owners are overwhelmingly from the class that would be paying a wealth tax—threw cold water on the idea,
Greenwald Splits With Intercept Over Visions of Editing
Both sides appear to have irreconcilable visions of the role of editors in the journalistic process.
How Not to Interview a Toddler
Whatever happens on and after November 3, one thing seems pretty clear: We can count on 60 Minutes to cover it in a way that props up the status quo.
First Debate Calls for More Than Cutting Off Mics
When you have a candidate—who also happens to be the sitting president—who will not respect the rules of debate, who deliberately casts doubt on the legitimacy of the election, and who issues directives to white supremacist groups from a national stage, the only reasonable thing for journalists to do is to not just call for an end to the debates, but to call for an end to the Trump presidency.
Corporate Media Push Biden Toward an Issue-Free ‘Patriotism’
A victory lap for the corporate press and the Democratic establishment against the party’s left flank.
Media Praise Biden’s ‘Centrist Coalition’ for Steering Clear of ‘Progressive Demands’
A victory lap for the corporate press and the Democratic establishment against the party’s left flank.
Polls Favor Biden: Is It Different This Time?
This is a time for media to focus less on fluctuations in polling data and more on the reasons why citizens should cast their votes.
NYT Urges Biden to Shun His Party’s ‘Left-Leaning Brand’
As the Democratic National Convention kicks off, election season is finally heating up again—which means it’s time for corporate media to get back to flogging their “move to the center” horse when covering Democrats.
As Biden Mulls VP Pick, Pundits Vie for Most Substance-Free Forecast
As presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s search for a running mate drags on, press coverage hasn’t failed to disappoint.
Politico Worries Arms Industry Endorsement of Biden Might Cause Problems — for Arms Industry
Election Focus 2020: The obvious questions the endorsement raises are how it might influence Biden’s military policy, and perhaps whether such an endorsement would be demotivating for antiwar voters in Biden’s voter base.
For Politico, ‘Objectivity’ Means Asking Only Arms Industry Sources About an Arms Industry Endorsement
Election Focus 2020: The obvious questions the endorsement raises are how it might influence Biden’s military policy, and perhaps whether such an endorsement would be demotivating for antiwar voters in Biden’s voter base.
Corporate Media Deny Their Own Existence, Despite Driving Biden’s Primary Victory
Election Focus 2020:Looking at corporate media’s coverage of corporate media, one gets the sense that anyone who dares to suggest that media corporations like Comcast-owned MSNBC, AT&T-owned CNN or News Corp–owned Fox News have their own commercial interests—which incentivize them to push pro-corporate politics—are kooky “conspiracy theorists.”
Media Fail to Identify Xenophobia as Biden Says Trump ‘Rolled Over for Chinese’
Election Focus 2020: Rather than respond by focusing blame for the crisis squarely where it belongs—on Trump’s incompetent, reckless and self-centered management—and working to beat back the dangerously rising anti-Asian sentiment in this country, Biden and some of his supporting super PACs are choosing to adopt rather than challenge the anti-China premise of the attacks.
Media Silent as Poll Workers Contract Covid-19 at Primaries That DNC, Biden Campaign Claimed Were Safe
Election Focus 2020: After the CDC on March 15 advised the public to cancel all gatherings of more than 50 people, a senior adviser to Joe Biden went on CNN and claimed the CDC had deemed in-person voting safe. And not a single major media outlet reported on it.
How Corporate Media ‘Factchecked’ Biden’s Calls for Social Security Cuts Into Oblivion
Election Focus 2020: At the start of the Democratic primaries, the Sanders campaign utilized Biden’s long history of supporting cuts to popular entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security to devastating effect, so it’s no surprise that corporate media worked overtime to nullify one of the Sanders campaign’s strongest arguments.
23 Headlines Obscure Biden’s Lies About Cutting Social Security
Election Focus 2020: Headlines from 23 different media outlets covering Sanders’ critique of Biden’s Social Security record obscured crucial facts by making no mention of surely pertinent information.
Steady Hand Joe
Election Focus 2020: Despite Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s prominent role in leading the US into the disastrous Iraq War, and his recent stream of lies and equivocations about why he supported it and when he began to reverse his position, many pundits continue to uncritically paint Biden as “mature” or a “steady hand” on foreign policy.
Only One View at The View: Biden Not So Bad
Election Focus 2020: The View has served as a sort of daytime rapid response room for Joe Biden’s candidacy: defending him against charges of being too old, normalizing his invasive interactions with women or dismissing his mangling of a war story.
As Biden Invokes Dead Family Members Against Medicare for All, Media Play Along
Election Focus 2020: Corporate media uncritically transmitted the ad’s message as if it were merely a campaign strategy, instead of explaining what Biden, Sanders and Warren’s proposals actually are, and clarifying for voters whether Biden’s charges against his primary opponents are accurate.
For NYT, Inconvenient Facts Equal ‘Russian-Style Disinformation’
Election Focus 2020: Just as corporate media sought to distract their audience from the significant failures of their preferred Democratic candidate in 2016 with a collusion narrative that was baloney from the beginning, the New York Times wants you to be scared of anything and everything except Biden’s actual policy record.
