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Verve illustration of Capitol Hill debate over Section 230

With Section 230 Repeal, Dems and Media Offer Trump New Censorship Tools 

Dissolving Section 230 would empower a Trump-helmed federal government to force online platforms to stifle, or promote, certain speech.

Political prisoner Rumeysa Ozturk

Tufts Grad Student Targeted by DHS Wrote Suspiciously Pro-Humanity Op-Ed

Ozturk might be the first student to be targeted specifically for engaging in journalism deemed offensive by the state.

Mondoweiss depiction of Columbia University Gaza solidarity encampment

Michael Arria on Gaza Pushback

Pretending protest isn’t happening is aiding and abetting the work of the silencers; it’s telling lies about who we are and what we can do.

Jeff Danziger: Some Israeli Hostages Are Home After Over a Year of Merciless War (Hostage being helped over pile of tens of thousands of bodies)

Publisher’s Firing Shows Double Standard in Israel/Palestine Cartooning

Political cartoonists routinely compare Palestinians and the Palestinian cause to Nazis and Nazism.

Robert McChesney

Robert W. McChesney, a Scholar/Activist Who Fought for Media Democracy

No one did more to analyze the negative impacts of our media systems being controlled by giant, amoral corporations.

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FAIR Studies

Media Afraid to Call Ethnic Cleansing by Its Name

Of the articles surveyed on Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza, 87% chose not to call it ethnic cleansing.

Deny, Defend, Disinform: Corporate media coverage of healthcare in the 2024 presidential elections

Corporate media had a hard time finding “big” plans for healthcare because they chose to look for them only in the two major parties’ platforms.

Washington Post depiction of protesters in Israel (photo: Heidi Levine/Washington Post)

Media Credit Trump for Gaza Truce—Sidelining Palestinian Resistance and Solidarity

An accounting of the ceasefire is incomplete if it excludes how anti-Zionist and anti-imperialist forces in the Middle East thwarted US/Israeli designs.

60 Minutes Pushed Harris Right on Econ, Border, While Ignoring Other Vital Issues

Bill Whitaker’s questions frequently started from right-wing talking points and assumptions, particularly over immigration and economic policy.

New York Times: ‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7

Double Standards and Distortion: How the NYT Misreports Sexual Violence in Israel/Palestine

From the beginning, there were serious problems with the claims of mass rape by Hamas. Yet the New York Times devoted significant coverage to promoting that narrative.