Media bias

Chris Matthews

Why MSNBC Is Freaking Out Over Bernie Sanders Why MSNBC Is Freaking Out Over Bernie Sanders

Beholden to Never Trump partisans, the network can’t stand the Democratic Party’s shift to the left.

Feb 24, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Is Your Favorite News Source Shilling for Big Oil?

Is Your Favorite News Source Shilling for Big Oil? Is Your Favorite News Source Shilling for Big Oil?

Some media companies are creating, not just running, misleading climate ads.

Feb 12, 2020 / Amy Westervelt

Bernie Sanders

CNN Has It In for Bernie CNN Has It In for Bernie

The cable news network was consistently biased against Sanders at the seventh Democratic debate, but this could end up further mobilizing his campaign.

Jan 15, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Bill Greider Showed Us What American Journalism Could Be

Bill Greider Showed Us What American Journalism Could Be Bill Greider Showed Us What American Journalism Could Be

Join me in raising a glass to a legend, my mentor and friend, a reporter who prized reality over false notions of “balance.” He will be missed.

Dec 31, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage

Thank You, Comrade Greider

Thank You, Comrade Greider Thank You, Comrade Greider

Bill Greider spared no one his incisive political criticism—on the left or the right. “I think this country needs to start over,” he once wrote me.

Dec 30, 2019 / Karen Rothmyer

Police block Bolivian protesters

What ‘The New York Times’ Got Wrong on Bolivia What ‘The New York Times’ Got Wrong on Bolivia

By endorsing a military coup against a democratically elected government, the Times betrayed its values and its journalists.

Dec 18, 2019 / Greg Grandin

a promo for Fox News hosts including Tucker Carlson on the News Corporation building in New York

Against the Pundits’ Class Against the Pundits’ Class

In the media imaginary, working-class people are reduced to stereotypes, while actual workers go unheard. But some of them talk back.

Oct 4, 2019 / Maximillian Alvarez

Russian Jets and Flags

Will Russia Be Driven From the West? Will Russia Be Driven From the West?

American opponents of readmitting Moscow to the former G8 fail to understand the consequences.

Sep 18, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

William Barr leaving home

What We Still Do Not Know About Russiagate What We Still Do Not Know About Russiagate

Vital questions about perhaps the worst alleged presidential scandal in US history remain unanswered.

Sep 4, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Sanders

Democracy Dies From Bad Fact-Checking Democracy Dies From Bad Fact-Checking

The Washington Post is feeding into Trump’s agenda by turning fact-checking into an ideological weapon.

Sep 3, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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