Don’t Pretend the ‘War on Drugs’ Has Anything to Do With Fighting Drugs
Media exposes reinforce the narrative that the US is in fact fighting against drug cartels—and not using the “drug war” apparatus as a politico-economic weapon.
Why We Should Be Skeptical of Generic Ballot Predictions
Generic ballot predictions over the past quarter of a century have sometimes wildly over-predicted, and sometimes wildly under-predicted, the winner.
Western Media Accept Trump’s Plundering of Venezuelan Oil as Business as Usual
Objections to the new Venezuelan oil plan were mostly procedural and out of concern for appearances, not driven by any principled opposition to US predation.
Death Penalty Coverage, Domestic Violence Justice
We’ve been told to think of lethal injection as the clinical, tidy way for the state to murder people. CounterSpin revisits coverage of death penalty realities.
‘Gig Companies Take the Position Their Workers Aren’t Employees Who Have Rights’:
CounterSpin interview with Terri Gerstein on gig workers' rights
‘If this is the scope of wage theft that is happening just by these two companies, over a short period of time and two places, what is happening everywhere else?’
Genocide Treated as Afterthought by Media on Third Anniversary of October 7 Attacks
For corporate media, the third anniversary of the commencement of mass slaughter in Gaza is an afterthought to the anniversary of the Hamas attacks.
Remembering 9/11—But Not the Victims of the US Response
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, leading US papers largely ignored the vast numbers of people killed in the wars launched in response to the 9/11 attacks.
Terri Gerstein on Gig Workers’ Rights
Corporate media lionize corporations that make vast profits by exploiting their employees—such that those workers need government assistance to stay alive.
Axios Looks for Silver Lining in Trump’s Tinfoil Economy
“Voters don’t care.” Axios writes, that “the economy’s not that bad.” Axios doesn’t seem to care about giving voters an accurate picture of Trump’s economy.
Florida’s Lawsuit Against NYT’s Gaza Coverage Is Pure Desperation
Florida’s lawsuit against the New York Times says less about the newspaper’s Israel/Palestine coverage than it does about the state of the pro-Israel right.
‘Pinochet Carried Out Terrorism Less Than Two Miles From the White House’:
CounterSpin interview with Sarah Anderson on Letelier/Moffitt murders
“Unfortunately our history is always going to be a few steps forward and a couple steps back, and people just need to keep pushing through that.”
Corporate Media Don’t Understand the Houthis—and Don’t Want You to, Either
Corporate media see one thing above all that anyone needs to know about the Houthis: They are simply proxies of Iran, the West’s current favorite enemy.
‘The Energy in the Party Is With the Rising Socialist Tide’:
CounterSpin interview with Raina Lipsitz on DSA politics
“It’s old-fashioned, it’s knocking on doors, it’s talking to our neighbors, it’s going to meetings…making connections, reaching out to other human beings.”
Sarah Anderson on the Letelier/Moffitt Murders
Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt died in a car bombing in Washington, DC, on September 21, 1976, that illuminated the results of US actions and inactions.
25 Years After 9/11, NYT Continues to Rationalize Catastrophic Wars
The New York Times—which played a critical role in dampening skepticism of the “Global War on Terror”—rationalized the violence the US unleashed after 9/11.
Reflections on 40 Years of FAIR
“FAIR’s groundbreaking work launched an explosion of media monitoring and awareness of the corporate media’s collusion with corporate interests.”
Media Responded to Trump’s Press Ban by Withholding the Attention He Craves
If reporters want to convince the world that they are necessary to combat the rise of authoritarianism, now is the time to abandon business as usual.
Raina Lipsitz on DSA Politics
When people try to fight for something better, we get a lot of noise about how that can’t work, and you know who else wanted social change? Communists!
CNN Cleared to Join CBS Under Trumpian Paramount Ownership
Paramount’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, which faced legal action over concern that it consolidated too much media power, is now going forward.
‘There’s a History of Resistance to Corporate Crime’:
Russell Mokhiber on covering corporate crime
“We sat around as a message to the future: not to close your eyes, to keep your eyes open, and if you see something, say something and take action.”
