Turning a San Francisco Recall Into Rout for Police Reform
By Dave Lindorff / FAIR San Francisco voted on June 7 to recall its district attorney, Chesa Boudin, a reformer who had challenged the traditional “lock ’em up” policies of…
In The Wake of Abu Akleh’s Murder, Media Continued to Obscure Israeli Violence
By Robin Andersen / FAIR On May 13, two days after the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli Occupation Forces, as her loss still dominated international…
How Spooks and Establishment Journalists are Circling the Wagons
In the second of this two-part series, we examine why so many journalists are keen to cooperate with and parrot the key messages of the US and British intelligence agencies.
VIDEO: Ask Prof Wolff: What the NYTimes Gets Wrong About Inflation
By Richard Wolff / Democracy At Work A Patron of Economic Update asks: “Christopher Leonard, author of “The Lords of Easy Money” has a piece in the 6/11/22 NYT (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/11/op…)…
NYT Hypes NYC Police Spending, Buries School Cuts
By Ari Paul / FAIR The New York Times (6/10/22) reported on NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ first budget agreement, saying it “excludes…proposals to significantly increase staffing levels at the city’s…
‘The Times is Telling You to Choose Between Rights and Safety’
CounterSpin interview with Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin recall.
A January 6th Spectacle Won’t Save Democracy
On the surface, the hearing is a powerful example of democracy in action, but what happened on January 6th and what it means for democracy is hindered by the establishment…
Captain Zelensky and the War Crimes that Never Happened
The indoctrinated masses cannot break free from seeing the wars their country started as a game where you merely root for the right team.
Corporate Media Hypocrisy Revealed in Buffalo Shooting Coverage
The corporate media's contradictions in covering nazism exposed in Buffalo shooting coverage.
Nuland-Pyatt Tape Removed From YouTube After 8 Years
The most watched version, with subtitles, suddenly was made unavailable on Wednesday. The tape provides the smoking gun of U.S. involvement in 2014 Kiev coup. (Read the transcript).
New York Times Repudiates Drive For ‘Decisive Military Victory’ in Ukraine
Ukraine must negotiate based on a “realistic assessment” and “limits” to U.S./NATO commitment, says NYT.
“The Typhoid Mary of Disinformation”: Nicolle Wallace. Nobody Spreads it More Relentlessly.
From her days as Bush/Cheney propagandist, to her stint on The View, to her role as beloved-by-Democrats MSNBC host, Wallace has perfected the art of sociopathic lying.
Beware of the Fact-Checkers
A case study in how allegedly neutral analysts hired by publications or social media can effectively cancel good-faith questions and opinions because they challenge dominant narratives.
Lee Camp: They Just Admitted They’re Lying to You
The U.S. has a long history of lying to its people — Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan, Iran, Panama, Haiti, Guatemala, Chile. Ukraine is the latest example of that.
Ray McGovern: Corporate Media Deploys the Big Guns on Ukraine
Judith Miller and AF General Philip Breedlove are back!