Media

Top NYT Editor: ‘We Are Pro-Capitalism, the Times Is in Favor of Capitalism’

Media criticism is, more often than not, a practice of inference: seeing patterns and inferring from those patterns the political make-up of media. Occasionally, however, decision-makers from major media outlets…

March 2, 2018
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How the Anti-Democracy Movement Used Media to Command the Narrative

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As far back as 1835, perhaps our nation’s earliest and most astute observer, Alexis de Tocqueville, understood the power of the media. He described the press as “the chief democratic instrument of…

February 27, 2018
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Vox’s US Government-Linked Experts Present Options for Korea: Sanctions or War

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Vox produced a flashy, extremely hawkish video fearmongering about the likelihood of a second Korean War—and all the experts featured in it just so happen to work for the

February 12, 2018
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CEOs Get Paid a Lot? NYT Says ‘Well, Actually…’ to This ‘True but Misleading’ Fact

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Since the rise of the “fake news” panic in late 2016, corporate media’s focus on factchecking has rapidly increased in scope and urgency. Positioning themselves as a bulwark against lies…

February 9, 2018
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‘Violence’ Becomes ‘Unruliness’ When It’s Sports Fans, Not BLM Protesters, Breaking Rules

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After the Philadelphia Eagles mounted an exciting and improbable underdog victory over the New England Patriots on Super Bowl Sunday, Philly fans poured into the city’s streets to celebrate.

February 7, 2018
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Between Boycotts and Special Interest Campaigns: the Chilling of Speech on Israel and Palestine

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Any art institution that displays art about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict - or even art that is created by Israeli or Palestinian artists - needs to carefully navigate a space between…

February 6, 2018
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