Journalists and Journalism

Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, speaks at a press conference on February 8, 2024.

Eric Adams Is the Lying Face of the Campus Crackdown Eric Adams Is the Lying Face of the Campus Crackdown

New York’s mayor is the right man for the job of standing up for the indefensible.

May 3, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (L) and former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan (R)

If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange If Joe Biden Really Wants to Celebrate Press Freedom, He Should Free Julian Assange

Joe Biden will celebrate World Press Freedom Day tomorrow. But it is a safe bet that he'll have nothing to say about Assange or Imran Khan, both behind bars for defying the US.

May 2, 2024 / Charles Glass

Harvey Weinstein Court Hearing - Los Angeles, CA

Harvey Weinstein’s Reversal of Fortune Harvey Weinstein’s Reversal of Fortune

Though the movie mogul’s acquittal stunned the New York media, anyone who attended the trial without blinders could have seen it coming.

May 1, 2024 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a press conference at Columbia University on April 24, 2024.

The Attacks on the Palestine Movement Are Getting Stupider by the Second The Attacks on the Palestine Movement Are Getting Stupider by the Second

The enemies of the movement have always been bigots and liars. But we’re reaching an even more hysterical state. What’s going on?

Apr 30, 2024 / P.E. Moskowitz

Members of the media and guests walk past protesters posing as slain Gaza journalists outside of the Washington Hilton ahead of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 27, 2024.

The White House Press Corps Should Be Ashamed of Itself The White House Press Corps Should Be Ashamed of Itself

Partying with the president who has stood by as Israel slaughters journalists in Palestine is repulsive.

Apr 29, 2024 / Mariam Barghouti

Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a map of the U.S.

How the US Media Failed to Tell the Story of the Occupation of Palestine How the US Media Failed to Tell the Story of the Occupation of Palestine

A Q&A with the creators of The Occupation of the American Mind, a documentary analyzing media coverage of the occupation of Palestine.

Apr 26, 2024 / Dave Zirin

A display of dozens of local newspapers for sale on a newsstand in a black-and-white photo.

Fellow Freelancers: Don’t Marry Rich, Organize! Fellow Freelancers: Don’t Marry Rich, Organize!

The problem is systemic: Freelance life is underpaid. The solution must be systemic too.

Apr 25, 2024 / Amy Littlefield

The National Enquirer in a Florence, South Carolina, supermarket on September 14, 2016.

Pecker Exposes Lengths Taken to Please Trump Pecker Exposes Lengths Taken to Please Trump

Testimony by the former National Enquirer publisher detailed the Trump campaign’s involvement in directing the tabloid's coverage of the 2016 election.

Apr 24, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Trump leaving court

Is Donald Trump on Drugs? If Not, He Should Be. Is Donald Trump on Drugs? If Not, He Should Be.

His true addiction explains the president’s doziness.

Apr 22, 2024 / Jeet Heer

People prepare to transfer the body of a World Central Kitchen WCK worker killed by Israeli airstrikes, near the Rafah border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 3, 2024.

Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Are Not “Mistakes.” They’re Crimes. Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Are Not “Mistakes.” They’re Crimes.

The political and media class is doing what it always does with the US and its allies: trying to frame deliberate atrocities as tragic mishaps.

Apr 19, 2024 / Harry Zehner

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