As far as voters are concerned, Sanders and Clinton are exactly tied so far. It’s only when you count the intentions of superdelegates that Clinton has any sort of delegate lead, insurmountable or otherwise.
Feb 22 2016
NYT Contributor Has Multiple Motives for Denying Drone Crimes
Former CIA chief Michael Hayden’s op-ed is long on fictional accounts of ultra-scrupulous drone planners worrying about striking civilians and completely lacking the real-life incidents where the US has mistakenly targeted weddings and deliberately hit funerals.
Feb 19 2016
Looking for ‘Revitalization’ in All the Wrong Places
By Neil deMause
Noting all the new construction taking place downtown and then asking “Will it work?” shows a stunning misunderstanding of what redevelopment is supposed to accomplish
Feb 19 2016
Billionaire-Owned Observer Whines About Democratization of Media in 2016’s Worst Op-ed
By Adam Johnson
New York Observer’s diatribe, “The Cause of This Nightmare Election? Media Greed and Shameless Traffic Worship,” poses as media criticism but is little more than petulant establishment gatekeeping.
Feb 19 2016
Paul Rosenberg on Antonin Scalia, Darnell Moore on Black Futures Month
By CounterSpin
A man who called the Voting Rights Act a “perpetuation of racial entitlement,” complained of the law profession’s “anti-anti-homosexual culture” and argued that mere “actual” innocence is no reason for the state not to kill someone was eulogized as gracious and thoughtful.
Feb 18 2016
‘Nobody Asked a Worker!’
CounterSpin interview with Aviva Chomsky and immigrant workers
“This is just one tiny example of how our immigration system, our foreign policy, our global economic system, allows privileged people in the First World to enjoy the benefits of exploited Third World labor.”
Feb 18 2016
MMFA Cites FAIR’s Work on Baltimore ‘Purge’
In a report highlighting how little has changed since the 1968 Kerner Commission criticized the “white perspective” of media coverage of race riots, Media Matters for America’s Tyler Cherry (2/18/16) cited Adam Johnson’s debunking of media justifications for a crackdown on young protesters in Baltimore (FAIR.org, 4/29/15): Newsrooms covering Baltimore and Ferguson also disseminated misinformation that often originated from local city and police department officials. On April 27, 2015, The Baltimore Sun reported that a mass police presence had been pre-emptively convened near a Baltimore mall because of a “flier that circulated widely” among students online advocating a “purge,” referencing […]
Feb 17 2016
NYT Rounds Up ‘Left-Leaning Economists’ for a Unicorn Hunt
By Doug Henwood
“Left-Leaning Economists Question Cost of Bernie Sanders’ Plans,” declared the New York Times. All the quoted economists have ties to the Democratic establishment, and their leftward lean would require very sensitive equipment to measure.
