Joshua Cho

Despite the sudden media enthusiasm for the lab leak theory, there remains as little compelling evidence that the virus escaped from a Chinese lab as there always has been.

Western news outlets have deceptively omitted the centrality of media-promoted Sinophobia to this latest spike in hate crimes toward anyone perceived to be Chinese.

Too many outlets turned an imminent threat to democracy into a factchecking "gotcha."

There is no reason for a fracking ban to be "political suicide" unless corporate journalists are determined to equate that with the death of the fossil fuel industry.

US elections have been stolen before, and it’s important to make sure another election isn’t stolen again.

By spinning the intellectual property of large US corporations as something that must be safeguarded rather than something that should be shared, US media are failing to inform their audiences about how corporations are delaying the development of a vaccine—and causing unnecessary deaths.

Far from serving to hold power accountable in the US, such credulous coverage functions more to legitimize abuses of power.

The Times also demonstrates a commitment to the propagandistic narrative of the "War on Terror."