Tag: mainstream media
A telling tale of two press lords
Rupert Murdoch made the world safe for grand fortune. E.W. Scripps had a better idea.
Corporate liberal media propaganda and Joe Biden
After a wide-open presidential primary process in 2020, Democrats and progressives came together to defeat Trump. We may need that open process again in 2024 to defeat Trump or Trumpism. For that to happen, Joe Biden would have to step aside.
Making Monsters: How media encourage hatred of immigrants
Is it virtually impossible for Americans to accept migrants as human when the news persistently degrades, brutalizes and distorts their image?
As skies turn orange, media still hesitate to mention what’s changing...
FAIR found 115 news segments that mentioned the forest fires and their effect on air quality—of those 115 segments, only 44 mentioned climate change’s role.
Report shows how military industrial complex sets media narrative on Ukraine
A recent report from the Quincy Institute (6/1/23) demonstrates just how much influence war profiteers have on the national discourse.
When corporate media fail, independent media rise up
Corporate media outlets have often furthered racist narratives, and do so even today. In contrast, independent media outlets have centered racial justice, offering platforms to marginalized communities.
Big oil shill tells Fox viewers there is ‘no health risk’...
"He has been trying to recast air pollution—particularly PM2.5—as innocuous for decades, since he was working for Big Tobacco."
For media, giving in to debt limit blackmail was a triumph...
When Congress passed the debt ceiling deal hammered out by President Joe Biden and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, centrist media celebrated.
The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a ‘partisan standoff’
Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?
How the people can take down Fox News for good
The network is currently in a very vulnerable position that can be exploited by everyday, ordinary cable customers like us.
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Seven dead in ICE custody in Trump’s first 100 days as detainee population swells
At least seven migrants have died in ICE custody since January, as the Trump administration expands detention and dismantles oversight across a system plagued by abuse, neglect, and inhumane conditions.
The real evil empire may surprise you
Serving in (or thinking about) the U.S. military for 40 years.
Texas voters reject far right school boards in sweeping backlash to book bans
Dozens of candidates who backed book censorship policies lost their seats in school board elections across Texas, signaling public fatigue with partisan attacks on students, educators, and libraries.
One in ten Americans lives in a sinking city, new study finds
Groundbreaking research from Columbia University reveals that land beneath America’s largest cities is sinking—mostly due to groundwater extraction—posing a hidden but growing threat to infrastructure, flood safety, and climate resilience.
GOP Medicaid cuts would drop millions from coverage while boosting tax breaks for the...
New Republican plan could strip 8.6 million Americans of healthcare while permanently enriching the ultra-wealthy through revived 2017 tax breaks.