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Fanning the Fauci flames for Republicans
The congressional grilling of former White House Covid advisor Anthony Fauci, and the resulting editorial responses, weren’t good faith inquiries into the pandemic.
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NYT’s embarrassing anti-DSA meltdown
Democratic Socialists of America candidates won several Democratic primaries for Congress and the state legislature in New York.
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Why do U.S. Media still treat ADL as a credible source on antisemitism?
When major newspapers write about the definition or prevalence of antisemitism, they frequently look to the ADL.
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Media twist opposition to land theft into hatred of a religion
The local media have fanned the misconception that these are anti-Jewish protests, meant to intimidate Jewish worshippers attending synagogue, when in fact they are pro-Palestine protests against illegal land sales that are strategically held inside a house of worship.
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Pundits blame Sydney slaughter on protest slogan
Australian officials are still learning about the individuals who carried out the Bondi Beach attack, killing more than a dozen Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Sydney.
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A Seattle socialist’s victory gives elite media the jitters
New York City isn’t the only city to have elected a democratic socialist as mayor.
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Mamdani beats Cuomo and the Press hacks (again)
New York City baseball legend Yogi Berra said it best: “It’s déjà vu all over again.”
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CPB is dead, but we need public media more than ever
Right-wing media are mostly tickled. The New York Post editorial board (7/18/25) celebrated: “Taxpayers will no longer have to pay for the toxic, biased propaganda that federally funded media have been poisoning America with for the last 60 years.”
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Trump turns Pentagon into Department of War on First Amendment
Journalist access is only one piece of the Trump administration’s full-throttle attack on the free press.
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As Ellison buys out TikTok, U.S. moves toward one-Party media
Larry Ellison, founder of the software firm Oracle, is the second-richest billionaire in both the U.S. and the world, and for a brief moment was No. 1 in the world.
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NYT undermines fight against antisemitism by using it as shield for Zionism
Pro-Israel zealots commonly attempt to discredit criticism of the Israeli government by equating such criticism with antisemitism, because Israel is the world’s only state with a Jewish majority.
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Feds threaten Wikipedia after Right-Wing media uproar
The Trump administration is very upset with Wikipedia, the collaboratively edited online encyclopedia.
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In return to ‘war on terror’ propaganda, Murdoch cheers suppression of protest
The arrest and possible deportation of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, a Green Card holder with a student visa, for his organizing role at Gaza solidarity protests last year has sent shockwaves throughout American society.
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‘Cultural Marxism’: The mainstreaming of a Nazi trope
When Norwegian right-winger Anders Breivik invoked “cultural Marxism” as the reason for his 77-person killing spree in 2011, many observers placed the notion in the same category as the killer—the fringe.
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Did Left journalists buy into Right-wing ideology–or were they bought?
What is truly more urgent is the fact that a dangerous media class is taking advantage of this media vacuum, at the expense of regular people.
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Right-Wing sleuths find the LA fires culprit
Game-changing fires destroyed Paradise, California, in 2023, and Lahaina, Hawaii, in 2024—clear warnings, if any were still needed, that the climate catastrophe had arrived.
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NYT panics over outrage at insurance companies
Americans see the systems working in the rest of the world and know that the United States could have a better healthcare regime, but that corporate and government leaders simply choose not to.
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Murdoch outlets and Bezos’ WaPo demand more sympathy for health insurance execs
The early morning murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was met on social media with a “torrent of hate” for health insurance executives.
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How Trump will seek revenge on the Press
The infamous Project 2025, a conservative policy agenda many see as a blueprint for the second Trump term, calls for the end to public broadcasting, because it is viewed as liberal propaganda.
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Judges in TikTok case seem ready to discount First Amendment
Earlier this year, despite widespread protest, President Joe Biden signed legislation forcing TikTok’s owner “to sell it or face a nationwide prohibition in the United States”.
