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.
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.
The Trump FBI’s enemies list could encompass over half the US public, and virtually no corporate media outlets covered this catastrophic decree.
The data center controversy was downplayed by the Washington Post—owned by the founder of Amazon, a company at the forefront of the data center buildout.
Information from a major hack targeting Israel revealed that Jeffrey Epstein played a significant role in brokering multiple deals for Israeli intelligence.
When insurance stock prices dropped sharply, business journalists fretted that private looting of the healthcare system might end.
Rather than scrutinize María Corina Machado credentials, the media establishment whitewashed the most unpeaceful elements in her background.
Those who deny the Gaza genocide are intellectually and morally equivalent to Holocaust deniers–yet the Wall Street Journal persists in running such denial.
After the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, Trump escalated his war on free speech, calling for criminalizing criticism of himself.
The Ellison duo taking over both CBS and CNN, as well as controlling a major social media network like TikTok, would be dangerous for democracy.
The New York Times had Laura Rosenbury write as a free speech expert, despite her record of repressing protests, policing thought and censoring ideas.
Dismising the vibrant grassroots resistance to Trump’s occupation of DC as “only a few scattered protests” is a distortion.
Washington Post editors have been slapping misleading headlines on Post reporters’ invaluable coverage of the military occupation of DC.
The arguments presented in the New York Times have bolstered Trump’s justification for imposing tariffs on Brazilian goods.
It would be hard to make up a story with more dramatic potential. Yet corporate media somehow knew this was a story to steer clear of.
Many of the bill’s key provisions—including Medicaid, SNAP and clean energy cuts—will be literally deadly for people in the US and abroad.