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Abortion: Washington Post Calls Peaceful Protest Outside Justices’ Homes Against Roe Reversal ‘Totalitarian’
Photos: YouTube\Twitter With the right to bodily autonomy on the line and protesters demonstrating outside of Supreme Court justices’ houses, the Washington Post editorial ...
Supreme Court: Media Shocked By Leak, Not The Opinion
Photos: Twitter\Harvard\YouTube When Politico (5/2/22) published a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion that would, if handed down by the Court, overturn Roe v. Wade ...
Damn Good For CBS—But Really Bad For Democracy
Photos: Wikimedia Commons\Free Press\Twitter CBS News hiring former Trump aide Mick Mulvaney speaks volumes about systemic problems in our media. Mulvaney notoriously defended various ...
Racism “Hovers” Over Events Like Jackson Hearings Because It Goes Unnamed
Photos: YouTube\Screenshot\Twitter The confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court occasions a look back at some of the media coverage of her ...
Western Sahara “Africa’s Last Colony” Overlooked In Israel/Arab Summit Reporting
Photos: FAIR\Twitter\Democracy Now! Israeli officials recently hosted representatives of Morocco, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. For US media, this meant many things, ...
Corporate Press Scapegoats Vulnerable Homeless For Rise In Subway Crime
Photos: YouTube\Screenshots\Facebook\Twitter A homeless man allegedly pushed 40-year-old Michelle Go in front of an oncoming train at a New York City subway station on ...
Mainstream Media Failing To Educate Public About Gerrymandering, Voting Rights, Undermines American Democracy
Photos: YouTube\Twitter The arc of coverage of 2020 congressional redistricting went from speculation that Republicans would end up with a massive advantage—because they controlled ...
Do Americans Support A No-Fly Zone In Ukraine?
Photos: YouTube Last week, Reuters/Ipsos (3/4/22) reported on a poll that found some 74% of Americans―including solid majorities of Republicans and Democrats―said the United ...
Murdoch-Owned Outlets Ignore Their Role In Hate Crime Surge
Photo: Screenshot In crafting a landscape rife with danger and lawlessness, Rupert Murdoch–owned outlets drew upon a spike in hate crimes—specifically anti-Asian and antisemitic ...
Calling Russia’s Attack ‘Unprovoked’ Lets US Off the Hook
Photos: YouTube Many governments and media figures are rightly condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine as an act of aggression and a ...
