Media

Manning Sentence Commuted–No Thanks to Corporate Media Opinion

President Barack Obama shook the media world Tuesday by announcing he is commuting the 35-year prison sentence of US Army leaker Chelsea Manning. While responses on his actions are split,…

January 19, 2017
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Press Corps to President-Elect Trump: Rules Are Ours to Set—Not Yours

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"When you shout down or ignore a reporter at a press conference who has said something you don't like, you're going to face a unified front," letter warns media-hostile Trump

January 18, 2017
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Cutting the Cord to Corporate Cable News

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There is no doubt that MSNBC is the most honest of the three large cable news providers in the US. The reason is simple: As opposed to Fox News and…

January 15, 2017
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Fox News Going All-In on Trump in the New Era

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On January 19, 2009—the day before Barack Obama was sworn in as president—Fox News aired the first episode of Glenn Beck. Obama was a polished representative of the multicultural values that the…

January 14, 2017
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2016 US Elections

Dossier’s Russia Charges Should Be Treated Skeptically–but Taken Seriously

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Some in media are treating the report on Donald Trump’s ties to Russia published by BuzzFeed (1/10/17) as though it were an intelligence report—as in the Washington Post‘s headline, “Trump Says ‘Sick People’ Invented Russia…

January 14, 2017
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Tillerson on Climate Change

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During his confirmation hearing for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson said “our ability to predict” the effect of increased greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere “is very limited.” That’s not…

January 13, 2017
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