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…)…
ScheerPost Contributors Honored Six Times at SoCal Journalism Awards
ScheerPost contributors won six out of the eight awards they were nominated for.
NYT Hypes NYC Police Spending, Buries School Cuts
By Ari Paul / FAIR The New York Times (6/10/22) reported on NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ first budget agreement, saying it “excludes…proposals to significantly increase staffing levels at the city’s…
‘The Times is Telling You to Choose Between Rights and Safety’
CounterSpin interview with Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin recall.
If Poverty Is a Moral Issue, Then the U.S. Is Bankrupt
The Poor People’s Campaign, ahead of its June 18 gathering, is calling out the false pro-corporate rhetoric on poverty, wages, and inflation.
A January 6th Spectacle Won’t Save Democracy
On the surface, the hearing is a powerful example of democracy in action, but what happened on January 6th and what it means for democracy is hindered by the establishment…
John Kiriakou: The Triumph of “Bloody Gina,” the CIA’s Torture Queen
Court filing reveals CIA director Gina Haspel participated directly in the spy agency’s black site illegal torture program while fellow officer Kiriakou was imprisoned for exposing it.
John Kiriakou: The Steele Dossier and Lying to the FBI — Not Guilty as Charged
The Steele Dossier was a pack of lies, but the Clinton campaign attorney who promoted it to the FBI didn’t lie.
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.
Will Shireen Abu Akleh’s Murder Mark a Turning Point in the Liberation of Palestine?
This particular targeted killing of a journalist – not the first and sadly, probably not the last – touched us all. And the response of the Zionist establishment in occupied…
John Kiriakou: Biden’s Orwellian ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ and Other Assaults on Free Press
From the announcement of the Biden Administration's new “Disinformation Governance Board" to NewsGuard's "Disinformation Fingerprints" project, free speech is under attack in the U.S.