Norman Solomon: What about Manning, Drake, Snowden, Kiriakou and Sterling, who also took great personal risks on behalf of democracy? With its digital finger to the wind, MoveOn refused to engage in a campaign to help any of them.
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Where Truth Lies
Gina Scanlon: Do I go to the harsh and apathetic world of Twitter, where it’s impossible to avoid how hard people are trying to be clever in 280 characters or less?
The Media Is a Fearmonger’s Biggest Weapon and We Should Confiscate It
One of the biggest and arguably the most annoying trends that have been going on is the shoot to stardom through a very controversial quote.
Salsa Lessons, Or Bye Bye MSNBC
Dick Price: I simply can’t take the endless shade MSNBC hosts and guests throw on Bernie Sanders—and the same goes for the New York Times and the Washington Post. I’m sorry, I can’t take it anymore.
What George Carlin Taught Us about Media Propaganda by Omission
Jeff Cohen: Confusion, not clarity, is the job of TV news – which is so heavily sponsored by drug and healthcare companies. And confusion is the job of industry ads and corporate politicians like Biden, who receives more healthcare industry donations than any other Democratic candidate.
Your Grocery Store Chain Is Trying to Kill Your Favorite Local Newsweekly — But You Still Have Time to Stop Them
Tana Ganeva: Kroger’s reasoning is hazy, but seems to have to do with the idea that it’s a bad look for their “desired demo”—which they think is people who aren’t interested in print weeklies because they’re on their phones.
The Global Street Newspaper Movement Grows to Fight Poverty and Support Those Experiencing Homelessness
Valerie Vande Panne: Street papers can support everyone in a community by providing a deeper and more meaningful understanding of our shared spaces, especially in cities.
Why Bernie Sanders Is Correct About the Washington Post—and Corporate Media Overall
Norman Solomon: The fact that cable news pundits, anchors, and reporters rushed to vehemently defend corporate media against Sanders’ comments is illustrative of the dynamic. It makes you wonder where career self-interest ends and sincere delusion begins.
Can We Just Stop Responding to Trump?
Randy Shaw: Letting Trump decide what’s news works for him. It means we hear little about the Trump Administration’s legal efforts to eliminate health care for over 20 million Americans. Or the Supreme Court allowing Trump to shift $2.5 billion in military spending to a border wall.
CNN Voter Panelist: “I’m Glad They Didn’t Broadcast More of What I Said”
Frank Fear: I’m a Progressive who believes that America focuses too much on ‘me’ and insufficiently on ‘we.’ A ‘good society’ can’t be just about individuals and organizations getting ahead.
Mad World Gone
Tom Degan: Mad taught several generations of kids like me to be cynical toward authority of any and all kinds.
Political Cartooning Was Murdered: Here’s the Autopsy
Ted Rall: With zero youngsters coming up in the ranks and many of the most interesting artists purged, our small numbers and lack of stylistic diversity has left us as critically endangered as the wild cheetah. The death spiral is well underway.
Facebook Facilitating Republican Hit Jobs on Democratic Groups
Lauren Windsor: The quandary for Facebook is that taking down these old fake accounts will not stop the problem of Veritas creating new fake accounts.
