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‘In even the best coverage there is no accountability for the Fossil Fuel Industry’
CounterSpin interview with Evlondo Cooper on climate coverage.
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Flour massacre called ‘aid-related deaths’—rather than part of Israel’s engineered famine
Over 100 Palestinians were killed and hundreds more wounded on February 29, when Israeli snipers opened fire on people approaching a convoy of trucks carrying desperately needed supplies of flour. The attack was quickly dubbed the flour massacre.
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House votes against TikTok—and for more Cold War
A bipartisan effort to effectively ban the social media network TikTok in the United States has taken a great leap forward.
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At Northwestern U, distributing a parody paper gets you threatened with prison
Students at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, produced a parody edition of the school’s paper, the Daily Northwestern, to call out the school’s stance on Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Source who revealed how taxes steal for the rich rewarded with five years in prison
Because of Charles Littlejohn, we know that former President Donald Trump and a whole bunch of other rich people pay next to nothing in taxes, while the rest of us frantically file tax returns and see our wages sucked away to fund the military, aid for Israel and corporate subsidies.
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March against genocide isn’t news to New York Times
It’s hard to get an independent estimate of the number of people who showed up—Palestinians and Americans of all ages and races, including Jewish Americans, arriving from all parts of the country.
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The real border crisis: Texas vs. the Constitution
The United States is on the verge of a constitutional crisis, one that enlivens the nationalist fervor of Trump America and that centers on a violent, racist closed-border policy.
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‘When you’re in a colonial situation, the colonial power initiates violence’
CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on Gaza and genocide.
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Reporting on California’s fast food minimum wage raise comes with side order of fear
What’s scarier than a shark attack? An increase in the minimum wage.
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A minimum-wage increase can benefit the whole economy
CounterSpin interview with Sebastian Martinez Hickey on minimum wage.
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Corporate media fed COP 28 carbon capture confusion
The conference, held in Dubai, capital of the oil-dependent United Arab Emirates, reeked of almost comedic irony.
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‘”Material support” in the form of speech can be criminalized’
Wadie Said on the new Gaza McCarthyism.
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NYT amplifies outrage over imaginary calls for genocide
University presidents are under fire from politicians and the media over what is being framed as their waffling over allowing antisemitic speech on their campuses.
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Milei is ‘really as extreme as you get in Right-Wing Libertarian ideas’
CounterSpin interview with Mark Weisbrot on Javier Milei.
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The dystopian AI future some fear is the present-day reality others live
Whether you’re reading the news or watching a movie, you are likely to encounter some form of warning or buzz about AI.
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NYT runs interference for IDF as it bombs Jabalia Refugee Camp
Israeli bombs rained down on the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza on Halloween, leveling housing units and killing and wounding hundreds of Palestinians, mostly women and children.
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‘Free Speech’ fans call for censoring TikTok as Chinese plot to make Israel look bad
Axios (10/31/23) reported that in a two-week period, TikTok saw “nearly four times the number of views to TikTok posts using the hashtag #StandwithPalestine globally compared to posts using the hashtag #StandwithIsrael.” As a result, the conservative outrage machine kicked into high gear.
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Conflating Jewish and pro-Israel is wrong and misleading
As protests erupt worldwide against Israel’s ferocious bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza, which has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 Palestinians, U.S. media ponder how all of this impacts Jewish people.
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In hours of Israel/Gaza crisis coverage, a word you’ll seldom hear: ‘Ceasefire’
Since the October 7 Hamas attacks, and the subsequent, ongoing Israeli airstrikes, U.S. TV news has offered extensive coverage of Israel and Gaza.
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Israeli attacks on journalists stifle reporting on Gaza horrors
While the primary focus of this conflict is Gaza, journalists have wondered if a second northern front would open between Israel and the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah, creating a multifaceted regional war.