“Copy-and-pasting press releases” is typically used as a term of art to indicate that media are mindlessly repeating a corporate or government…
Adam Johnson
Out of 46 Major Editorials on Trump’s Syria Strikes, Only One Opposed
The Heritage Foundation has been incredibly influential in the Trump administration, having written many of its budget-slashing proposals and shaping policy at a high level
Recently, the Chinese government caused a stir when it dismissed multiple reports that it had tortured activists in prison as “FAKE NEWS.”…
For almost two years, the United States has backed—with weapons, logistics and political support—a Saudi-led war in Yemen
That US invasions “have been driven by the desire to promote freedom and democracy” is not argued, let alone proved; it’s presented as an article of faith
Faced with a unique and unprecedented threat in Trump, attempts to find “balance” between Trumpism and wholly unrelated phenomena to its left were tone deaf
The media have spent the past few weeks raising his profile and further normalizing him and his Nazi friends
The prison strike didn’t merit a single mention in NYT, Washington Post, NPR, CNN or MSNBC
In labor disputes, massive multinationals have the ability to spend millions of dollars on PR, while those representing the workers don’t.