Tag: news
In the era of ‘fake news,’ Americans would like to change...
Does the population agree with this view?
Trump’s Supreme Court strikes blow to government workers, good paying jobs
“This is a concerted, corporate-funded effort to get rid of public employee unions."
Faulty intelligence? The curious case of the murdered journalist who wasn’t
There is no question that journalists in Russia (and, for that matter, Ukraine) are under threat.
To the press, after 18 months of Trump
Don’t let him rattle you. Maintain your dignity, confidence, and courage.
Fox News reportedly having difficulty selling ads for Sean Hannity and...
Fox News’ business model is not sustainable.
Study finds 5,000 people may have died from Hurricane Maria in...
Cable news covered Roseanne for over 10 hours. They covered Hurricane Maria's death toll in Puerto Rico for just over 30 minutes.
Massive broadcast merger between Sinclair, Tribune has many worried about propaganda
The Sinclair-Tribune merger would bypass the congressional cap set at 39 percent, but because of an FCC loophole, only a portion of Sinclair’s current stations are considered in the count.
There’s fake news on your television, too
There’s fake news on your television, too. And there’s about to be more of it, unless something is done to stop an upcoming merger.
On seeing America’s wars whole
Crudely put, the central question that goes not only unanswered, but unasked is this: What the hell is going on?
The empty piety of the American Press
Corporations that own the press look at news as a revenue stream. Journalism is irrelevant.
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How the UN can act decisively to end genocide in Gaza
Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly can take decisive action to end the genocide in Gaza, by authorizing a UN-backed arms embargo, economic boycott and divestment campaign against Israel, or even a military protection force for Gaza.
Appeals court rejects Trump’s wartime deportation claim under Alien Enemies Act
Fifth Circuit finds no “invasion” or “predatory incursion,” blocks Alien Enemies Act removals from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi while due process issues return to lower court.
Scores of climate experts condemn Trump climate report as ‘junk science’
“It reads like a list of common climate skeptic tropes—long ago rebutted by the scientific community—being rehashed by a group of disgruntled scientists.”
AI death panels or cost control? Medicare pilot hands denials to private algorithms
Federal pilot in Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington will pay private A.I. firms a cut of “savings,” prompting warnings of “AI death panels” and the “very worst of private insurance.”
Trump says America’s oil industry is cleaner than other countries’. New data shows massive...
Does Texas, the heart of America’s oil and gas industry, tell a different story?