The Good Kind of Protesters—and the Bad Kind
The complex anti-government protest movements in both Venezuela and Ukraine were boiled down by US corporate media to send a clear message to their domestic audience: These are the good guys.
Why Did the US Invade Iraq? The Answer in 2014
Reports of Al-Qaeda linked fighters taking over the Iraqi city of Fallujah have prompted a lot of media coverage about the US sacrifice there. In the process, the history of the war is being dramatically rewritten.
NPR: And Now, for Balance, Bigots and Big Coal
When the law finally starts to catch up with the promise of equality for all, does one stop to wonder if anti-equality bigots feel left out? That’s the question that NPR’s All Things Considered tried to answer.
The Future of the Planet? Get Over It
You would think—or maybe hope—that journalists who have to appear alongside climate change deniers would find it a bit awkward. It used to be that media were faulted for creating false “balance” in coverage of climate change—quoting reality-based scientists in roughly equal measure with non-scientists who either don’t think there’s a problem or don’t think […]
