Tag: mainstream media
TV news and its long dark night of the soul
Tunnel vision and faulty polls blinded television to what was happening during the election. But that’s not all.
Establishment media declares war on their competition as “fake news”
US News has published a list of websites that it deems unworthy of support, and is essentially urging to be de-monitized or banned based on the previous calls to action.
2016 as prologue, not aberration
Our media is strangling our democracy, and without a course correction it will only get worse.
Study Confirms Network Evening Newscasts Have Abandoned Policy Coverage For 2016...
It’s troubling that the networks have decided this year to walk away from their responsibility to help inform voters about key issues of public concern.
Tabloid Takedown of Bernie Sanders
What explains the unrepentant disdain the elite media cast on Sanders’ bold ideas and insurgent campaign? In short, class.
WikiLeaks’ 10 Most Damning Clinton Emails that Prove Mainstream Media is...
The reality revealed in these emails is one of media collusion with powerful interests, which only serve to keep the American people in the dark about what is actually transpiring.
Noam Chomsky On His Gradual Expulsion from Mainstream Media
The last time Chomsky was in The New York Times was over a decade ago.
Terrorism: The Product of American Military Policy
The War on Terror is not a war unto itself; it is just one facet of the larger agenda of perpetual war that this government, filled with bloodthirsty war hawks, has conducted for far too long.
Moderation in Pursuit of Truth Is the Media’s Vice
But neither NBC News nor The New York Times public editor knows it.
Pay For Play? The Scandal Is Judicial Watch Misleading Gullible Media
Perhaps it is time for someone in the media to investigate its conduct.
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Report counts 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in three years after Dobbs
Pregnancy Justice found that most cases involved child neglect or endangerment charges and that substance use was alleged in 871 of them.
CMS rescinds nursing home voting guidance and issues new memo on coercion
The July 20 memo replaced 2020 and 2024 guidance. Senators asked the agency in August to reinstate the earlier versions.
Education Department drops appeal of ruling that struck down loan forgiveness employer rule
The rule would have let the education secretary disqualify nonprofit and government employers from Public Service Loan Forgiveness. A federal court vacated it on June 30.
Trump Dangles Rural Health Dollars To Push States To Change Hospital Laws
The Trump administration has tied billions in rural health funding for states partly to the policy commitments they make, including ending their certificate of need, or CON, laws governing the construction of new hospitals.
Mehdi Hasan on AIPAC’s Role in El-Sayed vs. Rogers Race in Michigan & Trump’s...
One of the most closely watched races in the midterm elections is in Michigan between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers. El-Sayed is a former public health official who is campaigning on a platform of Medicare for All, ending military aid to Israel, and getting corporate money out of politics. Rogers is a former Republican congressman backed by President Trump.
If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim to serve in the U.S. Senate. During Wednesday’s debate in Michigan, Rogers repeated the claim, without providing evidence, that El-Sayed has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed has repeatedly denied the accusation.
“If Abdul El-Sayed wins, it will be a reminder that the left can win in a swing state like Michigan,” says Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief of Zeteo. “And it will be actually a moment to say, 'You know what? Americans rejected Islamophobia.