Before President Barack Obama’s surprise commutation, major print media almost completely ignored Chelsea Manning’s pleas for clemency.
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Jan 16 2017
WaPo, Organ of Extreme Center, Calls MLK ‘True Conservative’
By Adam Johnson
Because words and history evidently have no meaning, the Washington Post decided to honor civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. by painting him as a “true conservative.”
Jan 11 2017
In Absence of Evidence, Media Evoke ISIS in Jerusalem Attack
By Adam Johnson
As a general rule, media outlets should not let the unilateral, unsubstantiated and self-serving claims of political leaders dictate how they frame such politically charged incidents.
Jan 10 2017
US Government Tries and Fails to Play Media Critic on RT
By Adam Johnson
A sizable chunk of the report that was supposed to silence skeptics of the government’s claims of Russian involvement in political hacking was an Intro to Marketing-style powerpoint on a modestly funded foreign cable channel.
Jan 4 2017
WaPo Spreading Own Falsehoods Shows Real Power of Fake News
By Adam Johnson
A “fake news phenomenon” that cannot, by definition, include mainstream media is a power-serving tautology that shields US corporate media from scrutiny and encourages citizens to simply trust some outlets (we’ll tell you which ones) rather than think critically.
Dec 31 2016
Media Fell for Nazi-Manufactured ‘White Genocide’ Scandal
By Adam Johnson
Much like George Hamilton is famous for being famous, “Twitter backlash” stories are often controversial for being controversial.
Dec 22 2016
Columnist Thought Syria Conflict Worth Murdering Over–but Not Worth Writing About
By Adam Johnson
Daily News columnist Gersh Kuntzman is doubling-down on his celebratory-but-not-celebratory-but-obviously-celebratory take on the December 19 murder of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov by an off-duty Turkish police officer.
Dec 21 2016
Vox’s Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest, Explained
By Adam Johnson
While Vox coverage of its corporate parents, siblings and cousins isn’t uniformly positive, all too often it is. Even in stories that aren’t more or less verbatim PR copy, disclosures ought to be mandatory—especially when it’s as direct as covering Comcast and NBC corporate.
