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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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When lights go out in Cuba, media blame communism—not U.S. sanctions
For the last six decades, Cuba has been on the receiving end of myriad sanctions by the United States government. This blockade has proved devastating to human life.
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Media hawks make case for war against Iran
The media hawks are flying high, pushing out bellicose rhetoric on the op-ed pages that seems calculated to whip the public into a war-ready frenzy.
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‘The insurance industry is the fossil fuel industry’
CounterSpin interview with Derek Seidman on insurance and climate.
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Exposing bias against Palestinians, Ta-Nehisi Coates is predictably accused of bias by CBS
Acclaimed journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates returned to nonfiction with his essay collection The Message, published on October 1, only to be met with patronizing dismissal and a whiff of racism on CBS Mornings
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‘Western press obscured the sheer terror of what Israel had carried out’
CounterSpin interview with Mohamad Bazzi on Lebanon pager attacks.
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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”.
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They’re trying to pass laws to make dark money even darker
CounterSpin interview with Steve Macek on dark money.
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Phil Donahue changed my life—and millions of others
Phil Donahue passed away Sunday night, after a long illness. He was beloved by those who knew him and by many who didn’t.
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Students left out of discussions about student Gaza protests
Recent student-led campus encampments in solidarity with Palestine prompted considerable media conversation.
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‘The problem is, there’s no place for anyone to go’
CounterSpin interview with Keith McHenry on criminalizing homelessness.
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‘It’s time to take Medicare Advantage off the market’
CounterSpin interview with David Himmelstein on privatized Medicare.
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NYT unleashes the Lab Leak theory on the public debate once again
The lab leak theory of Covid-19’s origins has been something of a zombie idea in public discourse, popping up again and again in corporate media despite numerous proclamations that it’s finally been debunked.
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Reports on heat waves and flooding usually neglect to explain why they’re happening: Study
This month brought yet another record-breaking spate of flash floods and deadly heatwaves across the U.S.
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‘These stores are unhealthy for our communities’
CounterSpin interview with Kennedy Smith on dollar store invasion
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The NYT’s one true subject is the One Percent
From granular coverage of the career triumphs of nepo babies and the goings-on at elite universities, to deep dives about luxury real estate and ritzy goods and services most people have never heard of, it’s clear that the New York Times’ most cherished subject is the One Percent.
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‘We’re seeing Universities following a corporate agenda to get favor with donors’
CounterSpin interview with Ellen Schrecker on the attack on academic freedom
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As corals bleach worldwide, some outlets are willing to name the cause: Fossil fuels
Record levels of heat in the ocean are causing once-colorful coral reefs around the world to bleach a ghostly white.
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‘Are you going to end the genocide, President Biden? That’s the central question’
CounterSpin interview with Ahmad Abuznaid on Rafah invasion.
