Elite Lapdogs Always Welcome in Corporate Media
Chris Cuomo’s return is a reminder that corporate media personalities are not accountable to the public, they are accountable to the elites they serve.
Chile’s Draft Constitution: Undemocratic—or Too Much Democracy?
By Ari Paul / FAIR Chileans will vote in September on whether to approve a new constitution that promises to address inequality and lack of democracy (Reuters, 7/4/22). It would…
Government Supervised Times, Wartime Reporting, and More
We talk to Patrick Lawrence about Ukraine by diving deeper into his recent articles written for ScheerPost.
Patrick Lawrence: The Causes of Things
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Casus belli Over a summer sup on the back lawn the other night, a Times-reading, MSNBC–watching, NPR–listening neighbor asked what I thought she…
VIDEO: Aaron Maté Challenges Guardian on Syria
A recent article in The Guardian parroted evidence-free allegations that The Grayzone’s Aaron Maté is "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" about Syria among a "network" of "conspiracy theorists."
Patrick Lawrence: The Imaginary War
It began when the Biden regime and the press misrepresented Russian aims in Ukraine. All else has flowed from it.
Patrick Lawrence: This Week in Fake News / Artless Dodgers
Mark 6:4 There is the case of Seymour Hersh, the great investigative reporter whose work vaults across the years from the My Lai massacre to the dirty war in Syria.…
Patrick Lawrence: This Week in Fake News / Blurred Truths
A veteran journalist's weekly critique on the state of mass media
From Fake News to Junk News: Gabriela Miranda Is the Symptom, Not the Problem
Nolan Higdon turns a critical eye on the latest case of journalistic malpractice to rock the media world.
Patrick Lawrence: The Power of Images
How the mainstream media uses images to define truth.
How Spooks and Establishment Journalists are Circling the Wagons
It would be foolish to imagine that, in this more complex information age, the U.S. and U.K. intelligence services’ influence over journalists has diminished. Both Carole Cadwalladr and Paul Mason’s…
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…)…
Corporate Media Hypocrisy Revealed in Buffalo Shooting Coverage
The corporate media's contradictions in covering nazism exposed in Buffalo shooting coverage.
Matt Taibbi: Shouldn’t Hillary Clinton Be Banned From Twitter Now?
Trial testimony reveals Hillary Clinton personally approved serious election misinformation. Is there an anti-Trump exception to content moderation?
The Media was the Most Powerful Player in the Popular Rebellion
The Institute for Palestine Studies provides an English translation of Shireen Abu Akleh's article in 2016 about the role of media coverage in Palestinian uprisings.