NYT Gave Green Light to Trump’s Iran Attack by Treating It as a Question of When
The ultimate goal of the New York Times editorial was to promote the idea that war with Iran could potentially be desirable—and certainly justifiable.
Working Hard to Justify Israel’s Unprovoked Attack on Iran
Israel’s special relationship with the US means it gets special coverage in the US corporate media, presenting its assault on Iran as fundamentally justified.
One Side Routinely Uses Human Shields in Gaza—But Not the Side That’s Usually Blamed
Corporate media often treat Hamas use of human shields as an established fact, while pretending that Israel doesn’t do exactly that.
‘Yemen Has Been a Place the US Has Seen Fit to Bomb With Little Public Discussion’:
CounterSpin interview with Khury Petersen-Smith on Yemen distortions
“There’s suffering on a mass scale in Yemen, and the United States bears tremendous responsibility for that.”
Khury Petersen-Smith on Yemen Distortions
The Yemeni people are paying the price both for the fighting and for the distortions around it, from political elites and their media amplifiers.
The Real Scandal of Yemen Bombing Is Not That They Used the Wrong App
The focus on Washington palace intrigue over the bombing of women and children is a stark reminder of corporate media priorities.
Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback
Pretending protest isn’t happening is aiding and abetting the work of the silencers; it’s telling lies about who we are and what we can do.
Sanitizing Resumption of Genocide as ‘Pressure on Hamas’
The function of the corporate media is to endow demonstrably false US/Israeli accusations with a veneer of solid credibility.
NYT Advises Trump to Kill More Venezuelans
New York Times columnist Bret Stephens made an overt case for US military intervention to topple Venezuela’s government.
Counting the Victims of Israel’s War on Gaza Is Low on Media’s Priority List
Over the course of Israel’s genocide, Western media have actively avoided investigating the true human costs of the war.
Media Credit Trump for Gaza Truce—Sidelining Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity
An accounting of the ceasefire is incomplete if it excludes how anti-Zionist and anti-imperialist forces in the Middle East thwarted US/Israeli designs.
Media Downplay Israeli Violations of Hezbollah Ceasefire
Despite the overwhelming number of Israeli attacks in the post-ceasefire period, news audiences have heard that a “tense ceasefire holds.”
Iman Abid on Israeli Genocide
While not the first to ask us to see the assault on Palestinians as genocide, Amnesty’s report offers an opening to ask why some are so invested in saying it isn’t.
Prepping Readers to Accept Mass Slaughter in Lebanese ‘Strongholds’
Western corporate media outlets have done a fine job of legitimizing Israel’s mass killing, displacement and destruction in Lebanon.
Demonizing Hezbollah to Legitimize a US/Israel Onslaught on Lebanon
Coverage of the US/Israeli assault on Lebanon has evinced a casual disregard for Lebanese lives, and often an outright zest for killing the country’s people.
Media Urge Expansion of Ukraine War—Nuclear Risk Be Damned
Despite the risks of escalation, Biden’s public reluctance to loosen limits on Ukrainian use of US missiles has been met in the war-hungry media primarily with derision.
Gregory Shupak on Palestinian Genocide, Robert Spitzer on Gun Rights and Rules
Why do the press corps need a constitutional amendment to protect their ability to speak if all they’re going to say is, “oh well”?
Press Amplifies GOP Attack Line: Walz Too Slow to Use Force Against BLM
Corporate media are allowing the debate to revolve around the question of whether Tim Walz was quick enough to use force against Black Lives Matter protests.
Lee Hepner on Google Monopoly, Shayana Kadidal on Guantanamo Plea Deal
Does the company that “corners the market” do so because people simply prefer what they sell? The anti-monopoly ruling against Google challenges that idea of how things work.
‘We Have More People Supporting the Rights of Palestinians to Life; It’s Huge’:
CounterSpin interview with Phyllis Bennis on Israel's war on Palestinians
“In any country, there could be a trial begun, charges brought against those in Israel…who are enabling and profiting from this occupation.”
