US Media Issues
The New York Times and the Iranian election
By Barry Grey, June 15, 2009
The response of the US media to the Iranian election says more about the state of democracy and the so-called “free press” in America than it does about the state of democratic rights in Iran.
New York Times on Guantánamo: A willing conduit for the military-intelligence apparatus
By Bill Van Auken, June 9, 2009
The New York Times’ latest admission of a “lapse” in journalistic standards—this time in regurgitating Pentagon propaganda about released Guantanamo detainees’ alleged “recidivism”—und...
Boston Globe shutdown averted for now
Unions signal readiness to accept massive concessions
By Kate Randall, May 6, 2009
With tentative deals reached with six of the Boston Globe’s unions, the New York Times Co. announced Monday that it was tentatively withdrawing its threat to shut down the newspaper.
Media promotes right-wing “tea parties”
By Tom Eley, April 17, 2009
Hundreds of anti-tax “tea parties” were held across the US on Wednesday, tax day. The events were heavily promoted by the media as a means of diverting public anger into reactionary channels.
The media defends executive bonuses
By Tom Eley, March 21, 2009
On Friday, a number of columns appeared in a US media defending the bonuses paid out to AIG executives.
New York Times columnist who demanded concessions from auto workers, “makes case” for AIG bonuses
By David Walsh, March 18, 2009
New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin argued Tuesday for paying American International Group (AIG) executives some $165 million in bonuses.
Television satirist Jon Stewart takes on Wall Street’s media mouthpieces
By David Walsh, March 17, 2009
Comic Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” has to be given credit for his recent exposure of CNBC as little more than a mouthpiece for Wall Street and its various corrupt and criminal or semi-criminal ...
The American media and the Lincoln bicentenary
By Tom Eley and David Walsh, February 17, 2009
The US media’s attempts to portray Obama as the heir of Lincoln’s legacy involve a grotesque historical and political falsification. While Lincoln will forever be associated with one of the great ...
The New York Times and Gaza: Justifying genocide
December 31, 2008
There is little to distinguish the “newspaper of record’s” version of events from the mendacious account being peddled by the American media in general: the Palestinians are the aggressors and I...
A damning admission on the Georgian war
November 8, 2008
The New York Times on Friday carried a front-page article citing a report by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, whose monitors were in Georgia when the fighting broke out, which ...
The Washington Post endorses Obama
By Alex Lantier, October 18, 2008
The Washington Post endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama yesterday. Such an endorsement—by the second-most influential liberal paper, headquartered in the nation's capital, an...
New York Times demands escalation of Afghanistan war
By David Walsh, October 16, 2008
In an editorial October 15 entitled “Downward Spiral,” the New York Times calls for the next administration to carry out “a swift and serious buildup of troops” in Afghanistan.
