Breaking News from Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting:
- On Right-Wing Violence in Texas, Media’s Silence Sends Message
Armed supporters of a far-right politician holding Confederate flags and attacking people in broad daylight in front of police, in a place like East Texas with a history of white supremacist violence,… (Click on article title to continue reading)
- ‘What We’re Seeing Now Is Jim Crow 2.0’ – CounterSpin interview with Carol Anderson on voter suppression
"Bureaucratic violence, that’s the array of policies that have been pooled together to figure out, 'How do we get around the 15th Amendment, while targeting those that the 15th Amendment was… (Click on article title to continue reading)
- Neil deMause on Reopening Coverage, Nicole Porter on Covid and Prisons
More thoughtful attention to the "how" of re-opening is necessary, but for that, you'd need to listen to people who actually know—and care—rather than constantly handing the mic to Mr…. (Click on article title to continue reading)
- As Biden Mulls VP Pick, Pundits Vie for Most Substance-Free Forecast
As presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's search for a running mate drags on, press coverage hasn't failed to disappoint.
- As Bolivian Regime Delays Elections a Third Time, Media Continue to Ignore Coup
After both of the nation's leading papers admitted that the reason for declaring the October election a fraud was itself a fraud, few have asked the critical questions about why the OAS and the U… (Click on article title to continue reading)
Breaking News from the Center for Media and Democracy:
Breaking News from Columbia Journalism Review:
- Year of Fear, Chapter 25: What will ‘normal’ mean after COVID-19?
Welcome back to the Year of Fear. Each week until Election Day, CJR and the Delacorte Review will bring you another chapter from one of our four towns. Click here to subscribe to our weekly newsletter… (Click on article title to continue reading)
- Amid an election and an uprising, Belarus cracks down on protesters and journalists
In May, authorities in Belarus arrested Sergei Tikhanovsky, a popular YouTuber who used his videos to shine a light on living conditions in the former Soviet country that’s often been called “Europe’s… (Click on article title to continue reading)
- When the news becomes religion
Last year, a week before the end of winter on Staten Island, a blue pickup truck backed into a silver Cadillac Escalade parked outside a tasteful, expensive house with a swimming pool in the backyard… (Click on article title to continue reading)
- MSNBC public editor: A strained symbiosis with Obama
Barack Obama and MSNBC have a lot in common. They are rich, sleek, and corporate-friendly. They staff their organizations with urbane meritocrats. Both institutions rely on a kind of soft-focus patrio… (Click on article title to continue reading)
- Stop calling racist rhetoric a ‘dog whistle’
Acme Whistles, a company in Birmingham, England, that has been in business since 1870, is known for making top-quality dog whistles. The company sells more than 15 varieties, which emit sounds akin to… (Click on article title to continue reading)
