Tag: corporate media

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.

It’s clear that the American system of making health insurance a privilege only for those who work—or for those poor and old enough to qualify for Medicaid and Medicare—has made the U.S. especially vulnerable to Covid-19.

It’s so vital to provide accurate information, particularly about the outbreak’s growth, and especially when you are an outlet that officials and opinion-shapers are likely to look to for guidance when making decisions and recommendations about the drastic measures needed to halt the coronavirus.

But a deeper look at media coverage suggests that media’s concern with money in politics rarely extends beyond the catchy headline.

Corporate media are doing their best to smear the progressive candidate that threatens their own business interests.

And that is a complete misunderstanding of the actual sociology of America.

"...I don’t think any person in American history has ever spent more money cultivating an image in the public of himself as has Michael Bloomberg."

"Why is this so hard for people to see?"

On closer examination, it turns out that that is not a bar chart, but merely the New York Times’ indication that Buttigieg is in the lead.

Watching impeachment through the lens of the New York Times.