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The Trumps Have Fueled a Far Right Media Monster That Is Not Going Away
President Trump is not the only one in his orbit stoking far right violence for political gain.
Graphic Biography Highlights the Life of Actor and Activist Paul Robeson
“Ballad of an American” tells the tale of Paul Robeson’s role in the earliest civil rights movement to a new generation.
Corporate Fact-Checking Services Shouldn’t Be Our Defense Against “Fake News”
Independent journalism and critical media literacy provide protections where corporate-sponsored fact checkers fail.
Facebook Is Still Facilitating the Dissemination of Deadly Disinformation
Facebook’s tools have allowed Trump’s bogus and dangerous claims of election impropriety and voter fraud to go viral.
It’s True That Corporate Media Is Biased — But Not in the Ways Right-Wingers Say
To confront corporate media’s profit-driven logic, we must encourage close criticism but not all-out dismissal.
Corporate Media Sources Within the Democratic Party Lean Toward the Right
Providing a “false balance” in mainstream news puts us in a dangerous position.
TikTok and WeChat Apps Banned by Trump Administration Starting This Sunday
Use of the TikTok app by those who already have it will be banned starting November 12, unless the company can be sold.
Six Deadly Months Late, Bob Woodward Warns Us Trump Is Lying About COVID
Journalist Bob Woodward’s behavior was as purely transactional as Trump’s.
Facebook Has Begun Purging Accounts Tied to Anti-Fascist Groups
It remains to be seen whether this initial purge is the harbinger of larger things to come.
AOC Slams NBC News for “Malicious and Misleading” Tweet About Her DNC Appearance
The news network corrected the record at 1 am on Wednesday morning, which Ocasio-Cortez also criticized.