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USA Today Ducking the Question of Militarism

The top story for USA Today on July 8, 2016: Some Western countries aren’t spending enough money on weapons of war. “NATO Nations Ducking the Check” was the headline across the…

July 8, 2016
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Rory O’Connor: “Getting the story is hard, but getting the resources to put that story out there in front of the public is even harder.”

‘What Is a Journalist if Not an Advocate on Behalf of the Public?’

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Janine Jackson interviewed Rory O’Connor for the July 1, 2016, episode of CounterSpin.

July 6, 2016
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Immigration

Vox’s CIA-Backed ‘Democracy’ Standard Is OK With Slavery and Women Not Voting

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Defining democracy is a notoriously difficult thing, but much is revealed by how media outlets choose to do so. One popular metric is called “Polity IV”—a methodology created by the

May 16, 2016
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Propaganda & Truth

“A glance out the window shows blue sky,” Gregg Easterbrook writes in the New York Times (5/12/16).

NYT’s Glass Is Half Full of Half-Truths

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“When Did Optimism Become Uncool?” wonders a New York Times Sunday Review piece (5/12/16) by Gregg Easterbrook. “The country is, on the whole, in the best shape it’s ever been in,” Easterbrook…

May 13, 2016
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Corruption, Super PACs, and Why the Media Hasn’t Covered Democracy Spring

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Twenty-nine seconds: according to Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani of The Intercept, this is how much time cable news networks Fox News and MSNBC devoted to daytime and afternoon TV coverage of the…

April 20, 2016
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How Well is the Media Vetting Donald Trump?

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But quantity does not necessarily imply quality.While coverage has been abundant, it is worth exploring the nature of that coverage, and, specifically, whether the media is adequately vetting Trump as…