Mainstream media

During the Conventions, the Media Needs to Be Treating Climate Like the Emergency It Is

During the Conventions, the Media Needs to Be Treating Climate Like the Emergency It Is During the Conventions, the Media Needs to Be Treating Climate Like the Emergency It Is

It’s not an issue to be discussed. It’s a crisis.

Aug 19, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Mark Hertsgaard

Trump with hands outstretched

Not All Presidential Liars Are Created Equal Not All Presidential Liars Are Created Equal

What are the dangers of allowing Trump to dominate US political culture?

Aug 4, 2020 / Eric Alterman

Donald Trump

When Will the Media Stop Grading Trump on a Curve? When Will the Media Stop Grading Trump on a Curve?

The claim that Trump has adopted a somber new tone is plausible only if we completely ignore what he is actually saying.

Jul 22, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story

Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story Climate Change Is a Political—Not Partisan—Story

And newsrooms need to cover the 2020 elections as a climate story.

Jul 15, 2020 / Covering Climate Now / Andrew McCormick

Petroleum factory with an American flag on front

The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid

The press needs to reckon with the prevalence of a worldview that defaults to the perspective of the white and wealthy.

Jun 17, 2020 / Michelle García

Trump

The Wilder the Conspiracy, the More Trump Likes It The Wilder the Conspiracy, the More Trump Likes It

The president eagerly spread rumors that the elderly protester injured by police is an antifa mastermind.

Jun 12, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class

The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class

Liberal and conservative elites aren’t grappling with the pandemic’s toll on working-class people—and the impossible choices they’re forced to make.

May 15, 2020 / no-paywall / Michael Massing

Michael Jordan and the Tragedy of the Bully

Michael Jordan and the Tragedy of the Bully Michael Jordan and the Tragedy of the Bully

One does not need to be “like Mike” to achieve greatness. Just ask Bill Russell.

May 13, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Media Is ‘Both-Sides’-ing the Coronavirus Disaster The Media Is ‘Both-Sides’-ing the Coronavirus Disaster

Should we ask a coronavirus particle how to get rid of it?

May 12, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

A child holding a protest sign

The Press Is Amplifying a Dangerous Know-Nothing Ideology The Press Is Amplifying a Dangerous Know-Nothing Ideology

The anti-lockdown protests aren’t the first time the media has been swindled into cheerleading an extremist faux libertarianism.

May 6, 2020 / no-paywall / Eric Alterman

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