FTC Chair’s Efforts to Curb Corporate Power ‘Raise Questions’—From Corporate America
The New York Times made minimal effort to point out the monetary incentives of the critics of the FTC it highlighted.
NYT Worries Brazil Goes Too Far to Fight Far Right
The New York Times is traditionally soft on right-wing extremists while portraying leftist Latin American governments as authoritarian.
The New York Times Has Decided We Need to Cut Social Security and Medicare
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) The New York Times editorial board came to a shocking realization this week: we are living on borrowed money. That was the…
NYT Reluctant to Fault Israel for West Bank Aggression
The New York Times seems reluctant to hold Israel accountable for the unprecedented settler brazenness of the Netanyahu administration.
Ralph Nader: What’s the Matter with the ‘Liberal Press’?
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org David Ignatius, a long-time Washington Post columnist on military intelligence topics, probably never dreamed his newspaper would fill over three full pages serializing his latest…
J4S: The Life and Impact of Daniel Ellsberg (w/ Bob Scheer)
By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost Bob Scheer joins us for this episode of Journalists for Sale. Apart from being our awesome boss, Bob is a…
Matt Taibbi: On The Explosive Coronavirus Story
As months-long joint investigation goes public, some additional details and context.
Suspended for Providing Balanced News on Ukraine
An editor at Radio New Zealand has been suspended and is under investigation for the time-honored practices of providing balanced and factual reporting, writes Tony Kevin.
US Tells Another Bedtime Story To Scare Away Normal Relations With China and Cuba
Addressing allegations of “Chinese spy base” in Cuba.
NYT on Ukraine’s Nazi Imagery: It’s ‘Complicated’
US journalists have decided that being on the right team in this war is more important than presenting an accurate picture of events.
15 Reasons Why Mass Media Employees Act Like Propagandists
By Caitlin Johnstone / CaitlinJohnstone.com If you watch western news media with a critical eye you eventually notice how their reporting consistently aligns with the interests of the US-centralized empire,…
Patrick Lawrence: First There Were Neo-Nazis, Then There Were No Nazis, Then There Were
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I tell you, serving as a New York Times correspondent these days cannot be easy. You have to convey utter nonsense to your…
Glenn Greenwald: Jeffrey Sachs on US Provoking Ukraine War
By Glenn Greenwald / Rumble Jeffrey Sachs and Glenn Greenwald discuss the role of the U.S. in provoking the proxy war in Ukraine, and how the war could have been…
WSJ Worries Debt Limit Fight Could Jeopardize Military Contractors’ Profit
The Wall Street Journal hand-wrings about the area of the discretionary budget that appears least likely to face cuts.
Chris Hedges: Why the Conspiracy Theory About Trump and Russia Won’t Go Away
The latest investigation into the charges that Donald Trump’s campaign worked in concert with the Russian government exposes a cynical collaboration between Trump opponents and the FBI.