Tag: corporate media
Israel/Palestine coverage presents false equivalency between occupied and occupier
Corporate media have presented Israel’s killing spree as defensive, as a reaction to supposed Palestinian aggression.
Corporate media oppose Afghan control of Afghanistan
Establishment reporting over the future of Afghanistan after Biden’s announcement demonstrated the imperialist mindset of corporate journalists.
‘Divisive’: How corporate media dismiss ideas unpopular with elites
All too often, words such as “divisive,” “contentious” or “controversial” are used merely as media codewords meaning “ideas unpopular with the ruling elite”—what FAIR calls “not journalistically viable.”
Corporate media’s leaked Chinese documents confirm China didn’t hide Covid-19
It is important for American journalists to combat these misperceptions, so that the U.S. can learn from China’s response on how to better deal with the current crisis.
US media must scrutinize Biden presidency – not celebrate it –...
Journalists and those who hold their purse-strings will have to find a new enemy if they wish to keep their increased ratings – and maybe even their reputation of being a critical eye – intact when Biden becomes president in January.
For US corporate media, not intervening in Chinese politics is journalistically...
The issue, according to U.S. media, isn’t that a government body intended to fund these demonstrations in the first place; it’s that Pack prevented it from doing so.
Corporate media are focusing on race — and dodging class
U.S. news outlets doing decent coverage of police violence can rarely supply clarity about the “free enterprise” economic violence that is taking countless lives.
Class war — not the media hokey pokey — is what...
Maybe you don’t want to call it class war. But whatever you call it, the system always makes a killing.
Corporate media don’t think Americans paid to invade Venezuela count as...
In recent reports regarding the Bay of Pigs–style invasion, the term “mercenary” was accompanied by scare quotes, as if these men could only be seen that way from the perspective of an Official U.S. Enemy.
The fight for Bernie delegates is escalating — and could help...
Corporate media and powerful Democrats are eager to portray the 2020 Democratic presidential race as a thing of the past. But progressive activists have some very different ideas.
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Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
Trump is running for a third term. SCOTUS will let him. Democrats have to...
How far the Democrats ultimately go in providing justice and accountability depends entirely on how much the American people push them.
10,000 Palestinians buried beneath Gaza’s rubble as families dig by hand
With more than 10,000 bodies still trapped under the ruins of Gaza, families search with shovels and bare hands while aid agencies warn that recovery could take years amid explosives, disease, and ongoing destruction.
Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina sparks outrage as millions of Americans face food...
Critics accuse the Trump administration of unlawfully withholding SNAP benefits during the shutdown while approving a $40 billion bailout tied to Argentina’s far-right president Javier Milei.
Subsidies for private health insurance set to expire, costs expected to rise for Americans
Without an extension, premium costs could double for many Marketplace enrollees.