Tag: mainstream media
Record inequality and corporate profits are what media call a ‘strong...
It makes little sense if one assumes corporate journalists are primarily concerned with informing the public.
Max Blumenthal arrest exposes hypocrisy of western media and ‘human rights’...
Here’s an idea for media outlets and NGOs concerned about the appeal of Russian public relations efforts: start doing your jobs by holding your own authoritarian politicians and politicized police forces to account.
The revolution isn’t being televised
Media uninterested in protest movements around the world.
What George Carlin taught us about media propaganda by omission
George Carlin’s quip reminds us to demand the other score: the horrific cost of our unequal and unsustainable status quo.
NYT remembers David Koch more as ‘philanthropist’ than polluter
An obituary should memorialize a person, but some people’s legacies are darker than dinosaur exhibits.
Reporting on global crises like Amazon fires, media need to focus...
It doesn’t matter so much how many reports corporate media write; if the same people stay at the center of them, the story won’t change.
Media bias and movement building: Bernie Sanders’ revolutionary 2020 campaign
“Bernie Sanders makes my skin crawl. And I can’t even identify for you what exactly it is.” Former assistant U.S. attorney Mimi Rocah on...
Fascism then and now
A new book
I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Fascism, Then and...
Corporate media filled with nameless voices attacking progressive democrats
The Democratic Party establishment wants you to know that they’re not afraid of primary challenges from the Justice Democrats—a progressive political action...
Cornel West: Corporate media’s superficial coverage helped create “fascist Frankenstein Trump”
On Tuesday night, Senator Bernie Sanders openly criticized CNN’s handling of the debates. He told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “Your question is a...