Non-Endorsements Another Sign of Our Billionaire-Dominated Politics
In blocking endorsements expected to go to Trump’s opponent, billionaire owners are using their media power to help a fellow billionaire.
LA Times Shortchanges Readers With Deficient Explanation for Rising Food Prices
Corporate greed is conspicuously missing from LA Times columnist Steve Lopez’s list of reasons that prices go up.
LA Times Frames School Board Melee as Clash of Protesters, Not Far-Right Attack
The LA Times downplayed the fact that outside far-right activists have been driving much of the hostility.
LAT Film Critic Shouldn’t Throw at Stone
L.A. Times film critic Kenneth Turan (7/2/10), reviewing Oliver Stone’s documentary South of the Border, remarks in passing that “a recent piece in the New York Times pointed out numerous errors” in the film’s discussion of Latin American politics. Turan might have noticed that the Times‘ supposed debunking, by former Latin American correspondent Larry Rohter, […]
L.A. Times Editors’ Colombia Fantasyland
The capacity for U.S. editorial writers to twist reality when it comes to “free trade” is astounding. But when “free trade” collides with Colombia policy in the minds of the same editorialists, the potential for illogic becomes truly Orwellian. Take Wednesday’s Los Angeles Times editorial (“Obama Should Press for Colombia Free-Trade Pact”) pushing for passage […]
Press Distortions in the Battle Over Abortion
For years, the anti-abortion movement has pressured the media to adopt its terminology and worldview. Recent months have shown this pressure is working. In the renewed war over abortion coverage, the pro-choice side is on the defensive. The first shots were fired by Richard Harwood, the Washington Post‘s conservative “ombudsman.” On March 25, Harwood’s […]
