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.
Honoring two men just brought down by the coronavirus pandemic
John Prine and Bernie Sanders have left a legacy, the importance of which cannot be ignored.
Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Capitalism hasn’t been working for most people for the last 40...
"We haven’t been challenged, to put it in a way. But we are being challenged now, because so many people have done so poorly."
Massive broadcast merger between Sinclair, Tribune has many worried about propaganda
The Sinclair-Tribune merger would bypass the congressional cap set at 39 percent, but because of an FCC loophole, only a portion of Sinclair’s current stations are considered in the count.
Russian propaganda? The new era of mainstream conspiracy theory
While it is true that Russia, China and other rival countries engage in espionage and propaganda, their efforts to change American minds pale in comparison to the stenography of the US and other Western media.
Republicans want to defund our libraries
Claiming to protect children, Republicans are going after libraries and librarians instead of the police, gun manufacturers, and actual child sexual abusers.
How the Native American population in the US increased 87% says more about whiteness...
Another way to describe this recent adoption of Native American identity is what I call “racial shifting.”
Why Hating the Media Could Make the Difference in November
The winning candidate may be the one who most successfully stirs the public's mistrust of journalists and journalism.
What pundit Ezra Klein doesn’t get about parenting in a looming climate crisis
It’s a matter of math: Bigger families mean more carbon emissions.
Media malpractice: Blacking out genocide and disenfranchising Palestinian pain
American media’s Israel bias and censoring journalists.