From Ersatz Fear to Epic Fury
How Media Glorification of Vigilantes and Militarism Can Backfire Mischa Geracoulis for Project Censored On December 22, 1984, Bernie Goetz—“the subway vigilante”—shot four unarmed Black teenagers on a New York…
There is a Time for Everything, Even No News That’s Fit to Print
Edward Curtin Substack Without having read the details and having no intention to do so, I am still wondering if The New York’s Times’ advice for Sunday May 17, about…
You Don’t Know What It Is, Do You, Mr. Jones?
Ari Paul FAIR Silence had never sounded so sweet, blankness had never looked so beautiful. A visit to the far-right conspiracy outlet Infowars website had no “Jesus Returns”–sized headlines about…
For US Commentators on Iran, Mass Murder Is Magic
Gregory Shupak for FAIR In the wake of the temporary US/Iran ceasefire, hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in…
Senior BBC Iran Reporter Exposed As Opposition Activist
Wyatt Reed The Grayzone After a top reporter at the BBC drew outrage for publishing a quote demanding Iran be nuked, she’s been revealed as a dedicated regime change activist…
How Western Media Sanitises And Sells The Crimes of Empire
Nate Bear Do Not Panic Yesterday The Associated Press said it was going to start using words which accurately reflect reality. The news agency announced, after much deliberation and a…
We Need Honest Journalism About the US-Israel War on Iran
Ramzy Baroud for Common Dreams US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred style of declaring unsubstantiated victories, whether…
‘There Is a Cost to Telling the Truth.’But Georgia Fort Is Undeterred
Erin Aubry Kaplan for Capital and Main Last month, on her 38th birthday, Georgia Fort told me that she finally feels like an adult. Not because her three kids are…
Leading US Papers Defend the Indefensible in Iran Aggression
Gregory Shupak for FAIR The United States and Israel are, for the second time in less than a year, committing “the supreme international crime” against Iran (FAIR.org, 7/3/25). Editorials in…
Greenwald: CNN Is Running Iraq‑War‑Level Propaganda for the Iran War
ScheerPost Staff In a blistering breakdown of U.S. media complicity, Glenn Greenwald dissects what he calls one of the most brazen propaganda stunts of the new Iran war: CNN’s Jake…
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…
Prem Thakker on Media Power, Epstein, and Free Speech — With Imran Khan Update
In this wide-ranging discussion, Prem Thakker, a reporter at Zeteo News, examines questions surrounding Bari Weiss’s media influence, her public stance on free speech, and allegations of selective censorship within…
Condé Nast Upheaval Signals a New Level of Corporate War on Media Workers
Facing the impacts of mergers and displacement by AI, media unions are fighting for democracy and freedom of expression.
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…
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.…