Wag the Seal

The Navy SEAL raid that rescued an American woman in Somalia is heartening. But who is really being rescued in these very occasional high-profile media events?

Sugarcoating the Lies: A New York Times Sampler

Scrutinize one day’s helping of headlines and story summaries, read between the lines, and you begin to see why our problems never get solved.

Russ Baker on New York Times reporters’ “revolt” – and the limitations of the corporate owned media

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An Open Letter to NYT Staffers: Leave the Plantation and Join Us

The New York Times staff are in (partial) revolt. But it’s corporate-owned media that is truly revolting. Here’s a solution: let’s build something better, together.

Operation “Save Romney”

The New York Times is all over Romney. There’s precious little digging or deep analysis, but a lot of superficial stuff that adds up to this: The establishment is a-ok with this guy, and you should be too.

The Saudi Arab Spring Nobody Noticed

When it comes to the media, all uprisings are not equal. Not when the oppressor is an ally and sitting on gobs of oil.

JFK Umbrella Man—More Doubts

Here’s more evidence of cover-up regarding “Umbrella Man” and the JFK assassination. And more questions about the New York Times’ discouragement of investigative zeal in the matter.

NY Times’ Umbrella Man Exposed

The web is buzzing about that clever Errol Morris anti-conspiracy video on the NY Times’s website. WhoWhatWhy interviewed the expert featured in the video about the strange JFK assassination figure “Umbrella Man,” and found a big problem with the central assertion. In fact, our research casts doubts not only on the most recent JFK propaganda, but on the New York Times itself.

We Are All Rupert Murdoch Now

So the practices of Murdoch’s News Corp have led to a wider inquiry into so-called “phone hacking” and other illegal activities in the media in general. But who’s looking at the legal activities?

Corporate Media Stumped on How to Cover the Occupy Movement

The New York Times’ Public Editor ponders how to cover the protests breaking out throughout America and the world, and turns to colleagues at other news organizations for guidance. How clueless can the establishment be? Read on.