Media Analysis

I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say.

I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say. I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say.

The Times is not alone in its obscene coverage of transgender people. 

Feb 23, 2023 / Hanna Phifer

Kevin McCarthy surrounded by reporters

Kevin McCarthy Hands the January 6 Video Over to a January 6 Riot Promoter Kevin McCarthy Hands the January 6 Video Over to a January 6 Riot Promoter

The speaker’s move to give 44,000 hours of video footage to insurrection fan Tucker Carlson endangers national security and proves McCarthy’s a captive to extremists.

Feb 21, 2023 / Joan Walsh

Can New York Make Deadbeat Dolan Stop Freeloading at Madison Square Garden?

Can New York Make Deadbeat Dolan Stop Freeloading at Madison Square Garden? Can New York Make Deadbeat Dolan Stop Freeloading at Madison Square Garden?

If the city and state can’t prevent the Knicks owner from barring his critics, perhaps they can at least shut down his sweetheart tax subsidy.

Feb 21, 2023 / Ross Barkan

“The New York Times” Is Repeating One of Its Most Notorious Mistakes

“The New York Times” Is Repeating One of Its Most Notorious Mistakes “The New York Times” Is Repeating One of Its Most Notorious Mistakes

The paper’s anti-trans coverage parallels its failings over gay rights and AIDS. But the Times appears determined not to learn from its own history.

Feb 20, 2023 / Jack Mirkinson

Pete Buttigieg in front of microphone

Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right Buttigieg’s Paralysis After the East Palestine Disaster Is a Gift to the Hard Right

Unless Democrats offer solutions, the GOP will be able to stoke racism.

Feb 17, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Threat inflation: the Chinese balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, February 1.

Raving Balloonatics Take Over Washington Raving Balloonatics Take Over Washington

"Mr. President, we must not allow…a balloon gap!"

Feb 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Flowers and candles at a memorial outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California.

Huu Can Tran’s American Dream Huu Can Tran’s American Dream

The Monterey Park shooter lost his wife and his home. But one totem of assimilation remained within easy reach.

Feb 6, 2023 / Mari Uyehara

Demonstrators hold up signs and props at the 2022 COP27 U.N. summit

How to Stop the Spread of Climate Disinformation How to Stop the Spread of Climate Disinformation

Governments should make companies alter the algorithms that amplify climate falsehoods.

Feb 1, 2023 / Erika Seiber and Michael Khoo

“We Shouldn’t Grow Up Dreaming That Our Friends Don’t Get Killed”

“We Shouldn’t Grow Up Dreaming That Our Friends Don’t Get Killed” “We Shouldn’t Grow Up Dreaming That Our Friends Don’t Get Killed”

As Palestinians reel from deadliest year in the occupied West Bank in two decades, a young woman who lost two loved ones pleads for the world to notice.

Feb 1, 2023 / Mohammed El-Kurd

The Mainstream Media’s Fearmongering About Trans Kids Is Nothing But Clickbait

The Mainstream Media’s Fearmongering About Trans Kids Is Nothing But Clickbait The Mainstream Media’s Fearmongering About Trans Kids Is Nothing But Clickbait

In a transphobic world, parents of trans children have every reason to worry. It’s craven for journalists to take advantage of that fear.

Jan 31, 2023 / McKenzie Wark

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