Media Hype Set Up Tren de Aragua to Serve as Trump’s New Bogeyman
Tren de Aragua hype fuels a general persecution of migrants by implying that migrant shelters are gang hotbeds.
Who Is This ‘Haiti’ That’s Appealing for Intervention?
Military intervention into Haiti is in the air again. And the East Coast establishment media—which have on occasion remembered that Haiti is a near neighbor and has been ravaged by anti-government demonstrations, a failing economy and gang violence—seem to be breathing a sigh of relief. The Washington Post (10/11/22) ran an editorial: “Yes, Intervene in […]
Phyllis Bennis and Matthew Hoh on Afghanistan Withdrawal
US media consumers may need not a broom but a shovel to deal with the self-aggrandizing, history-erasing misinformation headed our way.
After Al-Baghdadi’s Death, Media Failed to Ask Where ‘War on Terror’ Is Going
The circumscribed coverage of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death represented yet another artful evasion of any critical discussion of imperial foreign policy.
Missed Opportunity to Recall a Day to ‘Perpetuate Peace’
Guides to “deals and freebies” for veterans are a missed opportunity to recall the roots of the holiday.
Alex Main on Bolivia Coup
Media are celebrating the extra-legal pushout of Bolivia’s first indigenous president, and welcoming the self-declared leadership of a legislator who has tweeted that she “dream[s] of a Bolivia free of satanic indigenous rites.”
Major Media Bury Groundbreaking Studies of Pentagon’s Massive Carbon Bootprint
Groundbreaking studies of the US military’s outsized contribution to the climate crisis received no coverage in virtually all the US’s biggest newspapers and TV news channels.
Relaying Views of US’s Top General, Newsweek Sees No Need for Countervailing Facts
Lazy, one-sided reports like Newsweek’s “NATO Superiority Over Russia Has ‘Eroded,’ Forcing Alliance to Create New Strategy, US General Says,” are a major reason why US officials are still taken seriously when they demand further investments in the military/industrial complex.
‘Yemen Was Called the Forgotten War, but Activists Are Refusing to Forget’
“We are providing logistical support and intel-sharing for their aerial campaign; we’re doing spare-part transfers, making sure that all those F-15s that are dropping bombs on civilian targets in Yemen are up to speed.”
The NYT’s Pro-War Arguments Against War With Iran
The New York Times’ “anti-war” arguments are woefully lacking—vilifying Iran without subjecting the US to comparable scrutiny, and hiding US aggression towards Iran.
‘Museums Like the Whitney Are Accountable to the Communities They Claim to Serve’
“What we’ve tried to say, both as artists and as people living in the city, to the Whitney, is that, ‘No, Kanders can’t be on a board of the Whitney Museum that claims to be a progressive institution, that claims to serve a public interest.’”
Wired’s Gee-Whiz High-Tech Militarism
In Wired’s imagination, military weapons resemble otherworldly creations, high-tech spectacles, the stuff of science fiction.
‘Hypersonic Missiles’ Aren’t Starting an Arms Race—Washington Is
The New York Times ascribes agency and responsibility to mysterious forces and inanimate missiles manipulating the US both in its headline—it’s the missiles that are “starting a new global arms race,” not the government—and in its claim that “the rush” to possess hypersonic missiles has “pushed the United States into an arms race with Russia and China.”
Creating a Climate for War With Iran
Media outlets are creating a climate for a US military attack on Iran by hyping the idea that Iran is an imminent threat to peace. Headlines breathlessly suggest to readers that Iranians are going to kill Americans if Americans don’t kill Iranians first.
In Media’s Looking Glass, US Doesn’t Threaten Iran But Merely Responds to Iranian Threats
US leaders have been threatening Iran for years, but US corporate media persistently and wrongly paint US escalations against Iran as defensive countermeasures.
For Corporate Media, Space Belongs to Washington
Another day, another opportunity for our perpetually “behind” and “vulnerable” military/industrial/media complex to assert the need for yet another military upgrade–this time in outer space!
Defining Endless War Down
Some in the press pounced on Beto O’Rourke’s description of an Iraq war that is “27 years and counting.”
Bill to End Yemen Siege Passes—No Thanks to MSNBC
As activist pressure on lawmakers to oppose the Yemen War mounted over the past few months, the nominally liberal media powerhouse MSNBC was once again AWOL.
To Ramp Up Fear of Russia in Africa, NYT Downplays Massive US Military Presence on Continent
With a report on Russian influence in Africa, the New York Times added to its series of reports depicting Official Enemies surpassing the US in the race for global dominance.
‘Renouncing Violence’ Is a Demand Made Almost Exclusively of Muslims
Why should only these groups—Muslim 95 percent of the time—“renounce violence,” but the US and its allies never have to?
