America’s Opinion Pages Overwhelmingly Supported Trump’s Attack on Iran
56% of Americans opposed Trump’s bombing. Why wasn’t this reflected in the range of opinions presented by America’s top press outlets?
MSNBC Sidelines Its Most Progressive Anchors
MSNBC’s recent purge makes it more unlikely that the cable news network will have any role in holding Democrats’ feet to the fire.
To Cozy Up to Trump, Bezos Banishes Dissent From WaPo
As shocking as Bezos’ groveling is, it’s just the latest in a string of extraordinary favors he’s done for Trump and Elon Musk.
CPB Funds Ideological Overseers at NPR in Response to Right-Wing Criticism
CPB declared it was giving NPR $1.9 million in “editorial enhancement” funding–using language that reads as a direct response to the recent right-wing criticism.
Debate Questions Posed to GOP Hopefuls Rarely Questioned Right-Wing Orthodoxy
The questions asked in the RNC primary debates revealed journalists had little appetite for challenging the GOP’s democracy-threatening turn.
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.
NYT, WSJ Look to Hawks for Ukraine Expertise
Perspectives that critically examine government actions have been hard to find in New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporting on Ukraine,
US Media’s Intellectual No-Fly-Zone on US Culpability in Nord Stream Attack
Commentators almost universally fingering Russia as the culprit in the pipeline sabotage, despite the lack of a plausible motive.
RIP Reliable Sources—and Corporate Media’s Willingness to Examine Itself
The ouster of media reporter Brian Stelter offers the first evidence of a shift away from critical journalism at CNN, at a critical time.
Support the Tropes
Corporate media invoke the language of human rights and humanitarianism to convince those to the left of center to accept, if not support, US actions abroad.
Minimum Wage Opponents Are ‘Moderates’—in Media Imagination
As Democrats push to include a $15 federal minimum wage in the Covid stimulus package, many media reports have been giving the false impression that it’s an idea far outside the mainstream.
What Is ‘Moderate’ About Opposing a Minimum Wage Backed by 3/5ths of Voters?
As Democrats push to include a $15 federal minimum wage in the Covid stimulus package, many media reports have been giving the false impression that it’s an idea far outside the mainstream.
In Dems’ Post-Election Fight, Corporate Media Took Side of Centrists
Joe Biden hadn’t even been declared the victor of the 2020 election before establishment Democrats, in the face of poorer-than-expected results in House and Senate races, began pointing fingers at the left—with corporate media giving them a major assist.
When Centrists Lose, Corporate Media Blame the Left
Joe Biden hadn’t even been declared the victor of the 2020 election before establishment Democrats, in the face of poorer-than-expected results in House and Senate races, began pointing fingers at the left—with corporate media giving them a major assist.
Socialism’s Increasing Popularity Doesn’t Bring Media Out of McCarthy Era
Looking at the representation of socialism among the hundreds of pundits in corporate media, one can be forgiven for almost thinking socialist pundits don’t exist.
There’s No Place Like the ‘Center’ for the Holidays
As the holidays approach, corporate media issue a spirited message to readers: Pipe down about politics.
To Media, No Democrat Can Possibly Be Right-Wing
Election Focus 2020: If there is a left wing of the Democratic Party, there must, logically, be a right. But when reporting on divisions in the party, media never identify the opponents of the left as representing the right.
ACTION ALERT: CNN Should Treat Left and Right Alike in Presidential Debates
Election Focus 2020: Please call on CNN to include a progressive journalist from an avowedly left media outlet as a moderator in its Democratic debates.
Warning to Progressive Dems: You’re Leaving Corporate Media’s Comfort Zone
Election Focus 2020: After the first round of Democratic primary debates, the line from corporate media and their overwhelmingly centrist sources was clear: The Democrats are moving dangerously to the left, at their own peril.
Previewing the Democratic Debates: Every Flavor of NBC, Trusting Corporate Media on Climate
Election Focus 2020: Despite new nods to diversity, there is little evidence so far to suggest that the debates will be any less circumscribed and shallow than those in the past.
