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American Media Must Do Better in 2017 - An open letter to the American media from journalists inside it and out

There is a crisis in American journalism. For too long, news outlets have prioritized their bottom line over real stories, at the expense of the American people. Stories about the…

January 10, 2017
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Ellen Schrecker on the New McCarthyism

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This week on CounterSpin: The “what could possibly go wrong?” meme might be overused, but it’s hard not to think it, watching the government create new tools and powers for countering…

January 6, 2017
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Glenn Greenwald: Mainstream U.S. Media is Culpable for Disseminating Fake & Deceitful News on Russia

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We are joined by Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. His latest article is headlined "WashPost Is Richly Rewarded for False News…

January 5, 2017
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WaPo Spreading Own Falsehoods Shows Real Power of Fake News

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The putative scourge of “fake news” has been one of the most pervasive post-election media narratives. The general thrust goes like this: A torrent of fake news swept the internet,…

January 5, 2017
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In Syria, Western Media Cheer Al Qaeda

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The Syrian government—a dictatorship known for imprisoning, torturing and disappearing dissidents—is easy to vilify. And over the last five years of Syria’s civil war, it has committed its share of…

January 4, 2017
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National Media Will Fuel Trump’s Twitter Habit in 2017

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Since Twitter launched in 2006, no politician has managed to exploit the platform to such great effect as President-elect Donald Trump. 140 characters at a time, Trump has redefined how social…

January 4, 2017
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2016 US Elections

American Media Must Do Better in 2017 - An open letter to the American media from journalists inside it and out

Ellen Schrecker on the New McCarthyism

Glenn Greenwald: Mainstream U.S. Media is Culpable for Disseminating Fake & Deceitful News on Russia

WaPo Spreading Own Falsehoods Shows Real Power of Fake News

In Syria, Western Media Cheer Al Qaeda

National Media Will Fuel Trump’s Twitter Habit in 2017

Trump Administration Pauses Construction on A…

"Destroying Knowledge": Michael Man…

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying t…

The longest-running strike in the US is over—…

Environment

Trump Administration Pauses Construction on All Offshore Wind Projects…

"Destroying Knowledge": Michael Mann on Trump's Dismantling of Key Climate…

Kitchen Nightmare: How Plastic in Everyday Objects Leaches into Food…

Overdevelopment and Climate Change Collide in Catastrophic Flood

Justice

The longest-running strike in the US is over—and the…

Extrajudicial killings from Barack Obama to Donald Trump

Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI

The New COINTELPRO? Meet the Activist the FBI Labeled a…

Media

CBS Censorship: Bari Weiss Pulls "60 Minutes" Exposé on…

The state of the free press in the US is……

Media Ignore Government Influence on Facebook’s Plan to Fight Government…

Democracy in Crisis: The Future of Journalism

Philosophy

Good vs. Evil: A Matter of Conscience

Grades and Test Scores Don’t Matter. A Love of Learning…

Great Quotations on the Mysteries of Time

The Illusionist

Politics

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use…

How Did Epstein Get Rich? The New York Times Investigates…

AI Industry Insiders Living in Fear of What They’re Creating

The Things Young Kids Are Using AI for Are Absolutely…

Science

OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth

The Future Of Sharing Means You’ll Never Have To Buy…

With GDPR Decision, Zuckerberg Proves Yet Again He Has Learned…

What If We Could Literally Rewrite the Human Genome?