It’s important to remember that the “alt-left” rhetorical gambit deliberately equating leftists with the alt-right, was pushed by centrists as well.
Do Corporate Media Need to Lie to Promote Trade Deals?
People can have differences of opinion on trade deals like the TPP, but why is it that the proponents have to insist, with zero evidence,
For Media, Driving Into a Crowd of Protesters Is a ‘Clash’
Media, The Washington Post, Boston Globe, AOL News, The Hill, BBC and Sky News UK all framed the ramming of a car into anti-fascist protesters as “clashes.”
Corporate Media Largely Silent on Trump’s Civilian Death Toll in Iraq
Amnesty International issued a report accusing US-backed forces of violations of international humanitarian law, some that war crimes,” in Mosul, Iraq.
Paul Ryan Doesn’t Love Free Market Healthcare; He Loves Giving Money to Rich People
The New York Times is again spreading the absurd myth that House Speaker Paul Ryan and other Republicans want a free market in healthcare.
Mass Arrests of Protesters: Outrageous in Russia, Barely Worth Mentioning in US
Major media’s relative lack of interest in the mass arrests by Metro DC police on Inauguration Day is a fact noted by activists and journalists.
NPR’s ‘Varied Mix’ Spotlights Right-Wing Advocacy, Not Progressive Populism
Offering the anti-Trump Goldberg a platform is NPR’s way of providing a “counterbalance” to its widely perceived liberal worldview.
While Attacks in Israel Make Headlines, Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Ignored
The recent acute humanitarian crisis in Gaza on top of the routine humanitarian crisis that defines everyday existence there has gotten sparse coverage in US media.
Images of Arabs (Palestinians) on the Screen
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip are being beaten, arrested and killed, CBS TV chose to portray them as terrorists and not victims.
The Arab Stereotype: A Villain Without a Human Face
Trends are not uniformly bleak. Perhaps one day it will be possible to retire the stereotypical Arab to a media Valhalla.