NYT Reports on ‘Perception’ of Subway Danger—but Can’t Perceive Racism
Inchoate fears about public transit—and the people who use it—have a long history, both in New York and other US cities.
The Return of Reefer Madness
Alex Berenson is good at cherry-picking a few crazy examples of where pot use has been linked to violence, with questionable evidence.
Media Worried US Won’t Occupy Syria Forever
In December, President Donald Trump said that he planned to withdraw from Syria the US troops there, which number between 2,000 and 4,000. Trump’s claim was widely condemned in corporate media.
Corporate Press Stoops to Absurdity to Balance Trump’s Border Wall Lies
Both the AP and New York Times factcheck stories following Trump’s immigration speech included just a single example from the Democratic response. Perhaps not coincidentally, both of those strained, scrounging-for-anything examples turned out as flaming journalistic failures.
William Blum, US Policy Critic Derided by NYT, Dies at 85
You know you’ve lived well—well enough to rattle the establishment—when the New York Times smears you in the obituary it runs about you (FAIR.org, 6/20/13). That distinction was achieved by William Blum, historian and critic of US foreign policy. Once a State Department computer programmer who aspired to “take part in the great anti-Communist […]
NYT’s Trauma Tourism Will Have Deadly Consequences
It’s unclear why the Times thinks readers would be puzzled by a phrase like “a person with a heroin addiction,” and that dehumanizing language is the only way to convey to their audience that a person uses drugs.
Not So Black & White: NYT Touts Rural Voters, Buries Racism in Mississippi Election Analysis
To emphasize the power of rural white voters in Mississippi—and elsewhere—without explicating that state’s long, sordid past as the lynching capital of the country does a disservice to the facts.
ACTION ALERT: What NYT Called Israel’s ‘1st Incursion’ Was at Least Its 263rd
In a piece headlined “Deadly Gaza Raid by Israel Threatens Nascent Ceasefire” (11/11/18), the New York Times described an Israeli assault near the city of Khan Yunis that killed seven Palestinians as the first known Israeli ground incursion into Gaza since Operation Protective Edge, in July 2014, set off a seven-week war. This depiction […]
Who, Us? Corporate Media Ignore Their Role in Trump’s Refugee ‘Invasion’ Panic
The political press dutifully chased Trump’s rhetorical tail as Election Day neared, and repeatedly ceded its editorial judgment and newshole to the nativist fearmongering he used to stoke the Republican Party’s base.
The Needle and the Damage Done
It doesn’t take much to turn supposedly “objective” data journalism into flawed, rank speculation, as anyone closely following the whipsawing Election Night media narrative on Tuesday can attest.
New York Times’ Trauma Tourism
The New York Times Magazine took readers on a sensational 6,000-word tour of trauma, complete with cringe-worthy language and compassionless photographs.
Maintaining Media Omerta
The New York Times apologized for allowing one of its reporters to work on a story that no one has claimed contains a single inaccuracy.
As Trump Commits to Endless War, Corporate Media Obsess Over Anonymous Op-Ed
Lost amidst the deluge of who-is-Anonymous? speculation was a Trump administration story that will have deadly, far-reaching consequences long after the New York Times op-ed is forgotten.
Thomas Friedman’s Crazy Poor Economics
Aside from the racism of the column’s headline—note that it’s different to say that some individuals in an ethnic group are “crazy rich” than it is to say that a group as a whole is poor because they’re crazy—it’s just empirically wrong to suggest that Middle Eastern countries are poorer as a whole than Asian countries.
Action Alert: Tell NYT Not to Present Center-Right as ‘Left’
When the New York Times wanted to recap reactions—“from the right and left”—to Donald Trump’s recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the choice of pundits it turned to to represent “the left” was exceedingly bizarre.
NYT Sees ‘Dystopia’ in Chinese Surveillance—Which Looks a Lot Like US Surveillance
The New York Times has the ability to report on woes in other countries without recognizing that its own country has troubles that are similar or worse.
Extra! Soundbites July 2018
GOP Attacks, NYT Parrots… With Neutrality Like This, Who Needs Allies?… Facebook’s Foreign-Funded Watchdog on Foreign Influence… Frank of Dodd/Frank Now Frank of the Bank… NYT Accepts That Charging Feminists With Treason ‘Undermines Reformist Credentials’… Staff Cartoonist Rob Rogers Fired
Soaring Cost of Clues Leaves Thomas Friedman Apparently Unable to Buy One
In a period of record-low productivity growth, Thomas Friedman tells us the robots are taking all the jobs. Hey, no one ever said you had to have a clue to write for the New York Times.
Actually, NYT, Hurting Growth Is the Whole Point of Raising Interest Rates
The New York Times said the Fed “express[ed] confidence that raising borrowing costs now won’t hurt growth”–though that is exactly why it is raising rates.
NYT Carries IDF Attack on Murdered Medic–Reveals It’s a Smear in 20th Paragraph
The IDF video deceptively edited Razan al-Najjar’s comments to distort what she said—a fact not noted by the New York Times report until the third paragraph from the end.
