Tag: mainstream media
Key Assange witness recants—with zero corporate media coverage
Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson admitted that his entire testimony is false, a revelation that could be the death knell for U.S. attempts to prosecute the Wikileaks founder.
I will not yield my values: Fired AP journalist Emily Wilder...
Less than 48 hours after Stanford College Republicans began to post about me, I was fired.”
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.
Corporate media reverse reality by blaming BLM protesters for everything
Corporate media reports were quick to blame BLM for initiating violence, portraying them as senseless rioters in an otherwise peaceful and tranquil society.
US media can’t think how to fight fires without $1-an-hour prison...
The main difference: Unlike prison laborers, regular citizens have to be paid more than pittance wages.
When it comes to the truth of opinion columns, it’s reader...
Normally, there is at least the assumption, among professional journalists and readers alike, that the opinion pieces are held to some basic standard of factual accuracy.
At Washington Post, defunding police is a step too radical
With the Post’s prominence as a leading publication for political coverage, it’s no wonder Americans are resistant to the idea of defunding: The news they’re reading is telling them to resist it.
NYT urges Biden to shun his party’s ‘left-leaning brand’
Election season is finally heating up again—which means it’s time for corporate media to get back to flogging their “move to the center” horse when covering Democrats.
On right-wing violence in Texas, media’s silence sends message
Is this sending a message to would-be future attackers that there will be no consequences for their actions?