Michael Brown, According to the New York Times
The New York Times makes some curious choices in its coverage of the victim in the Ferguson, Missouri, police shooting.
Media Get ‘Lazy’ Factchecking Rick Perry’s Ad Claim
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry’s new TV commercial is based on a lie. Will reporters say so? The ad starts with a Barack Obama quote: ”We’ve been a little bit lazy, I think, over the last couple of decades.” To which Perry responds: ”Can you believe that? That’s what our president thinks is wrong with […]
Boss Bashing: Does Lawrence O’Donnell Have a Fallback Job?
MSNBC host has been receiving praise for going after his NBC bosses–as the L.A. Times noted today (4/29/11): MSNBC commentator Lawrence O’Donnell escalated attacks on NBC executives this week. On his MSNBC show the Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell Wednesday night, he accused NBC (another division of his own company) of allowing the Celebrity Apprentice […]
GE Avoids Reporting on GE Avoiding Taxes
You may have heard about the New York Times report (3/25/11) explaining that General Electric made $14 billion in worldwide profits in 2010–and paid the federal government exactly nothing in taxes. The Times explained this is”based on an aggressive strategy that mixes fierce lobbying for tax breaks and innovative accounting that enables it to concentrate […]
Undocumented Labor in Lou Dobbs’ Backyard
Isabel Macdonald, a former FAIR staff member, published an article in the Nation (10/7/10) revealing that undocumented workers had been landscaping Lou Dobbs’ Florida home and looking after his daughter’s show horses. As a hardline commentator on the issue of “illegal immigrant workers,” one would think Dobbs would be a little embarrassed about this discovery. […]
