Convention wisdom predicted the Orlando terrorist attack would be "good" for Trump, who quickly moved into full demagogue mode-- not much of a change from his default button-- to exploit it.
As public anger toward America’s self-interested establishment bubbles into a boil, the mainstream media has grown frantic appealing to the masses to “stay sane,” reject populism — especially Bernie Sanders’s variety — and renew the establishment’s lease on the White House, as Norman Solomon notes. By Norman Solomon For a long time, as he campaigned…
Yesterday on Meet The Press Texas neo-fascist Ted Cruz adamantly refused to acknowledge to Chuck Todd that Ayn Rand devotee Paul Ryan is a "true conservative." Cruz drew a contrast by pointing out that Hate Talk Radio host Mark Levin, who is anti-Ryan, is a true conservative. "I like Paul Ryan," said Cruz.
Corporate One-Percenters dominate NPR affiliates’ boards By Aldo Guerrero | FAIR | July 2, 2015 For a public radio service, NPR is notoriously known for its lack of diversity within its staff, audience and guests invited onto their shows—problems that NPR has itself acknowledged. A new FAIR study finds that NPR’s diversity problem also extends […]
By Rick Sterling | CounterPunch | April 20, 2015 It has been confirmed that TV journalist Richard Engel’s kidnapping/rescue in norther Syria in late 2012 was a hoax. NBC management knew the story was probably false but proceeded to broadcast it anyway. There are at least two good things about “Engelgate”. * It is clear […]
By PAUL GOTTINGER | CounterPunch | April 12, 2015 On February 31, Obama announced the lifting of what the New York Times called “an arms freeze on Egypt”. The US arms export restrictions the Times is referring to had been put in place following a 2013 coup, which removed Egypt’s democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi. […]
The “Free Press” in Action By NICK ALEXANDROV | CounterPunch | March 20, 2015 In Latin America last year, there were two events that each produced 43 casualties. Which elicited greater outrage? For the U.S. media, it was the “violent crackdown” leaving “43 people dead” (NPR) in “an autocratic, despotic state” (New York Times ) […]
This is what a Palestinian boy looks like. (cc photo: Giles) By Jim Naureckas | FAIR | November 18, 2014 Read this headline from the New York Times (11/16/14): Palestinian Shot by Israeli Troops at Gaza Border Think for a second about what kind of image that calls up. How much does that image change […]
With update: Donny Blankenship indicted!There have been myriad complaints that the Obama administration has been systematically letting the banksters off the hook-- fining the share-holders who really didn't have any criminal intent, while letting the criminally minded executives skate away without charges... with their inflated bonuses.
