Friday, March 28, 2025

Tag: media

Al Jazeera America is Being Cancelled

Hundreds of jobs are soon to be lost at Al Jazeera America to shut down all operations come April.

A Perfect Portrait of Corporate Crime

Martin Winterkorn, VW’s disgraced CEO, was forced to resign after the auto maker's eco-friendly diesel cars actually polluted the air more than allowed by law. Finally, a CEO must pay the consequences for betraying consumers and the environment?

Why the Washington Post’s Attack on Bernie Sanders is Bunk

It seems some political reporters many not see the populism that’s fueling Bernie’s campaign. But hold on tight because it's gaining strength and conviction.

Four Reasons Why the Wall Street Journal’s Attack on Bernie Is...

The Wall Street Journal recently dumped on Bernie Sanders' expansion of government based on misinformation and distortion. Now, Robert Reich is responding to the recent article by spreading the truth.

You Can’t Trust the (Corporate) Press

From operation mockingbird to wars based on official lies, you can't trust the corporate press. Democracy will only flourish when "the press can decide whether to print what it knows.”

Vendetta or Paranoia? The ‘Times,’ the ‘Beast’ and the Clintons

It's time to discuss the New York Times and the Clintons. Is it wrong to skew the discussion of alleged Times bias against the Clintons as Pulitzer-winning Times editors and staffers versus "diehard Clinton loyalists" and "allies?"

VIDEO: Facebook Accused of Censoring Hundreds of Prisoners by Purging Profile...

With more prisoners using social media, Facebook has been accused of being too willing to delete profile pages of prisoners at the request of U.S. authorities—a growing debate among groups.

Clinton Emails: Is this Watergate? Or Just Another Whitewater?

The Hillary Clinton email hysteria rages on as the Washington press corps have virtually declared war on her. But is this a Republican stunt to derail the Democratic presidential candidate they fear the most?

HuffPost and Washington Post Reporters Face Charges in Ferguson

Huffington Post's Ryan Reilly and Washington Post's Wesley Lowery were charged with trespassing and interfering with a police officer a year after being detained during the Ferguson riots. This raises troubling questions about press freedom.

Poor-Shaming 2.0

Why do Republicans insist on humiliating low-income households when it comes to their qualification for aid to access the Internet? It's shameful that GOP officials continue to demean people in need.

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Leaked messages show US officials celebrating Yemen airstrike that killed civilians

Newly revealed Signal messages expose top Trump administration officials boasting about deadly strikes on civilian areas, sparking accusations of war crimes.

The dark and sinister ideology driving Elon Musk’s actions

The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been, and their power as elected officials sworn to uphold the Constitution is far greater than an unelected billionaire’s artificial power as Donald Trump’s hatchet man.

ICE agents accused of ‘kidnappings’ after snatching Tufts PhD student and farmworker organizer

Arrests of international student and labor organizer spark accusations of political repression and unconstitutional ICE tactics.

The first 50 days

While there are already all too many examples of that very sort of perversification, let me just focus on several that could prove crucial when it comes to the future of our imperiled democracy.

White House orders Social Security shutdowns and service cuts as Trump nominee faces Senate...

Millions of beneficiaries face office closures and phone service cuts as Trump’s Social Security pick, Frank Bisignano, refuses to commit to reversing policies.