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Unfortunately, for journalists stuck in a corporate media system that promotes deference to authority and finds equivalency even when there is none, the president’s dangerous ramblings need to be treated as legitimate and worthy of discussion, even in apparently adversarial media. (Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images) Views
Both Sides-ing Bleach Injection: Media in the Era of an Incompetent President
To corporate media: It is OK. Facts are facts, even when the president of the United States disagrees. You don’t have to both-sides this one. Injecting bleach is bad.
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Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and heads up the Trump administration’s Covid-19 task force. (Photo: CNN) Views
If Trump Fires Dr. Fauci and Installs a Barr-Like Toady, Whatever Will Become of Us?
Trump is perfectly capable of installing some suck-up crony as head of the coronavirus task force, someone who would be all right with declaring the pandemic over.
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CNN weekend host Michael Smerconish was criticized Saturday after introducing a segment by comparing the rise of Sen. Bernie Sanders to the spread of the coronavirus. (Photo: CNN / Screengrab) News
CNN Host Michael Smerconish Rebuked for Comparing Sanders Surge to Spread of Coronavirus
"Nice to wake up to discover that CNN is giving a platform to the idea that the left is a disease. That's never led to anything bad happening before."
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, speaks during the 2019 J Street National Conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on October 28, 2019. News
'So Refreshing to Hear This': Progressives Praise Sanders for Answer on Israel-Palestine Conflict at CNN Town Hall
"I have never heard a major U.S. presidential candidate talk like this in my life."
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On CNN, correspondent Jim Sciutto stated that Sanders “did lose to a small-town mayor.” (Photo: Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Views
How Corporate Media Make Pete Look Like He’s Winning
Leading at what exactly?
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders leads a new CNN poll. News
CNN Poll Shows Sanders Surging Into First as Biden Continues to Drop—But Network Emphasizes Statistical Tie in Headline
" CNN still cannot fathom stating the obvious here: Sanders is leading in their own national poll."
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Despite CNN's grandstanding claims that Sanders has not provided a price tag on his health plan, he repeatedly says that Medicare for All will cost $30 trillion or a bit more over 10 years. (Photo: CNN) Views
7 Pointed Questions for Corporate Media About Their Anti-Progressive Biases
Over the last year, corporate outlets have continuously portrayed progressive reforms as scarily left-wing despite poll after poll showing they are broadly popular.
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Six candidates out of the field qualified for the first Democratic presidential primary debate of 2020, hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register on Jan. 14. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) Views
The Biggest Loser in the Iowa Debate? CNN’s Reputation
One really does get the impression that if CNN were holding a debate on the Titanic, the first question would literally be about rearranging the deck chairs.
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We are so accustomed to a lone voice-in-the-wilderness candidate who tries to stake out progressive positions only to be condescendingly ushered offstage by the sensibly centrist popular kids, this moment in history snuck up on us. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Views
In Iowa Debate, Progressives Resist Efforts to Divide Them
The moderators did all they could to start a fight, but Sanders and Warren refused to bite.
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According to the CNN report, merely posting a photo of the general could get the Facebook authorities to take a post down. (Photo: Coda/Screenshot) Views
Facebook’s Soleimani Ban Flies in Face of First Amendment
If sanctions can be invoked by a social media network to take down certain content, what is next?
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