Peter Hart: Media Inflames Fears Instead of Informing Viewers

In this environment, one would hope journalism could serve to inform without inflaming the situation. By Peter Hart, www.fair.org  PopularResistance.org  November 25th, 2014    Every day brings news reports that tell us the city of Ferguson remains “on edge” or “tense” awaiting a grand jury decision about whether to indict police officer Darren Wilson over the killing More

Peter Hart: 'Debating' War, Corporate Media Style

 What debate? By Peter Hart  FAIR.org  September 4, 2014 As the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has expanded control over territory in Iraq and Syria, a growing chorus of politicians and pundits are demanding the Obama administration take more forceful military action. ISIS's gruesome beheadings of two American journalists have only increased those calls, leading some to More

Peter Hart: ‘Debating’ War, Corporate Media Style

 What debate? By Peter Hart  FAIR.org  September 4, 2014 As the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has expanded control over territory in Iraq and Syria, a growing chorus of politicians and pundits are demanding the Obama administration take more forceful military action. ISIS's gruesome beheadings of two American journalists have only increased those calls, leading some to More

Phillip Weiss: Finally, Israel is alienating the US mainstream media

"Perhaps most important, the vast majority of Gazans cannot leave Gaza. They live under restrictions that make this narrow coastal strip, which the United Nations considers occupied by Israel, unlike anywhere else." Philip Weiss   Mondoweiss.net   July 21, 2014  Bernard Avishai terms the Israeli attack a “war crime” in the New Yorker It’s happening: we are More

Obama's 'Manhood Problem' – and Media's Humanity Problem

The implicit message is that Obama either doesn't use–or threaten to use–military force often enough, and in elite political/media circles, this line of analysis, while not often so crudely expressed, is considered normal. And that's part of the problem. By Peter Hart  April 22, 2014  FAIR.org NBC's Meet the Press has made it a regular habit to complain about how More

Obama’s ‘Manhood Problem’ – and Media’s Humanity Problem

The implicit message is that Obama either doesn't use–or threaten to use–military force often enough, and in elite political/media circles, this line of analysis, while not often so crudely expressed, is considered normal. And that's part of the problem. By Peter Hart  April 22, 2014  FAIR.org NBC's Meet the Press has made it a regular habit to complain about how More

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Comcast-Time Warner Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

...consumers surely will get fleeced if the merger goes through. America already suffers from worse Internet service, speed and affordability than other developed countries.    by Katrina vanden Heuvel Published on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 by The Washington Post One thing is certain about Comcast’s proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable: It doesn’t pass the smell test. Comcast claims that More

Peter Hart> David Gregory: Obama's Failure to Embrace CEOs

David Gregory: Obama's Failure to Embrace CEOs Post-election lessons are everywhere in the media, as pundits either try to explain how Mitt Romney lost or what Obama must do in his second term. Posted on 11/13/2012 by Peter Hart  FAIR My favorite example of this came on the front page of USA Today (11/8/12): If you think it's somewhat odd that More

Peter Hart> David Gregory: Obama’s Failure to Embrace CEOs

David Gregory: Obama's Failure to Embrace CEOs Post-election lessons are everywhere in the media, as pundits either try to explain how Mitt Romney lost or what Obama must do in his second term. Posted on 11/13/2012 by Peter Hart  FAIR My favorite example of this came on the front page of USA Today (11/8/12): If you think it's somewhat odd that More

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