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In Haiti, Washington Meddling Missed by Press
Unlike Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, President Jovenel Moïse is Washington’s “man in Port-au-Prince.” He was hand-picked by Michael “Sweet Mickey” Martelly, the previous Washington-approved president, and had pledged to follow his “Haiti Is Open for Business” neoliberal policies. Is that why corporate media are not calling for the replacement of the Haitian government?
Sydney Ember’s Secret Sources
Ember’s articles on Sanders often quote as neutral authorities individuals who are on the other side of a wide ideological divide, with longstanding antipathies to Sanders’ left socioeconomic perspective.
‘These Revelations Really Show the Election Was Fraudulent’
“There’s this kind of infantilism of Brazilians, and Latin Americans in general, and all Third World peoples, especially people who aren’t white, in US news coverage, which plays into Americans’ inherent sense of superiority over other countries.”
Kevin Kumashiro on Student Debt Cancellation
CounterSpin talks with Kevin Kumashiro about student-loan debt cancellation as just the beginning of a conversation about the role of education in an aspiring democracy.
On Child Concentration Camps, What’s Needed Is Not an Argument, but Action and Resistance
Repeated exposure to outrage, with no outlet, can give the impression that lots of folks are looking, but no one’s doing anything. That’s enervating and, more importantly, wrong.
So Who Is Reporting That Trump Sanctions Have Killed Thousands of Venezuelans?
The study is the clearest evidence of the devastating impact US policy is having on the people of Venezuela.
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FAIR Studies
So Who Is Reporting That Trump Sanctions Have Killed Thousands of Venezuelans?
The study is the clearest evidence of the devastating impact US policy is having on the people of Venezuela.
Establishment Media and the Green New Deal: New Wine in Old Bottles
While the resolution was a radical departure from politics as usual, most corporate media filtered coverage of the “Green New Deal” through the lens of conventional expectations.
Zero Percent of Elite Commentators Oppose Regime Change in Venezuela
A FAIR survey of US opinion journalism on Venezuela found no voices in elite corporate media that opposed regime change in that country. Over a three-month period, zero opinion pieces in the New York Times and Washington Post took an anti–regime change or pro-Maduro/Chavista position.
Which Candidates Are Mentioned Most Often on TV News?
Democratic hopefuls’ TV news mentions track fairly closely with the candidates’ positions in the polls.
Dictator: Media Code for ‘Government We Don’t Like’
The “dictator” label is also a powerful cue, used by media to prime the reader to see a particular country or leader a certain way.
