Media Opinion on DC Shooter Avoided Reality That Violence Abroad Can Come Home
Six of eight opinion pieces on the DC National Guard shooting ignored extensive evidence that the suspect’s US military experience impacted his mental state.
When Trump Took Over DC, NYT First Ignored, Then Belittled Protests
Dismising the vibrant grassroots resistance to Trump’s occupation of DC as “only a few scattered protests” is a distortion.
WaPo Editors Doing Their Best to Conceal Reporters’ Vital Work on DC Occupation
Washington Post editors have been slapping misleading headlines on Post reporters’ invaluable coverage of the military occupation of DC.
Media in Hiding From the Most Urgent Questions of the Day
How do you explain that violent crime is on the decline? AP relegates reality to a dependent clause, and then recites inflammatory hysteria word for word.
Trump Occupying DC: WaPo Used to Be Disgusted
The Washington Post’s acquiescence to Trump’s power grab is just the latest favor the president has received from the Jeff Bezos–owned paper.
‘DC’s Not Making Money Here, DC Is Paying Billions’:
CounterSpin interview with Pete Tucker on DC stadium deal
“All of these dollars are going to a stadium, as opposed to after-school programs, as opposed to shoring up an already hurt safety net.”
Raeghn Draper on Tipped Workers, Pete Tucker on DC Stadium
Elite news media transmit the weird worldview that it’s appropriate to force tipped workers to please and appease patrons in order to survive.
WaPo Owes an Apology to the DC Mayor It Drove From Office
The Washington Post sought to preempt DC voters by getting rid of Mayor Vincent Gray before he stood for reelection.
WaPo’s All-White Edit Board Decides DC Can’t Be Trusted With Democracy After All
The Washington Post’s objections to DC’s government being “subject to the whims of Congress” were withdrawn when it agreed with those whims.
WaPo Complicit in Corruption of DC Council’s Corporate ‘Concierge’
Evidence of DC Councilmember Jack Evans’ corruption has abounded for many years–just not in the pages of the influential Washington Post, which has long protected the powerful local politician.
‘They’re Going to Pen You In and Charge You for It’
“The government doesn’t own our public spaces. They are the stewards of our public spaces, and they are simply supposed to manage them. But they want to treat this now as if our public parks, our public lands, are somehow their property.”
‘Media Coverage of This Case Has Been Sloppy When Present at All’
“Both the US attorney’s office and the Metro PD exhibited remarkable lack of curiosity about the veracity and authenticity and reliability of the information that they got from Project Veritas.”
Mass Arrests of Protesters: Outrageous in Russia, Barely Worth Mentioning in US
The eagerness of US media to disproportionately cover and empathize with detained protesters in Russia, while either ignoring or toeing the government’s line when it comes to mass arrests stateside, speaks to the nationalistic blinders at work.
