Mainstream media

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon

The Department of Appeasement The Department of Appeasement

Trump’s handlers are getting desperate.

Aug 8, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

ABC News McConnell

Russia v. Health Care (and Everything Else) Russia v. Health Care (and Everything Else)

Vying for the media’s attention.

Jul 28, 2017 / Leslie Savan

Sean Spicer Resignation

Sean Spicer Has Embarrassed Himself—Badly Sean Spicer Has Embarrassed Himself—Badly

The time to resign was on January 21, when the president demanded he tell an outrageous lie.

Jul 21, 2017 / John Nichols

Trump-Putin Détente Partnership Begins as ‘Russiagate’ Attacks on It Grow Trump-Putin Détente Partnership Begins as ‘Russiagate’ Attacks on It Grow

Cooperation with Russia is imperative, but never has the US political-media elite’s opposition to it been so virulent.

Jul 12, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago

Stop Insulting Donald Trump Stop Insulting Donald Trump

You’re only helping him (really!).

Jul 10, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick Shouldn’t Have to Beg to Play in the NFL Colin Kaepernick Shouldn’t Have to Beg to Play in the NFL

By refusing to speak out about his desire to play, he’s defending the principle that he deserves a job on the merits.

Jun 29, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Trump at press conference

Media Contempt for Facts Grows Along With the Dangers of War With Russia Media Contempt for Facts Grows Along With the Dangers of War With Russia

“Russiagate” has become a grave threat to US national security—but its discredited foundational allegations persist.

Jun 28, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O’Reilly Is America’s Best-Selling Historian Bill O’Reilly Is America’s Best-Selling Historian

And other problems we need to solve before we can get out of this mess.

Jun 22, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Vladimir Putin

Was a Cuban Missile Crisis Averted in Syria, the Transatlantic Alliance Ruptured, and Intelgate Exposed? Was a Cuban Missile Crisis Averted in Syria, the Transatlantic Alliance Ruptured, and Intelgate Exposed?

Though briefly noted by the mainstream media, we may have witnessed three essential truths about the new Cold War.

Jun 21, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump at press conference

On Trump, the Media’s Malpractice Continues On Trump, the Media’s Malpractice Continues

The media—having learned the wrong lessons from the 2016 campaign—continue to keep Americans shocked rather than informed. The results are toxic to our democracy. 

Jun 20, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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