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Prepping Readers to Accept Mass Slaughter in Lebanese ‘Strongholds’
Chris Matthews Garbles It All for You
Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on Placing Blame for Trump
Media Blame Left for Trump Victory—Rather Than Their Own Fear-Based Business Model
‘You See Just How Many Immigrants Are Dying on the Job’: CounterSpin interview with Nicole Foy on immigration and labor
When Lights Go Out in Cuba, Media Blame Communism—Not US Sanctions
Despite History of Fabrication, Press Uncritically Covers IDF-Provided Documents on Hamas
Nicole Foy on Immigration and Labor
WaPo Says Not to Worry About Climate Disruption’s Disastrous Costs: Reassuring report based on long-debunked climate contrarian
‘The Point Is to Sprinkle a Little Doubt About the Election’CounterSpin interview with Shawn Musgrave on voter fraud hoax
Bezos’ Declaration of Neutrality Confirms: Billionaires Aren’t on Your Side
White Men Get Short End of Stick—in NYT Chart, if Not in Reality
In Midst of Palestinian Genocide, Late Hamas Leader Scolded for ‘Eradicating’ Israel
LA Times Non-Endorsement Another Sign of Our Billionaire-Dominated Politics
Media Hawks Make Case for War Against Iran
Shawn Musgrave, Orion Danjuma on Vote Fraud Hoax as Voter Suppression
CPB Funds Ideological Overseers at NPR in Response to Right-Wing Criticism
‘We’re Witnessing This Global Tidal Wave of Repression’: CounterSpin interview with Chip Gibbons on Gaza First Amendment Alert
US Sanctions Shoot Down Sputnik Radio
To Be a Media Expert on Economics, It Helps to Have the Right Politics
‘Housing Discrimination Is Collective, Cumulative, Continuing’: CounterSpin interview with George Lipsitz on the impacts of housing discrimination
Chip Gibbons on Gaza First Amendment Alert
60 Minutes Pushed Harris Right on Econ, Border, While Ignoring Other Vital Issues
‘Americans Understand That Immigration Is a Fundamental Part of Our Society’: CounterSpin interview with Insha Rahman on immigration conversation
For NYT’s ‘Free Speech’ Maven, Racism Needs Protection, Gaza Protests Don’t
George Lipsitz on the Impacts of Housing Discrimination
Demonizing Hezbollah to Legitimize a US/Israel Onslaught on Lebanon
‘The Insurance Industry Is the Fossil Fuel Industry’: CounterSpin interview with Derek Seidman on insurance and climate
Double Standards and Distortion: How the NYT Misreports Sexual Violence in Israel/Palestine
Exposing Bias Against Palestinians, Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Predictably Accused of Bias by CBS
Top Papers Quoted More Wine Importers Than Union Leaders on Port Strike
Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate, Insha Rahman on Immigration Conversation
Media Urge Expansion of Ukraine War—Nuclear Risk Be Damned
New Yorker Sides With Right Against Childless Cat Ladies
‘Western Press Obscured the Sheer Terror of What Israel Had Carried Out’: CounterSpin interview with Mohamad Bazzi on Lebanon pager attacks
Vance Dossier Shows Not All Hacks Are Created Equal
Judges in TikTok Case Seem Ready to Discount First Amendment
Mohamad Bazzi on Israeli Terror Attacks
How Scripps Turned Public Disengagement Into ‘Strong Support’ for Deportation
CNN’s Tapper Smears Tlaib With Baseless Charge of Bias
Media Throw Everything But the Facts Against Harris’s ‘Price Control’ Proposal
Jen Senko on The Brainwashing of My Dad
‘Genocide Can and Should Never Be Just a Normal Story’CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on Palestinian genocide
‘There Are More Guns Than Americans, But Most of Them Are Owned by a Minority’CounterSpin interview with Robert Spitzer on gun rights and rules
WSJ Calls for Keeping Judiciary in Shadows
Study: To US Papers, ‘Identity Politics’ Is Mostly a Way to Sneer at the Left
What Did ABC Think Voters Needed to Hear From Harris and Trump?
Gregory Shupak on Palestinian Genocide, Robert Spitzer on Gun Rights and Rules
‘We’re Hitting Record Highs, But Still Leaving African Americans in Economic Insecurity’CounterSpin interview with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Algernon Austin on the Black economy
Not Reporting on Trump as a Threat to Democracy Is Also a Threat to Democracy
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad & Algernon Austin on the Black Economy
‘They See These Price Hikes as a Good Thing’CounterSpin interview with Freddy Brewster on supermarket megamerger
A Bookstore Brouhaha Confuses Whose Speech Is Being Curtailed
US Press Loses Interest as Winners of French Election Aren’t Allowed to Take Power
Freddy Brewster on Supermarket Megamerger
‘They’re Trying to Pass Laws to Make Dark Money Even Darker’CounterSpin interview with Steve Macek on dark money
Breaking News Alerts Keep Public Posted on Trivia and Trump
NYT Uncritically Reported Israel’s Version of Golan Bombing
‘This Was Not Caused by God, But Caused by Climate Change’: CounterSpin interview with Victoria St. Martin on suing Big Oil
NYT Can’t Forgive Donahue for Being Right on Iraq
Steve Macek on Dark Money
Sanders’ Convention Speech Attacked by NYT for Advocating Popular Policies
‘This Is a Push to Pass Laws Criminalizing Protest of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure’: CounterSpin interview with Emily Sanders on criminalizing pipeline protest
Phil Donahue Changed My Life—and Millions of Others
Emily Sanders on Criminalizing Pipeline Protest, Victoria St. Martin on Suing Fossil Fuel Companies
Students Left Out of Discussions About Student Gaza Protests
Press Amplifies GOP Attack Line: Walz Too Slow to Use Force Against BLM
‘Trying to Pull the Strings on a Prosecutor’s Judgment Is a Serious Problem’: CounterSpin interview with Shayana Kadidal on Guantánamo plea deal
‘Google Is Able to Profit Extraordinarily Off of Not Having Competition’: CounterSpin interview with Lee Hepner on Google monopoly
NYT Cynically Suggests Antisemitism Cost Shapiro the VP Slot
Lee Hepner on Google Monopoly, Shayana Kadidal on Guantanamo Plea Deal
‘DEI Has Become the New N-Word’CounterSpin interview with Tim Wise on ‘DEI hires’
Pundits Push for Regional Escalation in the Wake of Israeli Assassinations
‘The Problem Is, There’s No Place for Anyone to Go’: CounterSpin interview with Keith McHenry on criminalizing homelessness
Tim Wise on ‘DEI Hires,’ Keith McHenry on Criminalizing the Unhoused
How Sinclair Sneaks Right-Wing Spin Into Millions of Households
When Does Concern About Presidential Fitness Become Media Ableism?
‘Our Most Important Democratic Document Was Intended to Make the Country Less Democratic’: CounterSpin interview with Ari Berman on minority rule
Abandoning Popular Policies is Crucial to Victory, WaPo Tells Harris
NYT’s Predictable Advice for Kamala Harris: Go Right
Ari Berman on Minority Rule
Crime Is Way Down—But NYT Won’t Stop Telling Voters to Worry About Crime
‘We Have More People Supporting the Rights of Palestinians to Life; It’s Huge’: CounterSpin interview with Phyllis Bennis on Israel’s war on Palestinians
Media Boosted Anti-Trans Movement With Credulous Coverage of ‘Cass Review’
Phyllis Bennis on Israel’s War on Palestinians
Trump’s Shooting Should Not Silence Warnings About His Threat to Democracy
US Media Coverage of Anti-Vax Disinformation Quietly Stops at the Pentagon
Shelby Green & Selah Goodson Bell on Utility Profiteering, Jane McAlevey on #MeToo & Labor
Italy’s Antisemitism Scandal Should Have Raised Alarms in US
‘The Design of These Systems Keeps People in Opposition to Each Other’: CounterSpin interview with Hatim Rahman on algorithms and labor
‘You Have People Who Only Look at Marijuana Legalization as Another Way to Make Money’: CounterSpin interview with Tauhid Chappell on cannabis equity
Hatim Rahman on Algorithms’ ‘Invisible Cage’
NYT Unleashes the Lab Leak Theory on the Public Debate Once Again
‘It’s Time to Take Medicare Advantage Off the Market’CounterSpin interview with David Himmelstein on privatized Medicare
Establishment Press Hails Big Money Crushing a Black Progressive
Reports on Heat Waves and Flooding Usually Neglect to Explain Why They’re Happening: Study
David Himmelstein on Medicare Dis-Advantage, Tauhid Chappell on Cannabis Equity
Assange Is Free, But US Spite Will Chill Reporting for Years
CNN’s Debate Plan Makes Democracy the Likely Loser
Censorship at a Jewish School Part of a Crisis for Free Expression