Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.
Erased by NBC: How Legacy Media Ignores Independent Reporting
Posted by Joshua Scheer Ken Klippenstein is a brilliant investigative journalist whose work exposes what legacy media often tries to erase. In this sharply observed Substack post, he details how…
Why Didn’t NYT, WaPo Report What They Knew About Venezuelan Invasion?
Please ask the New York Times and Washington Post why they failed to report on the Venezuelan invasion and kidnapping when it could have saved lives.
Billionaire’s Mouthpiece Searches for Reasons to Avoid Taxing Billionaires
The Washington Post, which serves the interests of its mega-billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, unsurprisingly thinks taxing billionaire wealth is a bad idea.
Editorial Boards Cheer Trump Doctrine in Venezuela
Rather than worrying the US will encourage other countries to behave lawlessly, US papers could be more concerned about their own country’s lawlessness.
Billionaires Are Encroaching on the Free Press. Let’s Act to Defend It in 2026.
By Maya Schenwar & Negin Owliaei for Truthout It’s becoming something of a theme: Two massive companies are fighting to take over another massive company, in a deal that will…
NYT Editors Gaslight Readers Over Paper’s Gaza Bias
Even as NYT chief Joe Kahn was clamping down on the newsroom, he offered praise to then-President Joe Biden for backing Israel’s genocide.
Media Opinion on DC Shooter Avoided Reality That Violence Abroad Can Come Home
Six of eight opinion pieces on the DC National Guard shooting ignored extensive evidence that the suspect’s US military experience impacted his mental state.
From Helen Thomas to Today: Questioning Authority and Exposing Hypocrisy
By: Joshua Scheer, SP Columnist I woke up this morning to a tweet from Drop Site News that inspired me to post, but I had no idea what to write.…
Critics Warn of ‘Catastrophic’ Threat If Netflix Acquires Warner Bros.
By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams Netflix announced a deal Friday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s film studio and streaming business for $83 billion, a merger that—if approved by the…
The Nuzzi-Lizza-RFK Scandal: A Symptom of Corporate Media’s Deep Ethical Crisis
By: Nolan Higdon for his Substack the Gaslight Gazette “Can we pause this, I’m sorry,” mumbled a sobbing Olivia Nuzzi during her December 2, 2025 interview with Tim Miller of…
The Seven Richest Billionaires Are All Media Barons
The world’s seven richest men now double as media barons, buying up platforms from CNN and CBS to Twitter, Facebook and TikTok. Alan MacLeod charts how their ties to Trump,…
Jonathan Cook: Confronting The Media’s Gaza Group-Think
The western media’s failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on 7 October 2023. It’s always been like this. Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about…
BBC News Has a Long Record of Disinformation. But This Time It Chose the Wrong Target
The BBC’s now in a death loop: it grows ever more craven to the billionaires, shifting the political centre of gravity further rightwards, even as the billionaire-owned media claim it’s…
Don’t Worry, Wall Street Journal—Health Insurers Are Profitable!
When insurance stock prices dropped sharply, business journalists fretted that private looting of the healthcare system might end.